Decoder with Nilay Patel
The Verge • Business, Technology
The Verge • Business, Technology
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The Verge • Business, Technology
The Verge • Business, Technology

About

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.

Episodes

  • Discord CEO Jason Citron makes the case for a smaller, more private internet
    For teens and gamers, Discord has become their entire online social lives. Now, CEO Jason Citron thinks the world is headed more in that direction.
  • Disney just fought off a shareholder revolt — but the clock’s still ticking
    Disney’s latest boardroom bout with an activist investor reveals much deeper issues with the streaming industry and, more broadly, the state of entertainment itself.
  • Dropbox CEO Drew Houston wants you to embrace AI and remote work
    There is no ‘go back to 2019 button’
  • The rise and fall of Vice Media
    How the high-flying media company flush with hundreds of millions in investor capital collapsed into a smaller, sadder version of itself.
  • Why Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is the internet’s unlikely defender
    Free speech, war zones, and what Aristotle has to do with internet infrastructure
  • Why Nintendo sued a Switch emulator out of existence
    Nintendo brought a lawsuit against the makers of the Yuzu emulator for copyright infringement, and the aftermath has upended the video game emulation community.
  • Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on culture, acquisitions, and how big 'small business' really is
    Mailchimp, now owned by Intuit, lost its co-founder and CEO in 2022. Here's how new CEO Rania Succar is pushing forward.
  • Can you patent a pizza?
    Our friends over at Gastropod detailed a fascinating IP dispute in the ‘90s over the ownership of stuffed crust pizza — and how the legal system does, and doesn’t, protect certain ideas.
  • Federation is the future of social media, says Bluesky CEO Jay Graber
    The head of Threads and Mastodon competitor Bluesky on why she thinks decentralization is the future of social media.
  • How Europe’s Digital Markets Act is reshaping Big Tech
    The EU’s big, sweeping tech law went into effect. Here’s how it’s affecting Apple, Google, and more.
  • Figma CEO Dylan Field is optimistic about the future and AI
    The leader of design toolmaker Figma on life after the Adobe deal and what comes next in a live interview from SXSW.
  • Why Google Search feels like it’s gotten worse
    Google Search feels worse now than ever before, and the reasons why have far-reaching effects on the current state and future of the web.
  • How to save culture from the algorithms, with Filterworld author Kyle Chayka
    The author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture discusses how we might be able to cultivate our own tastes once more.
  • Why people are falling in love with AI chatbots
    The rise of generative AI is transforming how humans use dating apps and even spurring people to form meaningful relationships with AI chatbots.
  • Guest host Hank Green makes Nilay Patel explain why websites have a future
    Science educator and YouTuber Hank Green takes over Decoder to turn the tables on Nilay and interview him on building The Verge and the future of the web.
  • AI deepfakes are cheap, easy, and coming for the 2024 election
    Generative AI makes fake audio, images, and video easier to create than ever before. Are policymakers and platforms ready?
  • Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini on how anime took over the world
    The head of the fast-growing streaming service discusses the Funimation merger and shutdown, and where he sees growth in anime.
  • Is the Apple Vision Pro All That?
    This episode of On with Kara Swisher features Nilay, WSJ’s Joanna Stern, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman discussing Apple’s new headset and what it means for the future.
  • How AI copyright lawsuits could make the whole industry go extinct
    The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI is part of a broader, industry-shaking copyright challenge that could define the future of AI.
  • DOJ’s Jonathan Kanter says the antitrust fight against Big Tech is just beginning
    The assistant attorney general says “the resonance these issues have is something that I've never witnessed in my lifetime.”