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Podcast: Decrypted
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Season 2, Episode 1, An Epiphany on a Train

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:32:11
Publish Date: 2021-04-22 04:01:00
Description:

Alex Zhu, a Chinese tech entrepreneur, was seated on a train in Silicon Valley across from a group of teenagers. He watched as the kids were listening to music and making videos on their phones, and he decided to create an app that combined the two cultural obsessions. The resulting platform would become the social media powerhouse now known as TikTok. In this episode, reporter Shelly Banjo explains the genesis of Gen Z’s favorite app.

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