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Decoder with Nilay Patel

The Verge

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.

974 episodes
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Avg 56 min
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May 14 · 54 min
How companies weaponize the terms of service against you
Brendan Ballou’s new book on the rise, and hopefully fall, of forced arbitration
May 11 · 1 hr
Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
Tech journalist Joanna Stern on her new book I Am Not A Robot and starting her own media company.
May 7 · 42 min
Rewind: How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education
The system is broken. ChatGPT cheating is just a symptom.
May 4 · 1 hr 14 min
Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
Uber’s CEO on his plan to make Uber an everything app and take over travel.
April 30 · 45 min
How to win — or lose — Decoder
Nilay joins as the guest to discuss our AI coverage, controversial episodes, and what it takes to succeed or fail on Decoder.
April 27 · 1 hr 2 min
That UL safety logo is a lot more complicated than it looks
UL CEO Jennifer Scanlon on why safety matters in the AI era
April 23 · 19 min
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.
April 20 · 1 hr 6 min
Canva's CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software
Why Melanie Perkins is sure Canva can take on the big AI players.
April 16 · 1 hr 2 min
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman's "unconstrained" relationship with the truth
The head of OpenAI has a reputation for deception. The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow explains why that matters.
April 13 · 1 hr 14 min
Can Puck’s CEO reinvent the news business for the influencer age?
Sarah Personette’s big bet on the place where influencers and reporters might meet
April 9 · 38 min
The AI industry's existential race for profits
It’s a make-or-break year for Anthropic and OpenAI, which are facing more pressure than ever to make more cash than they burn.
April 6 · 57 min
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins wants data centers in space
Chuck Robbins on energy, infrastructure, and why AI is writing Cisco code.
April 2 · 51 min
A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
Why nuclear options like age limits and repealing Section 230 won’t make social media safer.
March 30 · 1 hr 6 min
Okta's CEO is betting big on AI agent identity
Why Todd McKinnon thinks it’s “naive” not to prepare for the SaaSpocalypse.
March 26 · 37 min
Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Why'd Trump go easy on them?
The Trump DOJ settled with Live Nation. But dozens of states are keeping the Ticketmaster antitrust fight alive.
March 23 · 1 hr 15 min
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra on the difference between attribution and impersonation, and what AI companies should owe creators.
March 19 · 48 min
Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble
To take on Netflix and YouTube, Paramount has to break the Warner Bros. curse.
March 16 · 1 hr 17 min
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web's homepage
How Yahoo escaped its Verizon death spiral and became profitable again
March 12 · 48 min
Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
Techdirt’s Mike Masnick on the NSA, surveillance, and why we can’t take the government at its word.
March 9 · 1 hr 12 min
Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys
Chris Cocks on AI, K-Pop Demon Hunters, and why Harry Potter still matters

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