Decoder with Nilay Patel

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

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Every guest on Decoder with Nilay Patel

827 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Annie Lowrey
Recode Decode: Why do some in the tech community support universal basic income? · Jul 2018

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Anthony Foxx
Recode Decode: Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx · Jan 2017

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Anthony Scaramucci
Recode Decode: Anthony 'The Mooch' Scaramucci · Mar 2018

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Antonio García-Martinez
Recode Decode: "Chaos Monkeys" author Antonio García-Martinez · Jul 2016

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Apoorva Mehta

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April Underwood
Recode Decode: Slack chief product officer April Underwood · Sep 2018

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Arvind Krishna
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says there is no AI bubble after all · Dec 2025

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Ash Carter
Recode Decode: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter · 2 episodes

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Ash Parrish
Why gaming never had its Netflix moment · 2 episodes

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Ashton Applewhite
Recode Decode: Ashton Applewhite · Apr 2019

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Audrey Gelman
Recode Decode: The Wing CEO Audrey Gelman · Sep 2019

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Austin Russell
7 CEOs and one secretary of Transportation on the future of cars · 2 episodes

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Barry Friedman
Recode Decode: Barry Friedman · Nov 2019

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Barry Lyga
Recode Decode: Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden · Jun 2020

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Bart Butler
Proton’s CTO: No company is going to jail for you · Jul 2026

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Bart Gellman
Recode Decode: Bart Gellman · Jun 2020

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Ben Collins
How The Onion is saving itself from the digital media death spiral · Aug 2024

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Ben Hubbard
Recode Decode: Ben Hubbard · Mar 2020

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Ben Scott

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Ben Silbermann
Recode Decode: Ben Silbermann · Jan 2020

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Beth Ford
Recode Decode: Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford and Rep. Steve King · Jan 2019

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Beth Wilkinson

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Bill Browder
Recode Decode: Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder · Sep 2019

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Bill de Blasio
Recode Decode: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio · Sep 2019

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Bracken Darrell
How Logitech bet big on work from home · Dec 2021

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Brad Garlinghouse
Recode Decode: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse · May 2019

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Brad Keywell

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Brad Smith
Recode Decode: Microsoft President Brad Smith · 2 episodes

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Brad Stone
Recode Decode: Brad Stone, author, 'The Upstarts’ · Feb 2017

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Brendan Ballou
How companies weaponize the terms of service against you · 2 episodes

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Brendan Carr
The FCC is a now a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech · Feb 2025

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Brent Bushnell
Recode Decode: Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman, Two Bit Circus Co-Founders · Nov 2015

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Bret Kinsella
Recode Decode: What's next for Amazon's Alexa? · Dec 2018

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Brewster Kahle
Recode Decode: Brewster Kahle, chairman, The Internet Archive · Mar 2017

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Brian Merchant
What AI anime memes tell us about the future of art and humanity · Apr 2025

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Brian Rolapp
Recode Decode: Brian Rolapp, NFL Media Czar · Dec 2015

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Brian Saleski

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Brian Stelter

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Brittany Kaiser
Recode Decode: The inside story of the Cambridge Analytica scandal · Oct 2019

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Bruce Miller
Recode Decode: Behind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale' · May 2017

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