Here’s why Apple’s new child safety features are so controversial
Nilay Patel is joined by Riana Pfefferkorn and Jennifer King to talk about Apple's new child safety features. Riana and Jen are both researchers at Stanford and between the two of them have expertise ...
10 Aug 202159min
YouTube's Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan on the algorithm, monetization, and future for creators
On today’s episode I’m talking with Neal Mohan, the chief product officer at YouTube. And there’s a lot to talk about – YouTube is announcing a $100 million fund to begin paying creators who use YouTu...
3 Aug 20211h 15min
Chuck Todd on why Meet the Press can’t survive on just one platform
This week Nilay Patel talks to Chuck Todd, the political director at NBC News and moderator of Meet The Press, the longest running television show in the country. Seriously: Meet the Press started in ...
27 Juli 202149min
How Blackstone became the darling of grill TikTok with CEO Roger Dahle
Nilay Patel encountered the name Blackstone on TikTok last year, just as the pandemic lockdowns were starting. He saw people posting videos smashing burgers and making pancakes outside on a griddle fr...
20 Juli 20211h 6min
Can Polestar design a new kind of car company?
We are back after our week off, and we’ve got a good one today. On this episode I’m talking to Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar, a new car company with close family ties to Volvo. We talked a lot abo...
13 Juli 202155min
Land of the Giants: Delivery Wars
While Decoder is on vacation this week, we're sharing an episode of Land of the Giants, a podcast from our friends at Recode and Eater. Land of the Giants is a podcast that explores how the biggest te...
6 Juli 202134min
Juul and the business of addiction, with Lauren Etter
Juul became a sensation — and a sensationally dramatic story. Lauren Etter, author of The Devil's Playbook: Big Tobacco, JUUL, and the Addiction of a New Generation, joins us to explain how a tech sta...
29 Juni 20211h 15min
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows
Nilay Patel talks with Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. On Thursday, Microsoft announced Windows 11, which comes with an all-new design, a bunch of new features, and the ability to ru...
25 Juni 202136min
