How the EU is fighting tech giants with Margrethe Vestager
Margrethe Vestager is one of the driving forces behind tech regulation worldwide. Appointed as the European Commission’s Commissioner of Competition in 2014 and an executive vice president in 2019, sh...
17 Mar 202234min
How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird, with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg is the CEO of Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com, which he co-founded, and Tumblr, the irrepressible social network it acquired from the wreckage of AOL, Yahoo, and Verizon...
15 Mar 20221h 16min
The future of computers is only $4 away, with Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton
Today I’m talking to Eben Upton, the CEO of Raspberry Pi, a fascinating company that makes beloved tiny hackable computers that are extremely inexpensive. They’re also some of the only readily availab...
8 Mar 20221h 8min
Inside Sonos' decision to sue Google with CEO Patrick Spence and CLO Eddie Lazarus
This week I sat down with Patrick Spence, the CEO of Sonos, and Eddie Lazarus, his Chief Legal Officer. I wanted both Patrick and Eddie on the show to talk about when a company like Sonos makes the de...
1 Mar 20221h 3min
Can the law keep up with crypto? With professor Tonya Evans
I’m going to let you in on a Decoder secret: at the end of last year, I tasked our producers with finding better ways for us to cover crypto and Web 3.0 on Decoder. I don’t think it’s any secret that ...
22 Feb 20221h 6min
What an NFL coaching scandal can teach tech about diversity
Bärí Williams is a legal and operations advisor to tech companies who focuses on AI and diversity. Her credentials are rock solid: Bärí was lead counsel at Facebook working on various projects, includ...
15 Feb 202247min
News with a Capital B: CEO Lauren Williams on why we need news for and by Black people
Lauren Williams is the co-founder and CEO of Capital B, a new nonprofit media company dedicated to news for Black audiences. Capital B launched on January 31st, with both a national news site and a lo...
8 Feb 202255min
The business of finding a better job, with Career Karma CEO Ruben Harris
It’s an interesting time to talk to someone in the business of helping people get new jobs — we’re still fully in the middle of the pandemic-driven Great Resignation, and a record 4.5 million people q...
1 Feb 20221h
