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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Recode Decode: Obama's cybersecurity chief Mich...
President Barack Obama's former cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel, now the chief of the nonprofit Cyber Threat Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the state of US cybersecurity heading into the 2020 elections.
63 min
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Recode Decode: FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly S...
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of the FTC's two Democratic commissioners, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of antitrust problems in the tech industry, the history of pushback against the FTC for alleged over-enforcement, and whether it is under-enforcing the law today.
63 min
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Recode Decode: Senator Mark Warner
Mark Warner, the senior US Senator from Virginia, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about several interconnected policy issues affecting the 2020 elections, including the security of voter registries, the expectation of social media manipulation by Russia and other hostile foreign powers, and the newly announced impeachment inquiry into President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
63 min
379
Recode Decode: Whistleblower Aid CEO John Tye
John Napier Tye, the founder and CEO of Whistleblower Aid, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how his non-profit law firm helps people seeking to legally expose corruption in the government and at private companies.
49 min
380
Recode Decode: Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder
Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager turned human rights activist and his son, Josh Browder, whose company DoNotPay helps consumers fight everything from parking tickets to the Equifax leaks.
42 min
381
Recode Decode: "She Said" authors Jodi Kantor a...
New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement."
65 min
382
Recode Decode: Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman
Steve Schwarzman, the CEO of the private equity firm The Blackstone Group, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence.
64 min
383
Recode Decode: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he's still running for the Democratic nomination in 2020, the threat of job automation and his proposed "robot tax," and how de Blasio thinks about the future of transit in New York and beyond.
73 min
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Recode Decode: 2020 presidential candidate Mari...
Author and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020.
66 min
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Recode Decode: The Wing CEO Audrey Gelman
Audrey Gelman, the co-founder and CEO of women's coworking space The Wing, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's new hiring network for its members, and how it can combat bias in hiring.
43 min
386
Recode Decode: Microsoft President Brad Smith
Microsoft President Brad Smith talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age.
65 min
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Recode Decode: Why workers need to be part of t...
New York Times labor and workplaces reporter Steve Greenhouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor.
52 min
388
Recode Decode: "The Enlightened Capitalists" au...
James O'Toole, a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his book, "The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who Tried to Do Well by Doing Good."
43 min
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Recode Decode: Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt
Jennifer Eberhardt, professor of psychology at Stanford University, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her most recent book, "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do."
51 min
390
Recode Decode: Lime president Joe Kraus
Lime President Joe Kraus talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's pivot from bikes to scooters, the "unbundling of the car," and the impact of scooters on cities and public transit.
64 min
391
Recode Decode: Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker
Gro Intelligence founder and CEO Sara Menker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the growing field of ag-tech and how farmers around the world are using data.
54 min
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Recode Decode: Huawei's chief security officer ...
Andy Purdy, the chief security officer for Huawei Technologies USA, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher.
42 min
393
Recode Decode: CDA 230
Recode's Kara Swisher convenes a panel of experts to talk about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: cybersecurity law professor Jeff Kosseff, author of "The Twenty Six Words That Created The Internet"; lawyer Carrie Goldberg, author of "Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls"; and the CEO and founder of Techdirt, Mike Masnick.
62 min
394
Recode Decode: "Cult of the Dead Cow" author Jo...
Writer Joe Menn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, "Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World."
49 min
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Recode Decode: Index Ventures' Mike Volpi and D...
Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer, the co-founders of the San Francisco office of Index Ventures, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher.
49 min
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Recode Decode: Rep. Ro Khanna
US Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents California's 17th district, joins Recode's Kara Swisher live onstage at Manny's in San Francisco to talk about the state of tech policy and the next elections.
56 min
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Recode Decode: Andreessen Horowitz's Scott Kupor
Scott Kupor, the managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer about his new book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It.
61 min
398
Recode Decode: Why Silicon Valley loves "biohac...
Inspired by the trendiness of "intermittent fasting" in the tech community, Kara Swisher's executive producer, Erica Anderson, talks with three eating habit experts — a biohacker, an academic, and an eating disorder specialist.
50 min
399
Recode Decode: Stanford University's Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond, a professor at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency.
51 min
400
Recode Decode: Rep. Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood, the US Congresswoman who represents Illinois' 14th district, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in this live interview recorded on July 29, 2019 at Manny's in San Francisco.
60 min