Rewind: How big companies kill ideas — and how to fight back, with Tony Fadell
This episode was originally published on May 3rd, 2022. Tony Fadell was instrumental in the development of the iPod and iPhone at Apple and then co-founded Nest Labs, which kicked off the consumer sm...
6 Sep 20221h 16min
How the head of Facebook plans to compete with TikTok and win back Gen Z
We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today – an interview between Verge deputy editor Alex Heath and Meta’s Tom Alison, the head of Facebook. Alex is the co-host of the newest season of Vox Media’s ...
30 Aug 20221h 3min
Advertising is everywhere. Wieden+Kennedy CEO Neal Arthur explains how it works
One thing that strikes me, in all these episodes of Decoder, is how little any of us really pay attention to the advertising industry, and how deeply connected it is to almost other every modern busin...
23 Aug 20221h 1min
How Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty goes viral, with CMO Katie Welch
Katie Welch is the Chief Marketing Officer of Rare Beauty — the beauty products company founded by superstar musician and actress Selena Gomez. Rare Beauty sells its products online and in Sephora ret...
16 Aug 20221h 1min
The risky new way of building mobile broadband networks
In 2019, the Trump administration brokered a deal allowing TMobile to buy Sprint as long as it helped Dish Network stand up a new 5G network to keep the number of national wireless carriers at 4 and p...
9 Aug 20221h 20min
Why Hank Green can’t quit YouTube for TikTok
Today I’m talking to Hank Green. Hank doesn’t need much introduction. In fact, he invited himself on Decoder to talk about YouTube's partner program, which shares ad revenue between YouTube and the pe...
2 Aug 20221h 13min
Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman thinks clothing rental is inflation-proof
Today we’re talking to Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway. Rent the Runway is a a pretty simple idea: it’s a clothing rental and subscription business for women which launched in 2...
26 Juli 20221h 7min
Is the metaverse going to suck? A conversation with Matthew Ball
All right, let’s talk about the metaverse. You probably can’t stop hearing about it. It’s in startup pitches, in earnings reports, some companies are creating metaverse divisions, and Mark Zuckerberg...
19 Juli 20221h 18min
