Evil Geniuses' CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson on how to run an esports company
Nilay Patel talks with CEO of Evil Geniuses about how an esports team makes money, where the industry is headed, and where she sees growth. We want to hear what you think of Decoder! Please fill out ...
23 Helmi 20211h 7min
CNBC’s Jon Fortt on GameStop, Robinhood, and wallstreetbets
CNBC anchor Jon Fortt unpacks how the GameStop stock story was covered by the media and if technology has the ability to democratize the markets through apps like Robinhood. Fortt also discusses his c...
16 Helmi 20211h 7min
Black Software author on technology’s role in racial justice
In this episode of Decoder, Nilay sits down with Charlton McIlwain, a professor of media, culture, and communications at NYU and the author of Black Software, to talk about Black Lives Matter, Twitter...
9 Helmi 20211h 6min
Venture Capitalism isn’t just for Venture Capitalists, with Arlan Hamilton
Nilay Patel talks with venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton. Arlan founded VC fund Backstage Capital in 2015 and focuses on investing in “underestimated founders,” many of whom are people of color, women...
1 Helmi 202153min
The SolarWinds hack: cyber attacks and national security with Reuters reporter Joseph Menn
The Verge's Nilay Patel is joined by Joseph Menn, a cybersecurity reporter at Reuters and author of the new book Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World. Ni...
26 Tammi 202156min
Marques Brownlee on how to scale MKBHD while being the face of the YouTube brand
Nilay Patel talks with Marques Brownlee (MKBHD on YouTube) about building a business as a YouTuber, how content creators make money, and how to scale when you are the brand. Learn more about your ad c...
22 Tammi 20211h 1min
Instagram’s Adam Mosseri on the future of Reels, moderation, and the responsibility of social media platforms
The Verge's Nilay Patel talks with head of Instagram Adam Mosseri about how to run a creative platform like Instagram at scale while keeping users — and democracy — safe, how much responsibility the p...
19 Tammi 20211h 5min
Trump, Twitter, and the First Amendment, with platform moderation expert Daphne Keller
In the aftermath of the pro-Trump attack on the Capitol, many online platforms, including both Twitter and Facebook, banned President Trump. In this week’s episode, Nilay Patel talks with regulation e...
12 Tammi 202159min
