Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas â 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 theyâre navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
51 mins; April 02, 2026
Okta's CEO is betting big on AI agent identity
66 hours 36 mins; March 30, 2026
Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Why'd Trump go easy on them?
37 mins; March 26, 2026
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
75 hours 53 mins; March 23, 2026
Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble
48 mins; March 19, 2026
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web's homepage
77 hours 43 mins; March 16, 2026
Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
48 mins; March 12, 2026
Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys
72 hours 3 mins; March 09, 2026
Prediction markets want to be the news
45 mins; March 05, 2026
Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis
65 hours 38 mins; March 02, 2026
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup
43 mins; February 26, 2026
Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms
71 hours 2 mins; February 23, 2026
Money no longer matters to AI's top talent
41 mins; February 19, 2026
Let's talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state
27 mins; February 16, 2026
The surprising case for AI judges
73 hours 5 mins; February 12, 2026
Siemens CEO's mission to automate everything
62 hours 46 mins; February 09, 2026
Reality is losing the deepfake war
48 mins; February 05, 2026
Docusign's CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts
65 hours 48 mins; February 02, 2026
Netflix is eating Hollywood â because it has to
55 mins; January 29, 2026
Experian's tech chief defends credit scores: 'We're not Palantir'
69 hours 52 mins; January 26, 2026
Why nobody's stopping Grok
65 hours 51 mins; January 22, 2026
Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus
64 hours 36 mins; January 19, 2026
Rewind: How private equity kills companies and communities
51 mins; January 15, 2026
Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy
64 hours 25 mins; January 12, 2026
Whatâs next for Netflix and Paramount in the Warner Bros. battle
43 mins; December 22, 2025
"All chaos and panic": Nilay answers your burning Decoder questions
56 mins; December 18, 2025
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway
64 hours 49 mins; December 15, 2025
Sen. Ed Markey wants media companies to fight for the First Amendment
57 mins; December 11, 2025
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money
73 hours 47 mins; December 08, 2025
The tiny team trying to keep AI from destroying everything
38 mins; December 04, 2025
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says there is no AI bubble after all
69 hours 34 mins; December 01, 2025
What the climate story gets wrong
50 mins; November 24, 2025
The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon
30 mins; November 20, 2025
Ring's Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
70 hours 17 mins; November 17, 2025
The company at the heart of the AI bubble
37 mins; November 13, 2025
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesnât think AI will destroy the web
55 mins; November 10, 2025
How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education
39 mins; November 06, 2025
Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more and the shift to robotaxis
78 hours 2 mins; November 03, 2025
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
69 hours 41 mins; October 30, 2025
LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here
65 hours 7 mins; October 27, 2025
Why GM will give you Gemini â but not CarPlay
78 hours 3 mins; October 22, 2025
Zocdoc CEO: "Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI"
66 hours 6 mins; October 20, 2025
The EV tax credit is dead. What now?
39 mins; October 16, 2025
Announcing an ad-free Decoder feed for Verge subscribers
22 secs; October 15, 2025
The AI industry is at a major crossroads
44 mins; October 09, 2025
Rivian CEO on CarPlay, Lidar, and affordable EVs
50 mins; October 06, 2025
The good, the bad, and the future of AI agents
46 mins; October 02, 2025
Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV
63 hours 22 mins; September 29, 2025
How AI safety took a backseat to military money
42 mins; September 25, 2025
Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird
66 hours 0 mins; September 22, 2025
How chatbots â and their makers â are enabling AI psychosis
50 mins; September 18, 2025
How brands and creators are fighting for your attention â and your money
61 hours 7 mins; September 15, 2025
Sierra CEO Bret Taylor on why the AI bubble feels like the dotcom boom
51 mins; September 11, 2025
Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won't destroy education
63 hours 33 mins; September 08, 2025
The quest to keep OpenAI honest
40 mins; September 04, 2025
Rewind: Bookshop CEO's crusade to save books from Amazon
67 hours 13 mins; August 28, 2025
Is ChatGPT killing higher education?
57 mins; August 25, 2025
Amazon is betting on agents to win the AI race
53 mins; August 21, 2025
How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO
54 mins; August 18, 2025
ChatGPT chief Nick Turley doesn't want you too attached to AI
55 mins; August 14, 2025
Notion's CEO wants you to demand better from your tools
55 mins; August 11, 2025
GitHub's CEO says AI coding is âhere to stayâ
61 hours 14 mins; August 07, 2025
Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding
55 mins; August 04, 2025
Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars
39 mins; July 31, 2025
Can we ever trust an AI lawyer?
54 mins; July 28, 2025
We are not ready for better deepfakes
56 mins; July 24, 2025
Why tech billionaires want a âcorporate dictatorshipâ
62 hours 15 mins; July 21, 2025
Perplexity CEO on why the browser is AI's killer app
49 mins; July 17, 2025
How decision making will change when AI answers are cheap and (too) easy
63 hours 28 mins; July 14, 2025
Inside the AI startup frenzy: âEveryoneâs pivoting, then pivoting againâ
48 mins; July 10, 2025
How SharkNinja took over the home
84 hours 1 min; July 07, 2025
Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
69 hours 1 min; June 30, 2025
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says dating AI chatbots is 'playing with fire'
63 hours 28 mins; June 23, 2025
Monopoly isnât a game (with Lina Khan)
60 hours 36 mins; June 12, 2025
Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith isnât afraid of AI robots replacing human labor
67 hours 45 mins; June 09, 2025
Why Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela thinks AI filmmaking is the future
52 mins; June 05, 2025
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to build the everything app
73 hours 31 mins; June 02, 2025
How private equity kills companies and communities
49 mins; May 29, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next phase of AI
46 mins; May 27, 2025
Why Uber's CEO is okay with reinventing the bus
63 hours 28 mins; May 22, 2025
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI can save the web, not destroy it
70 hours 38 mins; May 19, 2025
Workday's new product head hopes he can make you like Workday
73 hours 36 mins; May 15, 2025
Did Apple get too big for its own good?
79 hours 5 mins; May 12, 2025
Reuters is ready to stand up for the press â and embrace AI
66 hours 8 mins; May 08, 2025
NYT publisher AG Sulzberger on Trump, OpenAI, and the economy
66 hours 43 mins; May 05, 2025
What Trump has broken in 100 days
48 mins; May 01, 2025
Decoder Live: Fired FTC commissioners fight back
54 mins; April 28, 2025
The case for breaking up Google has never been stronger
68 hours 18 mins; April 24, 2025
Verizonâs consumer chief: Net neutrality âwent literally nowhereâ
68 hours 39 mins; April 21, 2025
How Trumpâs tariffs actually work on the ground
63 hours 24 mins; April 17, 2025
Are prediction markets gambling? Robinhood's Vlad Tenev is betting not
75 hours 1 min; April 14, 2025
Why DOGE is killing the agency that stops banks from ripping you off
48 mins; April 10, 2025
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on AI agents replacing our jobs
66 hours 38 mins; April 07, 2025
What AI anime memes tell us about the future of art and humanity
55 mins; April 03, 2025
How Unity CEO Matt Bromberg stopped the âwarâ against its customers
70 hours 21 mins; March 31, 2025
Capitalism vs. the bird flu
45 mins; March 27, 2025
Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on why push-button AI is âinsultingâ to musicians
66 hours 37 mins; March 24, 2025
The movement to take down Tesla
47 mins; March 20, 2025
How Trump's tariff chaos is already changing global trade
67 hours 26 mins; March 17, 2025
Why the Take It Down Act is a not a law, but a weapon