Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDuolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning
Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. There are lots of opportunities to enhance a product like Duolingo with AI, and we talk about all that — but I also wanted to talk to Luis about le…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The impossible dream of good workplace software
I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, Vergecast co-host and The Verge’s editor-at-large, about something he spends an ungodly amount of time thinking and writing about: software.
Scores of new…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn't thinking too far ahead
Rabbit’s adorable R1 gadget launched with a lot of hype, but early reviews of the device were universally bad. Now, a core feature, its long-promised LAM Playground has arrived. I had a lot of big qu…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard
Today, I’m talking to Jason Schreier, a Bloomberg journalist and author of the new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. If you don’t know Blizzard, you do know its ga…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable
Matt Strauss is the Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer at NBC Universal. That’s a big fancy title that means he’s not only in charge of Peacock but also every other streaming video offering the company h…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era
We have a very special episode of Decoder today. It’s become a tradition every fall to have Verge deputy editor Alex Heath interview Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the show at Meta Connect. This year, b…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Arc creator Josh Miller on why you need a better browser than Chrome
Today, I’m talking with Josh Miller, co-founder and CEO of The Browser Company, a relatively new software maker that develops the Arc browser. The company also has a mobile app called Arc Search that…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown
Google’s in the middle of its antitrust case in just as many months, after it lost a landmark trial in August over anticompetitive search practices. This time around, the DOJ is claiming Google has a…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall
Today, I’m talking with Roy Jakobs. He’s the CEO of Royal Philips, which makes medical devices ranging from MRI machines to ventilators. Philips has a long history —- the company began in the late 19…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Why AI image editing isn’t “just like Photoshop”
We’ve been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge for several years now — the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot pro…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago