Decoder with Nilay Patel

Decoder with Nilay Patel

The Verge

Episodes 924
Avg. Duration 56m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2015
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

The AI industry's existential race for profits

Apr 09, 2026 38m

Today, let’s talk about the looming AI monetization cliff, and whether some of the biggest companies in space can become real, profitable businesses before they careen right off it. My guest today is…

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins wants data centers in space

Apr 06, 2026 57m

My guest today is Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. Cisco is one of those big companies that everyone has heard of but most of us don’t have to interact with very much; they’re not really a consumer brand.…

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?

Apr 02, 2026 51m

Today, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech — one in California against Meta and Google, and another in New Mexico…

Okta's CEO is betting big on AI agent identity

Mar 30, 2026 1h 6m

My guest today is Okta CEO Todd McKinnon. Okta is a platform that big companies use to manage security and identity across all the many apps and platforms their employees use. Most of us run into it…

Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Why'd Trump go easy on them?

Mar 26, 2026 37m

Today, we’re talking about the major antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation, and what it might mean for antitrust and competition law in general now that the Trump DOJ has…

Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me

Mar 23, 2026 1h 15m

Today, I’m talking with Shishir Mehrotra, the CEO of Superhuman, the company formerly known as Grammarly, which is still its flagship product. Back in August, Grammarly shipped a feature called…

Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble

Mar 19, 2026 48m

Today, let’s talk about the big Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Right now, Paramount head David Ellison is very much acting like he’s over the finish line after outbidding Netflix, which…

Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web's homepage

Mar 16, 2026 1h 17m

Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Yahoo. It's basically impossible to sum up Yahoo's story over the last 25 years, but the short version is that once upon a time, Yahoo paid Google to run the search box on…

Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you

Mar 12, 2026 48m

My guest today is Mike Masnick, the founder and CEO of Techdirt, the excellent and long-running tech policy blog. Mike has been writing about government overreach, privacy in the digital age, and…

Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

Mar 09, 2026 1h 12m

Hasbro might be a toy company, but CEO Chris Cocks has spent the last several years pushing it more and more into the digital media, gaming, and collectibles space. That makes sense, since adults…

Prediction markets want to be the news

Mar 05, 2026 45m

Today let’s talk about prediction markets, which continue to insert themselves into the news cycle and the news in increasingly weird, unsettling, and potentially illegal ways.  My guest today is Liz…

Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis

Mar 02, 2026 1h 5m

Today, I’m talking with Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman. Zillow is one of those apps that really exemplifies what you might call the smartphone era of software: the company built a great mobile app for…

Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Feb 26, 2026 43m

Today, we’re talking about the future of Xbox. Phil Spencer, a two-time Decoder guest who’s led Xbox for more than a decade, is stepping down. But in a shocking twist, his deputy long-assumed…

Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

Feb 23, 2026 1h 11m

Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the co-founder and now former owner of Complexly, an online education company he started with his brother John in 2012. I say…

Money no longer matters to AI's top talent

Feb 19, 2026 41m

Today we're talking about the war for AI talent. Right now, the hottest job market on the planet is for AI researchers. And the vast majority of these people are concentrated into a small number of…

Let's talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state

Feb 16, 2026 27m

Today, we're talking about the camera company Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state. Since it aired for a massive audience at the Super Bowl, Ring’s Search Party commercial has become a…

The surprising case for AI judges

Feb 12, 2026 1h 13m

My guest today is Bridget McCormack, former chief justice for the Michigan Supreme Court and now president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association. For the past several years, Bridget and her…

Siemens CEO's mission to automate everything

Feb 09, 2026 1h 2m

Siemens is one of those absolutely giant, extremely important, fairly opaque companies we love to dig into on Decoder. At a very basic, reductive level, Siemens makes the hardware and software that…

Reality is losing the deepfake war

Feb 05, 2026 48m

Today, we’re going to talk about reality, and whether we can label photos and videos to protect our shared understanding of the world around us. To do this, I sat down with Verge reporter Jess…

Docusign's CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts

Feb 02, 2026 1h 5m

Today, I’m talking with Allan Thygesen, who is the CEO of Docusign. You know Docusign, it’s the platform that lets you sign stuff online. It turns out 7,000 people work there, which is one of those…

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