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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Stephanie Parker
Recode Decode: The Google walkout organizers, one year later · Nov 2019

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Stephanie Ruhle
Recode Decode: Stephanie Ruhle · Nov 2019

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Sterling Anderson

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Steve Bandrowczak
Can Xerox reinvent itself for another 100 years? · Mar 2023

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Steve Cagle
Never pay the ransom — a cybersecurity CEO explains why · Oct 2022

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Steve Greenhouse
Recode Decode: Why workers need to be part of the conversation about UBI and artificial intelligence · Sep 2019

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Steve Hanke

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Steve Hilton
Recode Decode: 'Positive Populism' author Steve Hilton · 2 episodes

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Steve King

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Steve Spinner
Recode Decode: RevUp CEO Steve Spinner · Nov 2018

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Steven Levenson

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Steven Pearlstein
Recode Decode: The ‘bad ideas’ that broke American capitalism · Nov 2018

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Steven Yang
Why charging phones is such a complex business, with Anker CEO Steven Yang · Nov 2021

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Sue Decker
Recode Decode: Sue Decker, Raftr founder, and Michael Dearing, investor · Feb 2017

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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

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Sunil Paul
Recode Decode: Sidecar co-founder Sunil Paul · Aug 2018

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Sunil Rajaraman
Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · Nov 2016

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Susan Goldberg

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Susan Hockfield
Recode Decode: Susan Hockfield · May 2019

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Susan Rice
Recode Decode: Susan Rice · Nov 2019

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Susan Tynan
Recode Decode: Why it's OK to be analog in a digital world · Dec 2018

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Symone Sanders
Recode Decode: Symone Sanders · Jun 2020

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Taggart Matthiesen
Recode Decode: Taggart Matthiesen, director of product, Lyft · Aug 2017

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Ted Baxter
Recode Decode: Ted Baxter · Nov 2019

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Ted Leonsis
Recode Decode: Ted Leonsis, Founder, Revolution Growth · Oct 2016

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Teddy Schleiffer
Elon Musk's presidency is just getting started · Feb 2025

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Tekedra Maw

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Tekedra Mawakana
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on how to get self-driving taxis to the mall · Oct 2021

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Tiffany Tenille

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Tim Armstrong
Recode Decode: dtx CEO Tim Armstrong and Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra (live at An Evening With Code Commerce) · Mar 2019

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Tim Cadogan
How GoFundMe became America's backup plan · Aug 2026

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Tim O'Reilly
Recode Decode: Tim O'Reilly, author, 'WTF?' · Oct 2017

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Tim Simons
Recode Decode: How HBO's 'Veep' is reacting to Trump (Live at SXSW) · Mar 2017

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Tim Tully
AI is a money pit — here’s why investors don’t mind · Dec 2024

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Tolga Kurtoglu
Recode Decode: Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, PARC · Jul 2017

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Tom Alison
How the head of Facebook plans to compete with TikTok and win back Gen Z · Aug 2022

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Tom Friedman
Recode Decode: Tom Friedman · Dec 2016

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Tom Peters
Recode Decode: Tom Peters, management expert and author of ‘The Excellence Dividend’ · Jun 2018

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Tom Steyer
Recode Decode: Tom Steyer · Dec 2019

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Tom Warren
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup · Feb 2026

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