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Decoder

Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas – and other problems. Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policy makers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future. Subscribe here!

Poshmark’s Tracy Sun on why community is the future of retail

The resale app’s co-founder on stitching e-commerce with social media

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The robots are coming for your office

A conversation with NYT’s Kevin Roose on how robotic automation will impact our future

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How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation

Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar on the challenges of governing online companies

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Twitter is reinventing itself

Kayvon Beykpour, head of consumer product, on the company’s new product plan

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The 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars

Luminar’s Austin Russell on the technology that will drive the future

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This 26-year-old CEO is helping esports grow up

Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson on reinventing the industry

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What did we learn from the GameStop mess?

An interview with Jon Fortt of CNBC

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How Black communities shaped the internet

An interview with Charlton McIlwain, author of Black Software

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Arlan Hamilton is building a new kind of VC

An interview with the founder of Backstage Capital

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Hard lessons of the SolarWinds hack

Cybersecurity reporter Joseph Menn on the massive breach the US didn’t see coming

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The business of influence with MKBHD

Marques Brownlee on how he is scaling his brand

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Banning President Trump was the right decision, says Instagram’s Adam Mosseri

The head of Instagram on where social media goes from here

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Who decides what stays on the internet?

Regulation expert Daphne Keller on where moderation goes after banning Trump

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The business of meatless meat

Decoder interview with Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown

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Advertising is complicated, but Melissa Grady is very good at it

Cadillac’s CMO on how tech is reshaping advertising

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Can Substack CEO Chris Best build a new model for journalism?

How the newsletter startup is disrupting journalism

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The CEO of Alamo Drafthouse on going back to the movies

This week’s Decoder interview with Shelli Taylor

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Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on launching the new Xbox

A Decoder interview on next-gen consoles, subscription services, and the future of gaming

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Remote learning is here to stay — can we make it better?

An interview with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy

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Mark Cuban on America’s future

Decoder with Nilay Patel, episode 1

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