Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery Finally Ready for Prime Time?

December 20, 2024


Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton

Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones

Edited by

Engineered by

Original music by Dan PowellElisheba IttoopMarion LozanoRowan Niemisto and

This week, we took a field trip to the Phoenix suburbs to see Amazon’s newest iteration of drone delivery service in action. We toured the facility where these drones are in operation, spoke with the vice president and general manager of Prime Air, David Carbon, and watched from a local backyard as our own order dropped from the sky.

Guest:

  • David Carbon, vice president and general manager of Amazon Prime Air.

ImageA flying drone with Amazon’s logo on it. The drone is tinted yellow and the background is teal.
Credit…Photo illustration by The New York Times; Photo by Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Dahlia Haddad and Jeffrey Miranda.

 

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