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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 our shared future.

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Jensen Huang is out. What did China want from him?
Nov 2026
The man who fought napster is now fighting AI
Nov 2026
AI broke the cybersecurity world. Now what?
Nov 2026
The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boom
Nov 2026 · 2 books
Cover of Where Does My Stuff Come From? The Powerful Economics Behind Global Supply Chains
Where Does My Stuff Come From? The Powerful Economics Behind Global Supply Chains
Willie Shih
“the author of the upcoming book, Where Does My Stuff Come From? the powerful economics behind global supply chains”
Cover of Apple in China
Apple in China
Patrick McGee
“There's actually a great book called Apple in China, which I also recommend”
Why Peacock is making a huge bet on YouTube
Nov 2026
Inside Anthropic’s trillion-dollar AI gamble
Oct 2026
Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren't you?
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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The AGI Chronicles
Kevin Roose
“My guest today is Kevin Roos, a journalist and author of the new book, The AGI Chronicles”
Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
Oct 2026 · 1 book
Cover of The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead
Bill Gates
“I read the road ahead when I was like a kid”
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
Oct 2026
Why Elon Musk wants to sell you cell service
Oct 2026
Benn Jordan thinks the surveillance problem is much bigger than Flock
Oct 2026
Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Oct 2026
Another billionaire thinks he can fix Warner Bros.
Oct 2026
OpenAI has a Muse problem
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
“We talk about his critically acclaimed run in Death of a Salesman”
Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
Oct 2026
The AI warnings are getting louder
Oct 2026
How Utah locals fought Kevin O'Leary's AI data center
Oct 2026
The SaaSpocalypse that wasn't, with Atlassian's CEO
Sep 2026
Can Cloudflare save the web from AI?
Sep 2026
I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg
Sep 2026
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