Why EV adoption in the US has hit a roadblock
We’re very excited for today’s episode, because from now on we’ll be delivering you two Decoders every week. On Monday’s we’ll have our classic interviews with CEOs and other high-profile guests. But ...
8 Feb 202442min
Platformer’s Casey Newton on surviving the great media collapse and what comes next
Today, I’m talking with Casey Newton, the founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and co-host of the Hard Fork podcast. Casey is also a former editor here at The Verge and was my co-host at th...
5 Feb 20241h 8min
Why Sen. Brian Schatz thinks child safety bills can trump the First Amendment
Today, I’m talking with Senator Brian Schatz, of Hawaii. We joke that Decoder is ultimately a show about org charts, but there’s a lot of truth to it. We talked about the separate offices he has to ba...
30 Jan 20241h 9min
Rep. Ro Khanna on what it will take for Congress to regulate AI, privacy, and social media
Today, I’m talking with Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California. He’s been in Congress for eight years now, representing California’s 17th District, which is arguably the highest-tech dis...
23 Jan 202454min
How Adobe is managing the AI copyright dilemma, with general counsel Dana Rao
Today, I'm talking to Dana Rao, who is General Counsel and Chief Trust Officer at Adobe. Now, if you're a longtime Decoder listener, you know that I have always been fascinated with Adobe, which I thi...
9 Jan 20241h 25min
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
2023 will go down as the year that Elon Musk killed Twitter. First he did it in a big way, by buying the company, firing most of the employees, and destabilizing the platform; then he did it in a smal...
21 Dec 202339min
Why Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen took his company back
Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport, which makes software to optimize shipping everything from huge containers to ecommerce deliveries. It’s a fascinating company; we had Ryan on to expla...
19 Dec 20231h 6min
USDS head Mina Hsiang wants Big Tech’s best minds to help fix the government
The US Digital Service has a fascinating structure: it comprises nearly 250 people, all of whom serve two-year stints developing apps, improving websites, and streamlining government services. You cou...
12 Dec 20231h 4min
