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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.

Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything
Sep 2026
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Why the current tech backlash feels different
Sep 2026
0:00 / 54:35
How Sonos rebooted itself
Sep 2026
0:00 / 73:44
New York governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be “less evil"
Aug 2026
0:00 / 51:10
OpenAI's executive exodus has one big winner
Aug 2026
0:00 / 40:40
How GoFundMe became America's backup plan
Aug 2026
0:00 / 77:44
Welcome to the AI crisis in math
Aug 2026
0:00 / 40:30
It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
Aug 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of Traffic
Traffic
Ben Smith
he even wrote a book about it called traffic which he discussed with me here on dakota back in 2023 ▶ tap to play from here
Does Google even want to win in AI?
Aug 2026
0:00 / 39:13
Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio
Aug 2026
0:00 / 66:34
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Aug 2026
0:00 / 37:33
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
Aug 2026
0:00 / 75:28
The end of the human internet
Jul 2026 · 1 book
0:00 / 43:04
Cover of The Internet Scam
The Internet Scam
Cory Doctorow
i just read um this new book coming out by uh corey doctoro the activist writer or science fiction writer who coins a term in shitification and he notes in the book ▶ tap to play from here
Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Jul 2026
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What Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is really about
Jul 2026
0:00 / 44:05
Dr. Jill Lepore on why the AI backlash is vital for the future
Jul 2026 · 4 books
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Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore
about her new book the rise and fall of the artificial state which comes out on august 25th ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Franchise
Franchise
Isaac Asimov
a classic story by isaac asimoth i think is nineteen fifty five called franchise ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of From Counterculture to Cyberculture
From Counterculture to Cyberculture
Fred Turner
there's this great book from s from counterculture to cyberculture that's about ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
Lizabeth Cohen
there's a great book by my colleague liz cohen consumers republic that argues that the kind of consumer replaced the citizen ▶ tap to play from here
Proton’s CTO: No company is going to jail for you
Jul 2026
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Yes, even Nvidia's head of automotive is fighting for compute
Jul 2026
0:00 / 71:56
Why did Comcast ever buy NBC?
Jul 2026
0:00 / 62:52
Inside the big business of the creator economy, with Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky
Jul 2026
0:00 / 68:13
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