Laurie Segall, Silicon Valley’s go-to reporter and former CNN Senior Tech Correspondent, hosts First Contact – a weekly podcast series that explores the people and technology that are changing what it means to be human.
From engaging one-on-one interviews with billionaire tech founders to entrepreneurs innovating on the edges, First Contact goes beyond the tech-lash and 24-hour news cycle. The series introduces listeners to the people behind the tech changing how we will live in the future – exploring technology through the most important lens: the human one.

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