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.

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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.
July 13 · 1 hr 11 min
Yes, even Nvidia's head of automotive is fighting for compute
Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need LiDAR.
July 9 · 1 hr 2 min
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.
July 6 · 1 hr 8 min
Inside the big business of the creator economy, with Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky
The co-heads of United Talent Agency's creators division on boosting influencers in the age of AI.
July 2 · 56 min
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.
June 29 · 1 hr 11 min
He changed outdoor cooking forever — then took over Weber
How Weber Blackstone’s Roger Dahle went from griddle upstart to the biggest name in grilling.
June 25 · 1 hr 3 min
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.
June 22 · 1 hr 13 min
Can Patreon fight fire with social media fire?
CEO Jack Conte: 'I don't want to make better cigarettes.’
June 18 · 40 min
Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
When it comes to AI regulation, be careful what you wish for, Anthropic.

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