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Theo Baker - Investigating Power & Influence at Stanford | The Daily Show
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10:49Now Playing“It’s a special thing to be a 17-year-old and to feel as if you can ask questions of people in power and hopefully do some good for your community by doing so.” Theo Baker, award-winning journalist and bestselling author of "How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University,” chats with Jordan Klepper about his freshman year research misconduct investigation into Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, which led to his resignation in 2023. They talk about Stanford’s “Faustian bargain” with Silicon Valley, the incredible money and power thrust into undergraduates’ hands, and how Baker convinced sources to tell a teenager their secrets. #DailyShow #TheoBaker #Stanford #SiliconValley #Journalism
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