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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!

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

Big plans to go all-electric by 2030

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

Her new book on the long history of fangirls, from the Beatles to One Direction

Nilay Patel
What unions could mean for Apple with Zoe Schiffer

Verge labor reporter on the fight to unionize

Nilay Patel
How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war

With Michael Chobanian, the president of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine

Nilay Patel
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines thinks automation can fight the great resignation

Uber, Facebook, and Spotify already use UiPath software

Nilay Patel
How big companies kill ideas — and how to fight back, with Tony Fadell

Stories and lessons from his new book, Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Nilay Patel
A former Foxconn executive tries to explain what went wrong in Wisconsin

A plan to revive US manufacturing gone wrong

Nilay Patel
Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the internet — is it?

Plus, why a16z has spent $3 billion on web3 startups

Nilay Patel
Is streaming just becoming cable again? Julia Alexander thinks so

Plus, Disney’s battle of the Bobs

Nilay Patel
Steve Aoki on why he’s a ‘crypto believer’

Are NFTs the future of the music business?

Nilay Patel
How Robinhood’s Aparna Chennapragada is building the future of investing

Robinhood is launching a new cash card today

Nilay Patel
How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margrethe Vestager

The European Commission’s competition watchdog is thinking bigger than lawsuits

Adi Robertson
How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird

CEO Matt Mullenweg on why he bets big on small companies

Nilay Patel
The future of computers is only $4 away, with Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton

Plus, how to make a chip in a chip shortage

Nilay Patel
Inside Sonos’ decision to sue Google — and how it won

Protecting your patents against tech giants

Nilay Patel
Can the law keep up with crypto?

Demystifying the law of the internet with crypto professor Tonya Evans

Nilay Patel
What an NFL coaching scandal can teach tech about diversity

Tackling tech’s diversity problem with Bärí Williams

Nilay Patel
News with a Capital B: CEO Lauren Williams on why we need news for and by Black people

How a Black news startup was born from a racial justice reckoning

Nilay Patel
The business of finding a better job, with Career Karma CEO Ruben Harris

Turning the ‘Great Resignation’ into good business

Nilay Patel
Seven CEOs and one secretary of transportation on the future of cars

Featuring the CEOs of Volkswagen, Ford, and Jeep

Nilay Patel
How Volkswagen can reinvent itself as an EV company, with CEO Herbert Diess

A new electric Microbus offers a glimpse at the future of VW

Nilay Patel
What comes after the smartphone, with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

Cristiano Amon is optimistic about everything

Nilay Patel
Pete Buttigieg is racing to keep up with self-driving cars

The US secretary of transportation wants to talk about innovation, infrastructure, and electric vehicles — and a little about Tesla

Nilay Patel and Andrew J. Hawkins
How Logitech bet big on work from home

Bracken Darrell talks about the mouse and keyboard renaissance

Nilay Patel
Can we regulate social media without breaking the First Amendment?

Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, helps us answer the question

Nilay Patel
The metaverse is already here — and it’s full of Pokemon, says Niantic CEO John Hanke

You’ll Pokémon Go into the metaverse with AR not VR

Nilay Patel
From a meme to $47 million: ConstitutionDAO, crypto, and the future of crowdfunding

The real Constitution is the friends we made along the way

Nilay Patel
How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day

Taking an unconventional route to a conventional business

Nilay Patel
Why the future of work is the future of travel, with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

From losing 80 percent of your business to an IPO in nine months

Nilay Patel
Why charging phones is such a complex business, with Anker CEO Steven Yang

Better, faster, smaller chargers

Nilay Patel
The secrets of the first real smartphone, with Dieter Bohn

Our new documentary now streaming on your TV

Nilay Patel
Meta’s Andrew Bosworth on moving Facebook to the metaverse

‘The magnitude of technological shifts that we are trying to manifest here hasn’t been attempted in a long time’

Nilay Patel and Alex Heath
Adobe’s Scott Belsky on how NFTs will change creativity

‘Prepare as NFT’ coming to Photoshop

Nilay Patel
How Jeep is going electric, with CEO Christian Meunier

They’re also working on biometric recognition

Nilay Patel
How Amazon runs Alexa, with Dave Limp

The senior vice president of devices and services gets into the weeds

Nilay Patel
John Carreyrou’s final chapter on Theranos

Covering the blood testing startup in print and audio

Nilay Patel
How Fuck You Pay Me is empowering creators

Information is power

Nilay Patel