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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Matt Cutts
Recode Decode: Matt Cutts · Jul 2018

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Matt Hulett
Recode Decode: Rosetta Stone President Matt Hulett · Oct 2019

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Matt Maude

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Matt Pearce
Platforms need the news, but they're killing it · Dec 2024

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Matt Rivitz
Recode Decode: Sleeping Giants founder Matt Rivitz · Sep 2018

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Matt Ross
Recode Decode: Matt Ross, actor/director · Apr 2017

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Matt Strauss
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable · Sep 2024

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Matthew Levatich
Recode Decode: Harley-Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich (Live at Code 2019) · Jul 2019

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Matthew Panzarino
After 10 years covering startups, former TechCrunch EIC Matthew Panzarino tells us what's next · Sep 2023

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Maverick Carter
Recode Decode: LeBron James's business manager, Maverick Carter · May 2016

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Maye Musk
Recode Decode: Maye Musk · May 2020

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Megan Quinn
Recode Decode: Megan Quinn, general partner, Spark Capital · Dec 2017

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Megan Smith

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Mehdi Hasan
Recode Decode: The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan · Jun 2019

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Melissa Grady
How the @!#$ does advertising work, with Cadillac CMO Melissa Grady · Dec 2020

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Meredith Artley
Recode Decode: CNN.com editor in chief Meredith Artley · Jan 2019

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Meredith Kopit Levien
How to play the long game, with New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien · Mar 2023

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Meredith Whittaker
Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker · 2 episodes

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Mia Sato
Why Google Search feels like it’s gotten worse · Mar 2024

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Michael Bennet
Recode Decode: Senator Michael Bennet · Jul 2019

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Michael Connor
Recode Decode: Rhizome artistic director Michael Connor · Feb 2019

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Michael Daniel
Recode Decode: Obama's cybersecurity chief Michael Daniel · Oct 2019

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Michael Hayden
Recode Decode: General Michael Hayden on Donald Trump’s ‘assault on intelligence’ · May 2018

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Michael Moritz
Recode Decode: Sequoia Capital Chairman Sir Michael Moritz · Nov 2015

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Michael Siebel
The next generation of startups is remote, with Y Combinator's Michael Siebel · Jun 2021

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Michele Madansky
Recode Decode: Michele Madansky · Jun 2019

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Mike Cagney
Recode Decode: Mike Cagney, CEO, SoFi · Feb 2016

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Mike McCue
Recode Decode: Mike McCue, CEO, Flipboard · Feb 2017

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Mike Senese

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Min-Liang Tan
Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus · Jan 2026

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Mina Hsiang
USDS head Mina Hsiang wants Big Tech’s best minds to help fix the government · Dec 2023

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Mindy Grossman
Recode Decode: Why Weight Watchers is now WW · Jan 2019

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Miya David
Why people are falling in love with AI chatbots · Mar 2024

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Molly Barton
Recode Decode: Serial Box CEO Molly Barton · Jan 2019

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Morgan Baden

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Moriba Jah

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Nadav Goshen
Recode Decode: Nadav Goshen · Dec 2019

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Nancy Koehn
Recode Decode: What Abraham Lincoln and Rachel Carson can teach us about leadership · Feb 2018

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Nathan Benaich

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Neal Katyal
Recode Decode: Neal Katyal · Dec 2019

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