Decoder with Nilay Patel

Meta’s Andrew Bosworth on moving Facebook to the metaverse

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook announced a major corporate rebrand by changing its company name to Meta. The new name is meant to solidify the social media giant’s longte...

Adobe's Scott Belsky on how NFTs will change creativity

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adobe is one of those companies that I don’t think we pay enough attention to — it’s been around since 1982, and the entire creative economy run...

How Jeep is going electric, with CEO Christian Meunier

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are talking to Jeep CEO Christian Meunier – and there’s a lot to talk about. Jeep just announced its second hybrid electric vehicle i...

How Amazon runs Alexa, with Dave Limp

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Dave Limp, the senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon – or, more simply, the guy in charge of Alexa. Dave’s gro...

Land of the Giants: This Changes Everything

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Land of the Giants: The Apple Revolution, Recode’s Peter Kafka explores the company that changed what a computer is — and then changed what ...

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

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Waymo is working on self-driving taxis. Which is a huge deal. Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft have remade cities, allowed people to give up their...

John Carreyrou’s final chapter on the Theranos scandal

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks to John Carreyrou about his reporting on Theranos from his Wall Street Journal articles that broke the scandal in 2015 to his podcas...

How F*ck You Pay Me is empowering creators

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a lot about the creator economy here on Decoder and one thing we’ve learned from all those conversations is that the creator economy is a ma...

It's brutal out here: Olivia Rodrigo and how the music business makes songwriters fight over credits

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Decoder we are doing something a little different. We're talking with Charlie Harding, co-host of the podcast Switched on Pop a podcast a...

How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Apple has had a lot going on lately: we did a whole episode about the controversial child protection photo scanning features, which have now been dela...

Everything you need to know about the global chip shortage

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for microchips has far exceeded supply, causing problems in every industry that relies on computers. A...

The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Doug DeMuro, who reviews cars on YouTube for almost 10 years. Nilay and Doug talk about the economics of YouTube, how Doug feel...

Meet the self-driving brains working with Ford and Volkswagen

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm talking to Bryan Salesky, the cofounder and CEO of Argo AI, a startup that's trying to build the tech stack for self-driving cars. Argo just...

Here’s why Apple’s new child safety features are so controversial

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel is joined by Riana Pfefferkorn and Jennifer King to talk about Apple's new child safety features. Riana and Jen are both researchers at St...

YouTube's Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan on the algorithm, monetization, and future for creators

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode I’m talking with Neal Mohan, the chief product officer at YouTube. And there’s a lot to talk about – YouTube is announcing ...

Chuck Todd on why Meet the Press can’t survive on just one platform

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Nilay Patel talks to Chuck Todd, the political director at NBC News and moderator of Meet The Press, the longest running television show in ...

How Blackstone became the darling of grill TikTok with CEO Roger Dahle

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel encountered the name Blackstone on TikTok last year, just as the pandemic lockdowns were starting. He saw people posting videos smashing b...

Can Polestar design a new kind of car company?

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are back after our week off, and we’ve got a good one today. On this episode I’m talking to Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar, a new car compan...

Land of the Giants: Delivery Wars

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While Decoder is on vacation this week, we're sharing an episode of Land of the Giants, a podcast from our friends at Recode and Eater. Land of the Gi...

Juul and the business of addiction, with Lauren Etter

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Juul became a sensation — and a sensationally dramatic story. Lauren Etter, author of The Devil's Playbook: Big Tobacco, JUUL, and the Addiction of ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. On Thursday, Microsoft announced Windows 11, which comes with an all-new desi...

Patreon CEO Jack Conte on why creators can’t depend on platforms

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Jack Conte, co-founder and CEO of Patreon, the platform that allows people to pay their favorite creators directly with monthly...

John Deere CTO Jahmy Hindman on farming, data, and fixing the tractors of the future

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Jahmy Hindman, chief technology office at John Deere, the world’s biggest manufacturer of farming machinery.  Nilay and Jahm...

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

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with managing director of Y Combinator Michael Siebel. YC is one of the most well-known and successful startup incubators in Silicon...

Why Spotify’s chief legal officer called Apple a “ruthless bully”

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with head of global affairs and chief legal officer of Spotify Horacio Gutierrez to help understand why Spotify and so many other ap...

How to build everything, with Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex. Flex is the third largest electronics manufacturing company in the world, making everything from...

Ford CEO Jim Farley on building the electric F-150 — and reinventing Ford

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, to discuss their second big push into consumer EVs with the F-150 Lightning. We wanted to see...

Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld the Trump ban. What’s next?

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Kate Klonick, a law professor at St. John’s University Law School and one of the foremost chroniclers of Facebook’s moderat...

How Shopify’s network of small businesses can take on Amazon

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify. Shopify makes software that allows businesses of all sizes to set up online stores, a...

Senator Amy Klobuchar takes on Apple with antitrust law

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Senator Amy Klobuchar sits down with host Nilay Patel to discuss her new book Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital A...

How Anjali Sud stopped worrying about YouTube and reinvented Vimeo

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since becoming CEO a few years ago, Anjali Sud has changed the nature of Vimeo’s business from indie entertainment streaming platform to a SaaS comp...

Is VR the next frontier in fitness?

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Chris Milk, founder and CEO of Within, which makes the VR fitness app Supernatural. Chris has been making VR experiences for a ...

Is there a future for Bitcoin? An investor and a skeptic make their case

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel interviews two experts on different sides of the bitcoin argument: a bitcoin investor and bitcoin skeptic. The investor is Nic Carter. He’...

Facebook's VP of Global Affairs doesn’t think the platform is polarizing

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a bonus episode of Decoder, Platformer editor and Verge contributing editor Casey Newton talks with Facebook's VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg abou...

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

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Tracy Sun, the co-founder and SVP of new markets at Poshmark, a fashion resale company that just went public earlier this year ...

The robots are coming for your office, with NYT’s Kevin Roose

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel sits down with New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose to discuss the impact of automation on our future — specifically, robotic pro...

Australia vs Facebook — and how regulation is splintering the internet, with Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar about Australia's Media Bargaining Code, which requires social platforms and search engines to pay...

How Twitter is building its future, with Kayvon Beykpour

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay talks with Twitter’s Head of Consumer Product, Keyvon Beykpour about what it took to reset the team towards growth, how he decides what to pri...

Underunderstood: Why is This Sheriff Arresting Fire TV Sellers?

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An 88-year-old is being charged with a felony after selling ‘jailbroke firesticks’ at a Florida flea market. Why? Learn more about your ad choices...

Meet Austin Russell, the 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Russell, Luminar’s founder and CEO on why he thinks LIDAR is the future of self-driving technology, where he thinks the autonomous vehicle in...

Evil Geniuses' CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson on how to run an esports company

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with CEO of Evil Geniuses about how an esports team makes money, where the industry is headed, and where she sees growth. We want t...

CNBC’s Jon Fortt on GameStop, Robinhood, and wallstreetbets

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CNBC anchor Jon Fortt unpacks how the GameStop stock story was covered by the media and if technology has the ability to democratize the markets throu...

Black Software author on technology’s role in racial justice

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Decoder, Nilay sits down with Charlton McIlwain, a professor of media, culture, and communications at NYU and the author of Black S...

Venture Capitalism isn’t just for Venture Capitalists, with Arlan Hamilton

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton. Arlan founded VC fund Backstage Capital in 2015 and focuses on investing in “underestimate...

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

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Verge's Nilay Patel is joined by Joseph Menn, a cybersecurity reporter at Reuters and author of the new book Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Origina...

Marques Brownlee on how to scale MKBHD while being the face of the YouTube brand

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks with Marques Brownlee (MKBHD on YouTube) about building a business as a YouTuber, how content creators make money, and how to scale ...

Instagram’s Adam Mosseri on the future of Reels, moderation, and the responsibility of social media platforms

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Verge's Nilay Patel talks with head of Instagram Adam Mosseri about how to run a creative platform like Instagram at scale while keeping users —...

Trump, Twitter, and the First Amendment, with platform moderation expert Daphne Keller

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the pro-Trump attack on the Capitol, many online platforms, including both Twitter and Facebook, banned President Trump. In this w...

The business of meatless meat with Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is with Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown. Nilay and Ethan discuss how the company is doing since its IPO in 2019 and how they...

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

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Advertising is a huge part of the economy and something we all experience everyday through various mediums. In this episode, Nilay Patel talks with Ca...

Can Substack CEO Chris Best build a new model for journalism?

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay Patel talks to Chris Best, cofounder and CEO of Substack, the subscription newsletter startup that’s taken the media industry by storm over th...

Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor on going back to the movies

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Decoder, Nilay talks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse. Shelli stepped into her new role as CEO during the pandemic. ...

Microsoft's Phil Spencer on launching the new Xbox and the future of games

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode of Decoder Nilay Patel talks to Phil Spencer, the guy in charge of Xbox at Microsoft. They discuss not only the next-generati...

Remote learning is here to stay — can we make it better?

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode of Decoder, Nilay Patel talks with Sal Khan, the co-founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit online learning platform for...

Mark Cuban on the presidency and the future of American business

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the first episode of Decoder, Nilay Patel interviews Mark Cuban. Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, he’s a tech investor, and is on the h...

Welcome to Decoder

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It may seem like a strange time to launch a podcast about business when the pandemic has frozen so many things in place, but the future is still comin...

Recode Decode series finale: Vox CEO Jim Bankoff and fan-favorite guests

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After five years, Kara Swisher signs off as the host of Recode Decode. She and her producer Eric Johnson discuss five of the best moments in the show'...

Recode Decode: Sridhar Ramaswamy

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new startup, Neeva, which promises to offer paying subscribers a ...

Recode Decode: Rose Marcario

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's history of activism, the Facebook ad boycott that Patagonia he...

Recode Decode: Aminatou Sow

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Call Your Girlfriend co-host Aminatou Sow talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about upcoming book with Ann Friedman, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Oth...

Recode Decode: Samantha Power

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harvard professor Samantha Power, the former US ambassador the United Nations, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her 2019 memoir The Education of...

Recode Decode: Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hive authors Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how they came to write a young adult book about a social media dyst...

Recode Decode: Symone Sanders

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Symone Sanders, a senior advisor to Joe Biden and former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the 2020 ...

Recode Decode: Jason Fried

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Basecamp CEO Jason Fried talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's new email product, Hey, which he describes as "the most ambitious and st...

Recode Decode: Katie Couric

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Katie Couric, the former host of the Today Show and anchor of the CBS Evening News, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why the current moment of p...

Recode Decode: Jill Lepore

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

American historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new podcast, The Last Archive, which investigate...

Recode Decode: Bart Gellman

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist and author Bart Gellman talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance S...

Recode Decode: Andy Puddicombe, Robin Arzon, and Marianne Williamson

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Recode's Kara Swisher talks with three guests about how to take care of your mind, body, and spirit while in quarantine. Headspace co-founder Andy Pud...

Recode Decode: Frances Frei

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the new book she wrote with her wife Anne Morriss, Unleashed: Th...

Recode Decode: Daniel Schreiber

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lemonade CEO and co-founder Daniel Schreiber talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what happens to an insurance in a crisis like COVID-19, how some o...

Recode Decode: Jon Mooallem

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

New York Times Magazine writer-at-large Jon Mooallem talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his newest book, This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-Am...

Recode Decode: Phil Howard and Emily Bell

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Howard, the Oxford Internet Institute director and author of Lie Machines, and Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Center for D...

Recode Decode: Dara Khosrowshahi

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about Uber's evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how it's preparing for the world ...

Recode Decode: Brian Chesky

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky returns to Recode Decode to talk with Kara Swisher about how the company is "going back to [its] roots" after the COVID-19 pan...

Recode Decode: Gene Sperling

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Clinton and Obama economic advisor Gene Sperling talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, Economic Dignity, and how the COVID-19...

Recode Decode: Casey Newton and Louie Swisher

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Recode's Kara Swisher talks with the Verge's Casey Newton and her older son, Louie Swisher, about how the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine has affecte...

Recode Decode: Jon Meacham

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Historian and bestselling author Jon Meacham talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new podcast Hope Through History, which shows how Americans en...

Recode Decode: Maye Musk

13 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Model and dietitian Maye Musk (the mother of Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, entrepreneur Kimbal Musk, and filmmaker Tosca Musk) talks with Recode's Kara ...

Recode Decode: Joe Walsh

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he tried to primary Donald Trump earlier this year, how the Republi...

Recode Decode: Scott Galloway

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

NYU Professor and Pivot co-host Scott Galloway returns to Recode Decode to talk about his new show on Vice TV, No Mercy, No Malice with Professor Scot...

Recode Decode: Alexis Coe

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Political historian Alexis Coe talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her latest book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, ...

Recode Decode: Alex Kantrowitz

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BuzzFeed News reporter Alex Kantrowitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Fo...

Recode Decode: Ryan Murphy

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TV producer Ryan Murphy — who created or produced shows like Glee, 911, and American Horror Story — talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new...

Recode Decode: Dave Asprey

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bulletproof founder and former CEO Dave Asprey talks about the invention and current state of “biohacking," how his blog for “bulletproof executiv...

Recode Decode: Nikole Hannah-Jones

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the coronavirus pandemic is magnifying inequality in t...

Recode Decode: Sarah Kendzior

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling author and Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention ...

Recode Decode: Tim Ferriss

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling author, investor, and podcaster Tim Ferriss talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his advice for people coping with the coronavirus quara...

Recode Decode: Mark Cuban

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Investor, Dallas Mavericks owner, and Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about what capitalism and entrepreneurship looks ...

Recode Decode: Mayor London Breed

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she was one of the first local leaders in the US to act on the spread of c...

Recode Decode: Jeffrey Katzenberg

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the first week of the short-form video app — which was intended for on-the-g...

Recode Decode: Sarah Frier

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomberg technology reporter Sarah Frier talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram. Frier discuss...

Recode Decode: Adam Grant

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant, the author of "Originals" and host of the podcast "WorkLife," talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the benef...

Recode Decode: Niall Ferguson

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Historian Niall Ferguson, the author of bestselling books such as The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher a...

Recode Decode: Kevin Systrom

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Instagram co-founder and former CEO Kevin Systrom talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the data analysis he has conducted and publicized about the g...

Recode Decode: David Plouffe

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Obama advisor David Plouffe — who since leaving the White House has worked with Uber, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, and Acronym — talks w...

Recode Decode: Stewart Butterfield

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how coronavirus changed everything for Slack and its customers, the sudden transi...

Recode Decode: Gary Vaynerchuk

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the impact of covid-19 on entrepreneurship, why he stopped investing in tech co...

Recode Decode: Deepak Chopra

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Deepak Chopra talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how to cope with the global threat posed by coronavirus, the parallel "pandemic of panic," an...

Recode Decode: Chamath Palihapitiya

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how long it will take to recover from the coronavirus crisis, its impac...

Recode Decode: Ben Hubbard

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Hubbard, the Beirut bureau chief for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed B...