Decoder with Nilay Patel
Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
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Why gaming never had its Netflix moment
Xbox Game Pass was supposed to bring subscriptions to gaming. It hasn't really worked.
50 min
2
The FCC is a now a weapon in Trump’s war on fre...
Brendan Carr is apparently on a mission to trash the First Amendment
42 min
3
Sen. Ron Wyden is here to stop Elon Musk
‘For all practical purposes, I'd call this a coup.’
54 min
4
Elon Musk's presidency is just getting started
The billionaire is taking over the federal government and remaking it in Twitter’s image.
36 min
5
Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter's crusade to save book...
The company is amping up its fight with a new frontier: ebooks.
62 min
6
DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race
The Chinese chatbot and OpenAI’s new data center venture present a stark contrast for the future of AI.
25 min
7
How Ciena keeps the internet online, with CEO G...
One of the biggest tech companies you've never heard of is helping you listen to this podcast.
69 min
8
How Meta's MAGA heel turn is a play for global ...
Law professor Kate Klonick explains what Big Tech’s Trump appeasement is really about.
45 min
9
Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI
The head of AWS says Amazon is already seeing the benefits of its AI investments.
62 min
10
Studying online bad behavior was hard. It's goi...
Friend of the show Peter Kafka interviews disinformation researcher Renee DiResta on an episode of Channels.
53 min
11
Answering your biggest Decoder questions
Our end-of-year wrap up special, featuring Nilay Patel.
50 min
12
Tech antitrust is about to get really weird
Trump’s second term is a regulatory wild card hanging over Big Tech.
33 min
13
Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, a...
The head of the ubiquitous chip design firm on the ‘breaktaking’ pace of AI.
38 min
14
Platforms need the news, but they're killing it
Matt Pearce on 'Lessons on media policy at the slaughter-bench of history'
51 min
15
Why every company wants a podcast now
The rise of the 'nefariously' B2B podcast’
35 min
16
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says conversa...
The head of Microsoft’s new AI division on leaving Google, OpenAI, and when superintelligence might actually arrive.
69 min
17
AI is a money pit — here’s why investors don’t ...
AI investment is massive, but AI profits are not. How are investors justifying this pricey gamble on the future?
31 min
18
Rewind: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on the future of...
Revisiting our conversation with the head of Bluesky in light of its explosive growth.
67 min
19
GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani on the enduring power ...
Despite everything, websites are still a pretty neat idea — but what if AI builds them?
49 min
20
Remix: Google Zero is here — now what?
Search is an invisible platform that shaped the entire web. And it’s changing.
26 min
21
Will the world end before I can retire?
An episode from Vox’s Explain It To Me about how and when you should start saving for retirement — and will it even matter.
37 min
22
How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs, b...
What Elon Musk really wants from a Trump presidency.
33 min
23
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey...
Rebooting the member list, taking the show streaming — is it enough in the age of AI?
66 min
24
Return-to-office mandates are more than "backdo...
Big tech companies want workers back at their desks. Is it about productivity, headcount reduction, or something else?
36 min
25
Why GM ditched CarPlay, with software boss Bari...
GM’s new SVP of software and services on the importance of building in-car experiences.
66 min