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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Bruce Schneier
Recode Decode: Bruce Schneier · Jan 2020

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Bärí Williams
What an NFL coaching scandal can teach tech about diversity · Feb 2022

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Caleb Scharf
Recode Decode: Caleb Scharf · Feb 2020

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Carly Fiorina
Recode Decode: Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina · Oct 2019

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Carol Leonnig
Recode Decode: Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker · Feb 2020

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Carole Cadwalladr
Recode Decode: Journalist Carole Cadwalladr · Jul 2019

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Carrie Goldberg

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Cassie Kozyrkov
How decision making will change when AI answers are cheap and (too) easy · Jul 2025

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Cecelia O'Neil-Hart

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Cecile Richards
Recode Decode: Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Code Conference 2017) · Jun 2017

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Charlie Harding
It's brutal out here: Olivia Rodrigo and how the music business makes songwriters fight over credits · Sep 2021

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Charlton McIlwain
Black Software author on technology’s role in racial justice · Feb 2021

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Chet Kanojia
Recode Decode: Chet Kanojia, Starry CEO · Feb 2016

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Chip Paucek
Recode Decode: 2U CEO Chip Paucek · Oct 2018

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Chris Altchek
Recode Decode: Chris Altchek, Mic CEO · Jan 2016

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Chris Cocks
Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys · 2 episodes

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Chris Hughes
Recode Decode: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes · 2 episodes

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Chris Kuenne
Recode Decode: Chris Kuenne and John Danner, authors, 'Built for Growth' · Aug 2017

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Chris Milk
Is VR the next frontier in fitness? · Apr 2021

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Christian Meunier
How Jeep is going electric, with CEO Christian Meunier · Oct 2021

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Christina Schwarzenegger

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Christine Brennan
Recode Decode: Sports columnist Christine Brennan previews her 18th consecutive Olympics · Dec 2017

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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Recode Decode: The ups and downs of Reddit's history · Dec 2018

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Christopher Payne

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Chuck Schumer
Recode Decode: Sen. Chuck Schumer · Mar 2018

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Cindy Cohn
The executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on government surveillance, Elon Musk, and free speech · 2 episodes

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Cindy Holland

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Claire Boyle

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Claire Stapleton

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Conal Byrne
Podcasting? Radio? It’s all one big opportunity for iHeartMedia digital CEO Conal Byrne · Feb 2023

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Conor Dougherty
Recode Decode: Conor Dougherty · Feb 2020

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Corey Hébert

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Corey Johnson
Recode Decode: Corey Johnson · Feb 2020

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Corey Pein
Recode Decode: How to succeed in tech: Be lucky and ruthless · May 2018

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Cory Booker
Recode Decode: Cory Booker, U.S. Senator · Jul 2017

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Courteney Monroe
Recode Decode: How Nat Geo uses Instagram to stay relevant · Jun 2018

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Craig Newmark
Recode Decode: Craigslist founder Craig Newmark · Jul 2018

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Craig Peters
Getty Images CEO Craig Peters has a plan to defend photography from AI · Oct 2023

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Crystal Adkins

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DJ Patil
Recode Decode: U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil · Nov 2016

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