Decoder with Nilay Patel

36 episode briefs available

Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus

CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Experian's tech chief defends credit scores: 'We're not Palantir'

Rewind: How private equity kills companies and communities

Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to

Why nobody's stopping Grok

Docusign's CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts

Siemens CEO's mission to automate everything

Reality is losing the deepfake war

How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money

How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis

Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird

How AI safety took a backseat to military money

Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV

The good, bad, and future of AI agents

Rivian CEO: 'We're really convicted' about skipping Carplay

The AI industry is at a major crossroads

The EV tax credit is dead. What now?

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here

How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet

Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more and the shift to robotaxis

How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education

Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web

The company at the heart of the AI bubble

Ring's Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime

The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon

What the climate story gets wrong

Why IBM CEO Arvind Krishna is still hiring humans in the AI era

The tiny team trying to keep AI from destroying everything

Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money

Sen. Ed Markey wants media companies to fight for the First Amendment

Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway

"All chaos and panic": Nilay answers your burning Decoder questions

What’s next for Netflix and Paramount in the Warner Bros. battle

Announcing an ad-free Decoder feed for Verge subscribers