Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Sen. Brian Schatz thinks child safety bills can trump the First Amendment
Today, I’m talking with Senator Brian Schatz, of Hawaii. We joke that Decoder is ultimately a show about org charts, but there’s a lot of truth to it…
2 years, 1 month ago
Rep. Ro Khanna on what it will take for Congress to regulate AI, privacy, and social media
Today, I’m talking with Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California. He’s been in Congress for eight years now, representing California’s 17…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Adobe is managing the AI copyright dilemma, with general counsel Dana Rao
Today, I'm talking to Dana Rao, who is General Counsel and Chief Trust Officer at Adobe. Now, if you're a longtime Decoder listener, you know that I …
2 years, 2 months ago
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
2023 will go down as the year that Elon Musk killed Twitter. First he did it in a big way, by buying the company, firing most of the employees, and d…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen took his company back
Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport, which makes software to optimize shipping everything from huge containers to ecommerce deliveries. …
2 years, 3 months ago
USDS head Mina Hsiang wants Big Tech’s best minds to help fix the government
The US Digital Service has a fascinating structure: it comprises nearly 250 people, all of whom serve two-year stints developing apps, improving webs…
2 years, 3 months ago
IBM's Jerry Chow explains the next phase of quantum computing
IBM made some announcements this week about its plans for the next ten years of quantum computing: there are new chips, new computers, and new APIs. …
2 years, 3 months ago
Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami isn’t worried AI will kill the web
Today I’m talking with Avishai Abrahami, the CEO of Wix. You might know Wix as a website builder. It’s a competitor to WordPress and Squarespace. Ton…
2 years, 3 months ago
Chaos at OpenAI: What happened to Sam Altman, and what's next
What actually happened at OpenAI in the last three days? Decoder host and Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with Verge editors Alex Heath and D…
2 years, 4 months ago
Volvo CEO Jim Rowan thinks dropping CarPlay is a mistake
Today, I’m talking to Jim Rowan, the CEO of Volvo Cars. Now, Jim’s only been at Volvo for a short time. He took over in 2022 after a decades-long car…
2 years, 4 months ago