When Nilay Patel was four years old, he drove a Chrysler into a small pond because he was trying to learn how the gearshift worked. Years later, he became a technology journalist. He has thus far remained dry.

Nilay Patel is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Verge, the technology and culture brand from Vox Media. In his decade at Vox Media, he&rsquo;s grown The Verge into one of the largest and most influential tech sites, with a global audience of millions of monthly readers, and award-winning journalism with real-world impact. Honored in Adweek&rsquo;s “Creative 100” in 2021, under Patel&rsquo;s leadership, The Verge received its first Pulitzer and National Magazine Award nominations.

Patel is a go-to expert voice in the tech space, hosting The Verge&rsquo;s Webby award-winning podcasts, Decoder with Nilay Patel and The Vergecast, and appearing on CNBC as a regular contributor. He received an AB in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2003 and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2006.

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Everything Verizon says in this terrible video about net neutrality vs. the truth

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Ajit Pai’s net neutrality plan is nonsense

Show Notes: Let’s tear apart this Ajit Pai op-ed, shall we?

Oath isn’t just a terrible name — it’s going to be a nightmare ad-tracking machine

Show Notes: This is a salacious headline about Apple designed to get clicks

Show Notes: Hollywood money corrupts absolutely

Show Notes: Congress just sold your internet privacy out from under you

The real story behind Stories is advertising

Show Notes: Android tablets and the definition of insanity

is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast.

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