WIRED Hosts Live 'Uncanny Valley' Podcast on Women, Tech, and Power in San Francisco

On October 8, WIRED celebrated its fall special issue focused on gender and power with a live recording of the Uncanny Valley podcast in San Francisco. The event commenced with a dialogue between former WIRED writer and tech journalist Paulina Borsook and WIRED's global editorial director, Katie Drummond. Borsook, whose 2000 book Cyberselfish is being reissued this fall, has consistently expressed skepticism towards the tech industry, a perspective that may have hindered her during recent decades of growth. Their conversation explored WIRED's history and Borsook's insights on the current class of trillionaires. Following this, a podcast panel with executive editor Brian Barrett, contributing editor Zoë Schiffer, and senior correspondent Lauren Goode examined the search for Silicon Valley's most influential woman. WIRED portrayed the situation for women in Silicon Valley as precarious. A replay of the livestream and previous episodes are accessible, with options for listeners to receive updates about future events.