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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827 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Nick Turley
ChatGPT chief Nick Turley doesn't want you too attached to AI · Aug 2025

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Oliver Kharraz
Zocdoc CEO: "Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI" · Oct 2025

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Pat Gelsinger
Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around – here’s how it’s going · Oct 2022

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Paul Bascobert
Reuters is ready to stand up for the press — and embrace AI · May 2025

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Peter Kafka
Why did Comcast ever buy NBC? · Jul 2026

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RJ Scaringe
Rivian CEO on CarPlay, Lidar, and affordable EVs · 3 episodes

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Rahul Purini
Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini on how anime took over the world · Feb 2024

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Raina Penchansky

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Rania Succar
Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on culture, acquisitions, and how big 'small business' really is · Apr 2024

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Rene Haas
Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech · 2 episodes

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Richard Robinson
Can we ever trust an AI lawyer? · Jul 2025

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Robert Hart
Welcome to the AI crisis in math · Aug 2026

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Ron Wyden
Sen. Ron Wyden is here to stop Elon Musk · 2 episodes

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Roy Jakobs
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall · Sep 2024

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Ryan Mac
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire · Jun 2026

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Sal Khan
Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won't destroy education · 2 episodes

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Sasan Goodarzi
Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode · Oct 2024

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Scott Belsky
Adobe's Scott Belsky on how NFTs will change creativity · 2 episodes

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Shishir Mehrotra
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me · Mar 2026

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Steve Boom
Why Amazon VP Steve Boom just made the entire music catalog free with Prime · Nov 2022

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Tareq Amin
The risky new way of building mobile broadband networks · Aug 2022

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Thomas Dohmke
GitHub's CEO says AI coding is ‘here to stay’ · 2 episodes

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Thomas Ingenlath
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath on life after Volvo and weathering the EV slowdown · 2 episodes

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Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web · Nov 2025

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Todd McKinnon
Okta's CEO is betting big on AI agent identity · Mar 2026

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Tom Conrad
How Sonos rebooted itself · Sep 2026

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Toni Schneider
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble · Aug 2026

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Tonya Evans
Can the law keep up with crypto? With professor Tonya Evans · Feb 2022

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Vlad Tenev
Are prediction markets gambling? Robinhood's Vlad Tenev is betting not · Apr 2025

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Wassym Bensaid
Rivian's software chief thinks you don't need CarPlay or buttons · May 2026

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Marc Andreessen
Recode Decode: Marc Andreessen, investor and entrepreneur · Sep 2015

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Elon Musk
Recode Decode: Elon Musk · Nov 2018

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Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban on the presidency and the future of American business · 3 episodes

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Sam Altman
Recode Decode: Should Mark Zuckerberg fire himself? · 2 episodes

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Dave Eggers
Recode Decode: Dave Eggers · Feb 2020

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future of the internet · Nov 2023

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Chelsea Handler
Recode Decode: Chelsea Handler · Jun 2016

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Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg is racing to keep up with self-driving cars · 2 episodes

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David Epstein
Recode Decode: David Epstein · Jan 2020

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Ezra Klein
Recode Decode: Ezra Klein · 2 episodes

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