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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Why nobody's stopping Grok
How Elon Musk and xAi are putting a nail in the coffin of content moderation.
61 min
2
Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime wa...
Razer chief Min-Liang Tan on confronting the AI backlash in gaming.
61 min
3
Rewind: How private equity kills companies and ...
Author Megan Greenwell on her book Bad Company and the scourge of private equity.
47 min
4
Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscr...
“I wish that I could plant a forest full of weird trees on the internet.”
60 min
5
What’s next for Netflix and Paramount in the Wa...
Channels host Peter Kafka interviews Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw about the biggest story in entertainment.
39 min
6
"All chaos and panic": Nilay answers your burni...
Nilay joins Decoder producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt for our special end-of-year mailbag episode.
52 min
7
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're us...
CEO Prashanth Chandresekar on running the most popular developer forum in a post-ChatGPT world.
60 min
8
Sen. Ed Markey wants media companies to fight f...
“Grow up, Mr. President. Grow up, Brendan Carr.”
53 min
9
Square's product chief on the death of the penn...
Square’s Willem Avé on AI automation, investing in crypto, and what it’s like working for Jack Dorsey.
69 min
10
The tiny team trying to keep AI from destroying...
The societal impacts team at Anthropic is a nine-person group studying the global effects of AI. Is it just for show, and how long can it survive?
34 min
11
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says there is no AI bubb...
IBM was early to AI and quantum, but Arvind still thinks the bets will pay off
65 min
12
What the climate story gets wrong
46 min
13
The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a hug...
Amazon’s lawsuit against Perplexity has blown the doors open on the great AI browser fight.
28 min
14
Ring's Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
66 min
15
The company at the heart of the AI bubble
What the rise of data center company CoreWave tells us about the future of the AI industry.
35 min
16
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destr...
The inventor of the World Wide Web on why he’s still optimistic about the future of the internet.
51 min
17
How AI is fueling an existential crisis in educ...
The system is broken. ChatGPT cheating is just a symptom.
36 min
18
Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more an...
Risher sees Lyft as a service company above all, but AI makes everything weird.
73 min
19
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
Enshittification' author Cory Doctorow on why things get worse, and how to fight back.
65 min
20
LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here
LexisNexis' Sean Fitzpatrick promises his AI won't get you in trouble with a judge.
60 min
21
Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay
CEO Mary Barry and new chief product officer Sterling Anderson on the company's plans for AI, autonomy, and EVs.
73 min
22
Zocdoc CEO: "Dr. Google is going to be replaced...
The head of the booking platform for doctors on competition and where AI belongs in healthcare.
61 min
23
The EV tax credit is dead. What now?
The expiration of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit has US automakers scrambling.
35 min
24
Announcing an ad-free Decoder feed for Verge su...
0 min
25
The AI industry is at a major crossroads
Imbue CEO Kanjun Qiu joins guest host Hayden Field to break down this week’s biggest AI news, and where the industry goes from here.
39 min