Decoder with Nilay Patel

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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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Yesterday · 58 min
Can CEO John Ternus find Apple's next big thing?
Bloomberg’s chief Apple correspondent Mark Gurman on Siri, Tim Cook’s legacy, and what to expect from new CEO John Ternus.
Saturday · 46 min
Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn't kill everyone????
Former DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter on competition and cartels in AI
Thursday · 52 min
Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
Mustafa Suleyman on the AI safety debate, why AI isn't consciousness, and how the industry pushes toward alignment.
September 14 · 1 hr 5 min
Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
The comedian, podcast host, and, yes, YouTuber on the state of media
September 10 · 54 min
Why the current tech backlash feels different
Answering your Decoder questions about surveillance, AI coverage, and the Nilay rant.
September 3 · 1 hr 13 min
How Sonos rebooted itself
CEO Tom Conrad on cleaning up Sonos' app redesign disaster and turning a speaker company into a software platform.
August 31 · 51 min
New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
Big Tech is welcome in New York — but not like this
August 27 · 40 min
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.
August 24 · 1 hr 17 min
How GoFundMe became America's backup plan
CEO Tim Cadogan on how a for-profit company becomes a social safety net
August 20 · 40 min
Welcome to the AI crisis in math
New AI discoveries have left the math world 'shell shocked' and uncertain about the future.
August 17 · 1 hr 11 min
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.
August 13 · 39 min
Does Google even want to win in AI?
Is the shakeup at Google DeepMind a strategy or a crisis?
August 10 · 1 hr 6 min
Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio
Snyder on the company's move into luxury audio, licensing the Bose brand, and how great sound survives in the AI era.
August 6 · 37 min
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
How Florida's data center bans are a proxy for public opinion on AI.
August 3 · 1 hr 15 min
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
CEO Toni Schneider on protocols, community, and control.
July 30 · 43 min
The end of the human internet
The Gray Area host Sean Illing interviewing The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel about the “bot-haunted internet.”
July 27 · 1 hr 11 min
Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Altana CEO Evan Smith on the new normal of global trade.
July 23 · 44 min
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.
July 20 · 59 min
Dr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital for the future
The ‘Artificial State’ author explains how counting everything breaks society and college grads booing AI might save us all.
July 16 · 1 hr 24 min
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.

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