Episode

Inside Uber's AI Strategy to Inflate Your Fare (Second Request)

Podcast: The Capitol Forum
Published: Jul 24, 2026
Duration seconds: 3580
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_16065_df0bb9bf-b7ea-4f17-9388-b4d9ec1e7daa&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F16065%2Ffeed-rss.xml
Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/16065/df0bb9bf-b7ea-4f17-9388-b4d9ec1e7daa/SR_Kravitz.mp3
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/episodes/inside-uber-s-ai-strategy-to-inflate-your-fare-second-request
Markdown: /podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/inside-uber-s-ai-strategy-to-inflate-your-fare-second-request.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/episodes/inside-uber-s-ai-strategy-to-inflate-your-fare-second-request/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/inside-uber-s-ai-strategy-to-inflate-your-fare-second-request.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Same ride, two different prices — that's the new reality facing Uber and Lyft passengers. Today on Second Request, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Derek Kravitz of Consumer Reports to talk about Kravitz's new reporting on how Uber and Lyft make use of algorithmic pricing to charge consumers different prices and inflate base costs.