Podcast Episodes

Juul and the business of addiction, with Lauren Etter

Juul became a sensation — and a sensationally dramatic story.

Lauren Etter, author of The Devil's Playbook: Big Tobacco, JUUL, and the Addiction of a …

4 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows

Nilay Patel talks with Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft.

On Thursday, Microsoft announced Windows 11, which comes with an all-new desi…

4 years, 8 months ago

Patreon CEO Jack Conte on why creators can’t depend on platforms

Nilay Patel talks with Jack Conte, co-founder and CEO of Patreon, the platform that allows people to pay their favorite creators directly with monthl…

4 years, 8 months ago

John Deere CTO Jahmy Hindman on farming, data, and fixing the tractors of the future

Nilay Patel talks with Jahmy Hindman, chief technology office at John Deere, the world’s biggest manufacturer of farming machinery. 

Nilay and Jahmy d…

4 years, 9 months ago

The next generation of startups is remote, with Y Combinator's Michael Siebel

Nilay Patel talks with managing director of Y Combinator Michael Siebel. YC is one of the most well-known and successful startup incubators in Silico…

4 years, 9 months ago

Why Spotify’s chief legal officer called Apple a “ruthless bully”

Nilay Patel talks with head of global affairs and chief legal officer of Spotify Horacio Gutierrez to help understand why Spotify and so many other a…

4 years, 9 months ago

How to build everything, with Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi

Nilay Patel talks with Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex.

Flex is the third largest electronics manufacturing company in the world, making everything from…

4 years, 9 months ago

Ford CEO Jim Farley on building the electric F-150 — and reinventing Ford

This week we have Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, to discuss their second big push into consumer EVs with the F-150 Lightning. We wanted to se…

4 years, 10 months ago

Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld the Trump ban. What’s next?

Nilay Patel talks with Kate Klonick, a law professor at St. John’s University Law School and one of the foremost chroniclers of Facebook’s moderation…

4 years, 10 months ago

How Shopify’s network of small businesses can take on Amazon

Nilay Patel talks with Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify. Shopify makes software that allows businesses of all sizes to set up online stores, …

4 years, 10 months ago