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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   Tony West

   Recode Decode: Uber's Tony West and Eric Holder on exposing wrongdoing (Live) · Dec 2017

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   Tracy Sun

   Poshmark’s Tracy Sun on stitching e-commerce with social media · Mar 2021

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   Travis Katz

   Brightdrop isn’t just selling electric vans — it's redesigning delivery · Apr 2023

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   Trish Bendix
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   Tristan Walker

   Recode Decode: Tristan Walker, CEO, Walker & Company · Aug 2016

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   Valerie Jarrett

   Recode Decode: Valerie Jarrett · 3 episodes

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   Valter Longo
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   Vic Gundotra

   Recode Decode: Vic Gundotra, CEO, AliveCor · Dec 2016

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   Victor Cho
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    Vijaya Gadde

    Recode Decode: Twitter's Vijaya Gadde and Kayvon Beykpour (Live at Code 2019) · 2 episodes

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    Walt Mossberg

    Recode Decode: Walt Mossberg · May 2016

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    Wendy Davis

    Recode Decode: Deeds Not Words' Wendy Davis · May 2016

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    Willem Avé

    Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money · Dec 2025

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    Xinzhou Wu

    Yes, even Nvidia's head of automotive is fighting for compute · Jul 2026

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    Yony Feng

    Recode Decode: Peloton CTO Yony Feng · Jul 2016

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    Zach Stafford

    Recode Decode: Zach Stafford and Trish Bendix, editors, Into · Dec 2017

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    Zoe Schiffer

    What unions could mean for Apple with Zoe Schiffer · 2 episodes

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    Tim Ferriss

    Recode Decode: Tim Ferriss · 2 episodes

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    Sam Harris

    Recode Decode: Sam Harris · May 2019

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    Scott Galloway

    Recode Decode: Scott Galloway · 5 episodes

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    Kara Swisher

    On with Kara Swisher: Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around? · 3 episodes

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    Sean Hayes

    Recode Decode: 'Will & Grace' co-star Sean Hayes · Oct 2018

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    Evan Ratliff

    Recode Decode: “The Mastermind” author Evan Ratliff · Feb 2019

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    William Kristol

    Recode Decode: Bill Kristol · Oct 2019

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    Joi Ito

    Recode Decode: MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito · Jun 2019

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    Rajiv Shah

    Recode Decode: Rockfeller Foundation president Raj Shah and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon (Live at Code 2019) · Jul 2019

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    Stephen Schwarzman

    Recode Decode: Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman · Sep 2019

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