Podcast Episodes

The risky new way of building mobile broadband networks

In 2019, the Trump administration brokered a deal allowing TMobile to buy Sprint as long as it helped Dish Network stand up a new 5G network to keep …

3 years, 7 months ago

Why Hank Green can’t quit YouTube for TikTok

Today I’m talking to Hank Green. Hank doesn’t need much introduction. In fact, he invited himself on Decoder to talk about YouTube's partner program,…

3 years, 7 months ago

Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman thinks clothing rental is inflation-proof

Today we’re talking to Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway.

Rent the Runway is a a pretty simple idea: it’s a clothing rental and su…

3 years, 7 months ago

Is the metaverse going to suck? A conversation with Matthew Ball

All right, let’s talk about the metaverse. 

You probably can’t stop hearing about it. It’s in startup pitches, in earnings reports, some companies are…

3 years, 8 months ago

Land of the Giants: Facebook gets a facelift

This week, we're sharing the first episode of Land of the Giants: The Facebook/ Meta Disruption. Long before Mark Zuckerberg renamed Facebook Meta an…

3 years, 8 months ago

How arson led to a culture reboot at Traeger, with CEO Jeremy Andrus

Happy Fourth of July to our listeners in the States. Decoder is only a year old, but we’ve decided a Decoder tradition is that every summer, we’re go…

3 years, 8 months ago

TSA’s chief innovation officer on surveillance, security lines, and surrendering to PreCheck

I’m old enough to remember what it was like to fly before 9/11 — there were no TSA lines, there was no PreCheck, and there certainly wasn’t any requi…

3 years, 8 months ago

How Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius is refocusing for an electric future

Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius became CEO in 2019 but has been working for Mercedes since 1993 in almost every part of the company. During that peri…

3 years, 9 months ago

How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany

The Verge is all about how technology make us feel. Our screens and our systems aren’t inert, or neutral – they create emotions, sometimes the strong…

3 years, 9 months ago

What unions could mean for Apple with Zoe Schiffer

Today is Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC. It’s one of the biggest events of the year for Apple, one of the most important companies …

3 years, 9 months ago