Episode 653 • • 2:16:06 - 2:21:05
653: Evil Layer Cake
Uber Veteran Initiative, Robert Gates, Taxi Industry Disruption
Uber has partnered with "Hiring Our Heroes" to recruit 50,000 military veterans, led by an advisory board chaired by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The hosts express skepticism about the involvement of high-level military brass in a ride-sharing company. While they agree the taxi industry needs disruption, they find the "military-industrial" connection to Uber suspicious.