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.
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Recode Decode: How Reid Hoffman would fix social media (Live)
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Recode Decode: Greta Van Susteren is not giving up on social media
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Recode Decode: magazine mogul Tina Brown
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Recode Decode: Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor, Georgia
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Recode Decode: Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League
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Recode Decode: Katy Tur, author, ‘Unbelievable.’
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Recode Decode: Ray Dalio, author, 'Principles: Life and Work'
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Recode Decode: Luther Lowe, Yelp; Beth Wilkinson, Wilkinson Walsh Eskovitz
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Recode Decode: David Rosenblatt, CEO, 1stdibs
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Recode Decode: Can Silicon Valley get its mojo back? (Live)
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Recode Decode: Walter Isaacson, author, 'Leonardo da Vinci'
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Recode Decode: Tim O'Reilly, author, 'WTF?'
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Recode Decode: Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube
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Recode Decode: Ilene Chaiken, showrunner, ‘Empire’
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Recode Decode: Why Shonda Rhimes left ABC for Netflix (Live)
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Recode Decode: Jared Leto
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Recode Decode: Ellen Pao, author, “Reset”
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Recode Decode: Sally Quinn, author, "Finding Magic"
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Recode Decode: Maggie Haberman, New York Times, and David Fahrenthold, Washingto...
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Recode Decode: Maha Ibrahim, general partner, Canaan
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Recode Decode: Scott Galloway, author, “The Four”
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Recode Decode: Chris Urmson, CEO, Aurora
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Recode Decode: Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO, Social Capital
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Recode Decode: The future of tech jobs in coal country
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Recode Decode: Taggart Matthiesen, director of product, Lyft
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Recode Decode: Chris Kuenne and John Danner, authors, 'Built for Growth'
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Recode Decode: Erica Baker, director of engineering, Kickstarter; Sarah Kunst, C...
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Recode Decode: Frances Frei, SVP of leadership and strategy, Uber
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Recode Decode: Cory Booker, U.S. Senator
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Recode Decode: Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, PARC
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Recode Decode: Lisa Dickey, author, 'Bears in the Streets'
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Recode Decode: Reid Hoffman, partner, Greylock
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Recode Decode: Adam Lashinsky, author, 'Wild Ride'
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Recode Decode: Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of Amer...
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Recode Decode: Mark Hurd, co-CEO, Oracle
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Recode Decode: Jill Soloway, creator, 'Transparent' (Code Conference 2017)
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Recode Decode: Scott Galloway, founder, L2
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Recode Decode: Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State (Code Conference...
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Recode Decode: Kevin Systrom, CEO, Instagram
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Recode Decode: Boris Sofman, CEO, Anki
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Recode Decode: David Marcus, VP of Messaging, Facebook
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Recode Decode: Patrick Collison, CEO, Stripe
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Recode Decode: Behind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale'
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Recode Decode: Sheryl Sandberg
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Recode Decode: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
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Recode Decode: How 'Dear Evan Hansen' brought social media to Broadway
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Recode Decode: Mike Judge, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanijani and more
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Recode Decode: Matt Ross, actor/director
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Recode Decode: Steve Hilton, CEO, Crowdpac
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Recode Decode: Rep. Ro Khanna
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