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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John Hanke
The metaverse is already here — and it’s full of Pokemon, says Niantic CEO John Hanke · 2 episodes

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John Hennessy
Recode Decode: John Hennessy and Dave Patterson, winners, 2017 Turing Award · Apr 2018

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John Markoff
Recode Decode: John Markoff, ex-reporter, The New York Times · Feb 2017

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John Napier Tye
Recode Decode: Whistleblower Aid CEO John Tye · Sep 2019

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John Zimmer
Recode Decode: John Zimmer, Lyft President · Jan 2016

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Jon Fortt
CNBC’s Jon Fortt on GameStop, Robinhood, and wallstreetbets · Feb 2021

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Jonah Erlich
From a meme to $47 million: ConstitutionDAO, crypto, and the future of crowdfunding · Dec 2021

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Jonah Peretti
Exclusive: Jonah Peretti explains why he sold BuzzFeed · 2 episodes

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Jonathan Greenblatt
Recode Decode: Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League · Nov 2017

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Jonathan Ryan
Recode Decode: RAICES immigration activists Jonathan Ryan and Erika Andiola (Live at Code 2019) · Jun 2019

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Jorge Ramos
Recode Decode: Jorge Ramos · Feb 2020

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Jose Antonio Vargas
Recode Decode: Undocumented immigrants are people, not political props · Nov 2018

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Joseph Menn
The SolarWinds hack: cyber attacks and national security with Reuters reporter Joseph Menn · Jan 2021

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Josh Ginsberg
Recode Decode: How social media bots could tank your stock price · Jul 2018

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Juleanna Glover

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Julia Alexander
Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to · 3 episodes

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Julia Angwin
Recode Decode: Journalist Julia Angwin · Apr 2019

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Julian Wheatland
Recode Decode: “The Great Hack” director Karim Amer · Jul 2019

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Justine Calma
AI has a climate problem — but so does all of tech · Aug 2024

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Kai-Fu Lee
Recode Decode: 'AI Superpowers' author Kai-Fu Lee · Sep 2018

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Kaitlyn Tiffany
How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany · Jun 2022

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Kanjun Qiu

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Karim Amer

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Kat Norton
How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day · Nov 2021

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Kate Crawford

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Kate Klonick
How Meta's MAGA heel turn is a play for global power · 2 episodes

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Kathleen Kelly Janus
Recode Decode: Why nonprofits should think more like tech companies · Nov 2018

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Katie Nolan
Recode Decode: Katie Nolan, Fox Sports TV Host · Dec 2015

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Katie Welch
How Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty goes viral, with CMO Katie Welch · Aug 2022

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Katy Tur
Recode Decode: Katy Tur, author, ‘Unbelievable.’ · Nov 2017

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Ken Washington
Recode Decode: Ford CTO Ken Washington · Apr 2019

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Kim Kardashian
Recode Decode: Kim Kardashian · Jun 2016

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Kim Malone Scott
Recode Decode: Kim Malone Scott, author, ‘Radical Candor’ · Apr 2017

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Kumail Nanijani

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Kylie Robison
DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race · Jan 2025

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Larry Diamond
Recode Decode: Stanford University's Larry Diamond · Aug 2019

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Larry Ingrassia
Recode Decode: Larry Ingrassia · Feb 2020

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Laura Weidman Powers
Recode Decode: Laura Weidman Powers, CEO, Code2040 · Apr 2017

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Lauren Etter
Juul and the business of addiction, with Lauren Etter · Jun 2021

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Lauren Feiner
Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Why'd Trump go easy on them? · 3 episodes

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