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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Technology
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How big companies kill ideas — and how to fight...
Stories and lessons from his new book, Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
71 min
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The executive director of the Electronic Fronti...
47 min
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A former Foxconn executive tries to explain wha...
Nilay Patel talks to former Foxconn executive Alan Yeung
64 min
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Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the in...
Nilay Patel talks to Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon
76 min
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Is streaming just becoming cable again? Julia A...
Nilay Patel talks to Julia Alexander about Disney, HBO Max, and how complicated it is to watch sports
77 min
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Steve Aoki on why he’s a ‘crypto believer’
Nilay Patel talks to Steve Aoki about the music industry, web3, and the Aokiverse
58 min
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How Robinhood is building the future of investi...
Nilay Patel talks to Aparna Chennapragada about
62 min
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How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margret...
Adi Robertson talks to Margrethe Vestager about regulating big tech in the EU
31 min
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How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the intern...
Nilay Patel talks to Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
72 min
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The future of computers is only $4 away, with R...
Nilay Patel talks to Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton
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Inside Sonos' decision to sue Google with CEO P...
Nilay Patel talks to Sonos CEO Patrick Spence and CLO Eddie Lazarus
59 min
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Can the law keep up with crypto? With professor...
Nilay Patel talks to law professor Tonya Evans
62 min
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What an NFL coaching scandal can teach tech abo...
Nilay Patel talks to Bari Williams
44 min
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News with a Capital B: CEO Lauren Williams on w...
Nilay Patel talks to Lauren Williams the co-founder and CEO of Capital B, a new nonprofit media company
51 min
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The business of finding a better job, with Care...
Nilay Patel talks to Career Karma CEO Ruben Harris
57 min
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7 CEOs and one secretary of Transportation on t...
Auto industry leaders talk self-driving, electric vehicles, and Tesla.
64 min
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Can CEO Herbert Diess reinvent Volkswagen with ...
Nilay Patel talks to Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess
70 min
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Almost every smartphone has a Qualcomm chip ins...
Nilay Patel talks to president and CEO of Qualcomm Cristiano Amon
53 min
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Pete Buttigieg is racing to keep up with self-d...
Andrew Hawkins spoke to secratary of transportation Pete Butigieg
28 min
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How Logitech bet big on work from home
Nilay Patel talks to Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell
55 min
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Can we regulate social media without breaking t...
Nilay Patel talks to Jameel Jaffer of The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University about how to regulate social media platforms.
42 min
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The metaverse is already here — and it’s full o...
Nilay Patel talks to Niantic CEO John Hanke about the metaverse and augmented reality
62 min
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From a meme to $47 million: ConstitutionDAO, cr...
Nilay Patel talks to Jonah Erlich one of the core members of a group called ConstitutionDAO
61 min
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How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to mak...
Miss Excel went viral on TikTok and instagram teaching Microsoft Excel tricks while dancing to pop songs. She now makes six figures a day selling training courses.
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Why the future of work is the future of travel,...
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks about what it was like to lose 80 percent of his business in eight weeks and how restricting the company saved them. Brian also talks about what it has been like working with Jony Ive.
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