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.
1
How the Wayback Machine is fighting linkrot
As more sites collapse and shutter, the internet has become full of roads to nowhere.
36 min
2
The AI election deepfakes have arrived
Six months ago, we talked with The Verge’s Adi Robertson about AI-generated election misinformation. Now, it is here in full force — and it’s getting worse.
37 min
3
Disney Is a Tech Company?
This episode of Vulture’s Land of the Giants explores Disney’s foray into streaming, what led it there, and what it means for the future of the company.
34 min
4
How The Onion is saving itself from the digital...
Its new owners plan to give The Onion another dumb century
54 min
5
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says the AI industry n...
Dohmke says avigating Microsoft-OpenAI isn't as complicated as it seems — and open source is still king
73 min
6
What's next for the controversial 'child safety...
The Senate just passed KOSPA, but it's running headlong into the First Amendment.
34 min
7
Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda says it’s okay if we ...
The founder of chatbot company Replika on the bold, weird future of human-AI relationships.
64 min
8
DOJ antitrust chief is ‘overjoyed’ after Google...
The antitrust chief of the Justice Department says he’s “overjoyed” a federal judge declared Google a monopolist.
40 min
9
Booking CEO Glenn Fogel wants you to take out y...
The head of online hotel and flight giant Booking on how competition, regulation, and AI are changing travel.
69 min
10
AI has a climate problem — but so does all of tech
How do you decide if AI is "worth" the energy?
29 min
11
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants your next mous...
The new head of Logitech discusses the company’s return to growth and plans to reduce its carbon footprint by half.
57 min
12
The Supreme Court ruling that could kill net ne...
Why the on-again, off-again rule may stay dead this time
34 min
13
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says too many carmakers ...
Rivian’s founder discusses the R2 and R3 roadmap, the company’s $5 billion VW deal, and his thoughts on the Tesla Model Y.
60 min
14
What happened to the metaverse?
Author Matthew Ball discusses his updated book “The Metaverse,” and how AI and the Apple Vision Pro fit into the evolution of the spatial internet.
40 min
15
Biden’s top tech advisor on why AI safety is a ...
Prabhakar, a former DARPA chief, says the time to regulate AI is now.
57 min
16
Why The Atlantic signed a deal with OpenAI
With journalism facing an existential threat, Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson says, “AI is coming. It is coming quickly. We want to be part of whatever transition happens."
47 min
17
Canva CEO Melanie Perkins is happy to provide d...
To her, AI is just the newest in a long string of tools to make design accessible.
62 min
18
How Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov is getting ...
Fire is literally the oldest technology humanity has, but grilling is a very modern business.
72 min
19
The rise of shadow lobbying and its influence o...
Wolves of K Street co-author Brody Mullins breaks down the dark history of lobbying in American politics.
42 min
20
Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on the streamer's sh...
The co-CEO who replaced co-founder Reed Hastings details the company’s new culture memo, its advertising ambitions, and what’s next for Netflix.
63 min
21
Inside the players and politics of the AI industry
Guest host Alex Heath sits down with senior reporter Kylie Robison to discuss what it’s like to be fully immersed in the modern AI industry every single day.
42 min
22
Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud thinks free TV can win ...
Tubi isn’t just competing with Netflix for your time; it needs to beat TikTok, too.
63 min
23
Remix: How private equity took over everything
Chains keep collapsing after investors buy them. How did we get here?
35 min
24
AI will make money sooner than you think, says ...
Enterprise customers are apparently ready to start trusting.
66 min
25
Why the video game industry is such a mess
The layoffs will continue until everything is Fortnite
34 min