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Decoder with Nilay Patel

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 policymakers 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.

AI broke the cybersecurity world. Now what?
Nov 2026
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The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boom
Nov 2026 · 2 books
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Cover of Where Does My Stuff Come From? The Powerful Economics Behind Global Supply Chains
Where Does My Stuff Come From? The Powerful Economics Behind Global Supply Chains
Willie Shih
the author of the upcoming book where does my stuff come from the powerful economics behind global supply chains ▶ tap to play from here
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Apple in China
Patrick McGee
there's actually a great book called apple in china which i also recommend ▶ tap to play from here
Why Peacock is making a huge bet on YouTube
Nov 2026
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Inside Anthropic’s trillion-dollar AI gamble
Oct 2026
0:00 / 45:16
Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren't you?
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of The AGI Chronicles
The AGI Chronicles
Kevin Roose
my guest today is kevin roos a journalist and author of the new book the agi chronicles ▶ tap to play from here
Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead
Bill Gates
i read the road ahead when i was like a kid ▶ tap to play from here
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
Oct 2026
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Why Elon Musk wants to sell you cell service
Oct 2026
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Benn Jordan thinks the surveillance problem is much bigger than Flock
Oct 2026
0:00 / 62:20
Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Oct 2026
0:00 / 55:55
Another billionaire thinks he can fix Warner Bros.
Oct 2026
0:00 / 45:41
OpenAI has a Muse problem
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
we talk about his critically acclaimed run in death of a salesman ▶ tap to play from here
Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
Oct 2026
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The AI warnings are getting louder
Oct 2026
0:00 / 36:07
How Utah locals fought Kevin O'Leary's AI data center
Oct 2026
0:00 / 44:44
The SaaSpocalypse that wasn't, with Atlassian's CEO
Sep 2026
0:00 / 76:26
Can Cloudflare save the web from AI?
Sep 2026
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I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg
Sep 2026
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Can CEO John Ternus find Apple's next big thing?
Sep 2026
0:00 / 58:26
Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn't kill everyone????
Sep 2026
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