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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Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everyt...
The comedian, podcast host, and, yes, YouTuber on the state of media
60 min
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Why the current tech backlash feels different
Answering your Decoder questions about surveillance, AI coverage, and the Nilay rant.
50 min
3
How Sonos rebooted itself
CEO Tom Conrad on cleaning up Sonos' app redesign disaster and turning a speaker company into a software platform.
69 min
4
New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should...
Big Tech is welcome in New York — but not like this
46 min
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OpenAI's executive exodus has one big winner
Sam Altman is still OpenAI’s CEO. But in recent months, president and cofounder Greg Brockman has emerged as the real day-to-day leader.
36 min
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How GoFundMe became America's backup plan
CEO Tim Cadogan on how a for-profit company becomes a social safety net
73 min
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Welcome to the AI crisis in math
New AI discoveries have left the math world 'shell shocked' and uncertain about the future.
36 min
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It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
Semafor's editor-in-chief on billionaire owners, news influencers, and the anti-scale era of media.
67 min
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Does Google even want to win in AI?
Is the shakeup at Google DeepMind a strategy or a crisis?
34 min
10
Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-qual...
Snyder on the company's move into luxury audio, licensing the Bose brand, and how great sound survives in the AI era.
62 min
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The left and right agree on one thing: no data ...
How Florida's data center bans are a proxy for public opinion on AI.
33 min
12
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
CEO Toni Schneider on protocols, community, and control.
71 min
13
The end of the human internet
The Gray Area host Sean Illing interviewing The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel about the “bot-haunted internet.”
38 min
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Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to...
Altana CEO Evan Smith on the new normal of global trade.
69 min
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What Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is really about
Apple’s legal battle with OpenAI concerns more than trade secrets — it’s about who gets to define the post-smartphone era.
41 min
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Dr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital...
The ‘Artificial State’ author explains how counting everything breaks society and college grads booing AI might save us all.
55 min
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Proton’s CTO: No company is going to jail for you
Bart Butler on encryption, child safety, and why there's no such thing as a backdoor for only the good guys.
81 min
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Yes, even Nvidia's head of automotive is fighti...
Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need LiDAR.
67 min
19
Why did Comcast ever buy NBC?
Business Insider’s Peter Kafka on the Comcast split, and why the dream of content plus pipes keeps failing.
58 min
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Inside the big business of the creator economy,...
The co-heads of United Talent Agency's creators division on boosting influencers in the age of AI.
63 min
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The CMO is a dying role, says Digitas' Amy Lanzi
Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi on why AI hype is dangerous for the marketing and ad industries.
53 min
22
He changed outdoor cooking forever — then took ...
How Weber Blackstone’s Roger Dahle went from griddle upstart to the biggest name in grilling.
67 min
23
Rewind: CEO Jim Farley on Ford's EV gamble
Joanna Stern talks to the head of Ford about low-cost EVs, competing with China, and what car she should lease next.
59 min
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Can Patreon fight fire with social media fire?
CEO Jack Conte: 'I don't want to make better cigarettes.’
68 min
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Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
When it comes to AI regulation, be careful what you wish for, Anthropic.
36 min