Best Recode Events Podcasts (2025)

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Elon Musk's polarizing ascent in the MAGA movement 39:55

5m ago39:55

39:55

This is Alex Heath, deputy editor of The Verge. I’m guest hosting today’s episode while Nilay is still away for a much-needed vacation. He’ll be back next week. But today, we’re diving into the bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and more specifically, how it’s impacting the changing right-wing political movement here in the United States.…

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Free speech is under attack 53:21

31m ago53:21

53:21

The most useful class I ever took in college was a media law class, where I learned two things: 1) Journalists in the U.S. (along every other American citizen) have enormous freedom to say and write what they want, without fear of a defamation suit and 2) this freedom exists largely because of New York Times v Sullivan, a seminal Supreme Court case…

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Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch — and AI 1:17:16

4m ago1:17:16

1:17:16

Vimeo started many years ago as something of an artsier, more creative competitor to YouTube. Its last CEO, Anjali Sud, took the company through a pretty huge transformation into an enterprise software company, and we had her on the show to talk about that transformation a couple years ago. Now, her successor, new CEO Philip Moyer, not only has to …

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Why gaming never had its Netflix moment 58:55

1d ago58:55

58:55

This is David Pierce, editor-at-large at The Verge. Nilay is off this week for a much-deserved break. So I’m filling in for him, and the Decoder team thought this would be a good opportunity to switch gears a little bit from the political apocalypse beat and talk about something completely different. So today we’re diving into the video game indust…

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Matthew Ball: Why the games business is broken 38:03

2d ago38:03

38:03

Everyone knows that video games are giant, fast-growing business that's going to swamp traditional media. Except that's not true: The games business is now in a prolonged and confusing funk. Investor and analyst Matthew Ball has been diving deep into the industry, so I asked him to take a stab at explaining what's going on. Bonus question: When doe…

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The FCC is a now a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech 51:01

8d ago51:01

51:01

The First Amendment, protecting free speech and free media, is a pillar of US law. It is, famously, the first one. We don’t usually tolerate government interference with speech. So it’s been disconcerting these first few weeks of the second Trump administration to realize suddenly, there’s a nonzero chance the government will punish our work. FCC C…

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BuzzFeed wants to build a… social network? 34:52

9d ago34:52

34:52

A decade ago BuzzFeed was the bleeding edge of digital media, and Serious People thought it was going to be a threat to the likes of the New York Times. Many rounds of layoffs and asset sales later, BuzzFeed is a much more modest operation. But say this for Jonah Peretti: He continues to pitch Very Big Ideas for his company. Now the BuzzFeed CEO th…

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Jessie Goodall of Besa Mi Vino: Curating and Producing Events: Women In Tech California 53:17

10d ago53:17

53:17

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com “Jessie Goodall of Besa Mi Vino: Curating and Producing Events” #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. Become a Most Valuable …

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Sen. Ron Wyden is here to stop Elon Musk 1:02:36

12d ago1:02:36

1:02:36

Today, I’m talking with Senator Ron Wyden, a democrat and the senior senator from Oregon. He’s been in the Senate for almost 30 years, which makes him one of longest serving members of the institution. We scheduled this interview with Senator Wyden a while ago — he’s got a new book out called “It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progress…

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Elon Musk's presidency is just getting started 45:02

21d ago45:02

45:02

Today, we’re discussing a very big problem with extremely far-reaching consequences: Do we still have a functional federal government here in the United States? And how much of it has been handed entirely to Elon Musk? If you’ve been following the news, you know there’s a lot here that’s unfolding very fast, but I wanted to know how all these chang…

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Why Michael Lewis is worried about the sports betting boom 1:01:34

16d ago1:01:34

1:01:34

It’s hard to remember now. But just a few years ago, sports betting was illegal in almost all of United States. And sports leagues and the media companies that worked with them wanted nothing to do with anything that even referenced gambling. Things are very, very different now! And it happened so quickly that very few people have stopped to ask wh…

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Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter's crusade to save books from Amazon 1:10:24

24d ago1:10:24

1:10:24

Andy Hunter is the CEO of Bookshop.org, a website he launched in 2020 that lets local bookshops sell all over the country. He always meant it to compete directly with Amazon, and the timing of that launch right into the teeth of the pandemic meant it was able to start strong and grow quickly. Now Bookshop is selling ebooks, which is another market …

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DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race 33:24

24d ago33:24

33:24

Today, we’re talking about DeepSeek, and how the open source AI model built by a Chinese startup has completely upended the conventional wisdom around chatbots, what they can do, and how much they should cost to develop. We’re also talking about Stargate, OpenAI’s new $500 billion data center venture that’s supposed to supercharge domestic AI infra…

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How Silicon Valley really feels about Trump, TikTok and DeepSeek 51:15

23d ago51:15

51:15

I haven’t checked in with Jessica Lessin in some time — and I have to say I picked a pretty good time to catch up with her. Because Silicon Valley is undergoing something meaningful right now, and she’s in a great position to tell us more about it: Lessin is a veteran technology reporter who founded The Information in 2013, and it has been a go-to …

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LA Tech Week Female Founders Showcase: Women In Tech California 14:48

25d ago14:48

14:48

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com “LA Tech Week Female Founders Showcase” #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. Become a Most Valuable Listener at http://women…

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How Ciena keeps the internet online, with CEO Gary Smith 1:17:25

25d ago1:17:25

1:17:25

Today, I’m talking with Gary Smith, CEO of the networking company Ciena. You probably aren’t familiar with Ciena — the company isn’t really a household name. But every internet user has relied on the company’s products; Ciena makes the hardware and software that makes the fiber optic cables connecting the world light up with data. That’s everything…

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How Meta's MAGA heel turn is a play for global power 54:08

1M ago54:08

54:08

It’s been a messy couple of weeks for big tech companies as the second Trump administration kicks off an unprecedented era of how we think about who controls the internet. Right now, there's a major collision, or maybe merger, happening between billionaire power and state power, and everyone who uses tech to communicate — so, basically everyone — i…

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How TikTok (still) works 40:03

1M ago40:03

40:03

TikTok banned itself for less than a day. Now it’s back in the U.S. - despite a law that says it shouldn’t be operating. We’re not going to weigh in on all of the… weirdness around the last few days on this episode, in part because we don’t know how it’s going to play out. But in the meantime I wanted to talk to someone who knows how TikTok actuall…

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How does Wall Street think about Trump, media and tech? 42:14

2M ago42:14

42:14

Why didn’t Meta’s stock move when Mark Zuckerberg announced his pro-MAGA pivot? Why do big media companies want to dump their cable TV networks — but hang on to their broadcast TV networks? What’s going to happen in Google’s antitrust case?These are all good questions, right? I think so, too. So I posed them, along with many more, to MoffettNathans…

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Carla Guzzetti of Extreme Networks: Becoming A Leader: Women In Tech Washington 55:40

1M ago55:40

55:40

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com “Carla Guzzetti of Extreme Networks: Becoming A Leader” #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. Become a Most Valuable Listener…

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Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI 1:09:30

1M ago1:09:30

1:09:30

Today, I’m talking with Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services. Matt took over as CEO last June — you might recall that we had his predecessor Adam Selipsky on the show just over a year ago. That makes this episode terrific Decoder bait, since I love hearing how new CEOs will decide what to change and what to keep going after they’ve settled i…

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Why Katie Notopoulos still loves the internet 55:43

1M ago55:43

55:43

I’m a lucky man. Whenever I’m baffled by the internet, and social media, I turn to my co-worker Katie Notopoulos, who is there to explain it to me. That’s because Katie’s job at Business Insider is to explain how the internet works — how the people who run big internet platforms want it to work, and what the people who actually use those platforms …

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Stacey Fournier-Thibodaux of Cask NX: Simplifying Workflows: Women In Tech Minnesota 51:56

2M ago51:56

51:56

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com “Stacey Fournier-Thibodaux of Cask NX: Simplifying Workflows” #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. Become a Most Valuable Li…

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Studying online bad behavior was hard. It's going to get harder in Trump 2.0 1:01:13

2M ago1:01:13

1:01:13

Hello, Nilay here. We’re still on winter break; we’ll be back with brand-new Decoder interviews next week, and with our Thursday shows later this month. I’m excited for what we’ve got in the pipeline. I think you’re going to love it. For today, though, we’re sharing an episode of Peter Kafka’s new show Channels – he’s talking to disinformation rese…

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Kelly Vaughn of Spot AI: Video And Social Content: Women In Tech Georgia 34:40

2M ago34:40

34:40

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com “Kelly Vaughn of Spot AI: Video And Social Content” #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. Become a Most Valuable Listener at …

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Amrit Kang of London & Partners: London's Growth Agency: Women In Tech New York 41:23

2M ago41:23

41:23

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.com Be featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com “Amrit Kang of London & Partners: London's Growth Agency” #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. Become a Most Valuable Listen…

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Answering your biggest Decoder questions 53:17

2M ago53:17

53:17

The Decoder team turns the tables on Nilay and makes him answer your burning listener questions in our end-of-year wrap up special. We also reflect on the year’s biggest Decoder themes, discuss some of the most popular feedback we’ve received, and tease what we have planned for next year. Links: Here we go: The Verge now has a subscription | The Ve…

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Looking back, and ahead, with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw 44:51

2M ago44:51

44:51

I don’t love a lot of year-end #content . But I do love talking to Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw every year, to help put the year in media in perspective, and to think about what might be coming in 2025. And that’s exactly what we did here. Enjoy it now, or over your break. We’ll see you again in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho…

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Tech antitrust is about to get really weird 36:28

2M ago36:28

36:28

Today we’re talking about antitrust policy and tech, which is at a particularly weird moment as we enter the second Trump administration. A lot of tech policy is at a weird moment, actually, but antitrust might be the weirdest of them all — the pendulum has swung back and forth on antitrust policy pretty wildly over the past few years, and it’s abo…

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Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech 41:37

2M ago41:37

41:37

Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge, guest hosts this episode of Decoder featuring a live interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas about the future of AI and the semiconductor industry. The two discuss his thoughts on the struggles of Intel, the rumors Arm is developing its own AI chips to rival Nvidia’s, and his thoughts on the incoming Trump administr…

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Platforms need the news, but they're killing it 53:47

2M ago53:47

53:47

We’ve been talking a lot this year about the changing internet, and what it’s doing to the media ecosystem — particularly journalism, which has taken a backseat to creators and influencers. But the tech platforms themselves have a lot of influence over what those creators and influencers make, too. If you’re a Decoder listener, you’ll recognize thi…

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1440’s newsletters are short, popular and profitable 52:57

2M ago52:57

52:57

Newsletters are not a new idea. Yet every few years the media business rediscovers them, anyway — either as a way to quickly launch a startup with bigger ambitions, or as a standalone business. Tim Huelskamp took the second route in 2017, when he co-founded 1440 — a newsletter that promises to quickly bring you the most important news of the day. A…

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Why every company wants a podcast now 38:01

2M ago38:01

38:01

There’s something strange happening these days in the podcast world — in particular, the way companies that deal in money have been using podcasting as not just an entertainment medium, but a unique kind of hybrid of marketing, thought leadership, and networking. Guest host David Pierce and Vulture podcast critic Nick Quah break it all down. Links:…

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