Best Recode Events Podcasts (2024)

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Rewind: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on the future of federated social media 1:10:16

3h ago1:10:16

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Bluesky has really taken off since the election, and since the Decoder team took some time off for Thanksgiving break, we felt it was a great time to bring back the interview we did earlier this year with Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, the upstart competitor to Meta’s Threads and the platform formerly known as Twitter. At the time, Bluesky was a p…

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EP 163: The intersection of loss and genetic insight with Susan Liebman of University of Nevada 44:20

16h ago44:20

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Susan, and an introduction to The Dressmaker's Mirror and the personal experience that inspired her to write it 03:17 How a question she asked her book club sparked the idea for a family memoir, intertwining personal stories and the impact of genetics. 04:28 The heartbreaking story of Susan’s niec…

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How to build your own media company - without VCs or billionaires 54:08

1h ago54:08

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Lots of people start media companies using money from rich people. Jason Koebler and his colleagues did it themselves, using a grand total of $4,000. That was back in the summer of 2023. Now 404 Media, the tech news + investigations site they started after leaving Vice Media, is a success story. Koebler tells us how they started, how it’s going, an…

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GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani on the enduring power of the website 57:16

1h ago57:16

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I spoke with GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani live on stage last week at an event hosted by Alix Partners in Palo Alto. GoDaddy is one of those companies that feels tied to an earlier era, but Aman’s been CEO since 2019, and he’s been building out what he calls adjacencies. The business of the web has really changed in the past few years: the walled-garden…

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EP 162: The genetics of isolated communities with Professor Jim Wilson of the University of Edinburgh 40:33

14m ago40:33

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Show Notes: 0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Jim 01:40 The most impactful discoveries of Jim’s work across more than 25 Scottish islands as part of the Viking Genes project 05:00 The increased prevalence of BRCA mutations and founder effects in specific island populations 07:45 Population sizes on the islands Jim studies 09:01 Is…

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Remix: Google Zero is here — now what? 34:01

3m ago34:01

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For nearly 20 years now, the web has been Google’s platform; we’ve all just lived on it. Google is constantly changing that platform — it launched another attempt to combat ‘parasite SEO’ just this week — and not all of those changes have worked well. Earlier this year I talked to a lot of people who have built on that platform. For a lot of small …

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Meet the man making money for Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly 45:38

5d ago45:38

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Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Bari Weiss all used to work for big mainstream media companies. Now they’re on the internet, building their own companies, with the help of Chris Balfe. Balfe’s Red Seat Ventures helps online creators set up shop, produce programming, and — crucially — helps them monetize through ad sales and/or subscriptions. Balfe …

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Will the world end before I can retire? 45:02

8d ago45:02

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Hey everyone, it’s Nilay — Decoder is on a short break this week. We’ll be back with a special live interview episode on Monday of next week, and then regular programming will resume in December. I’m very excited for what we have coming up on the schedule. But while we’re out, we’d like to highlight a great episode of a new podcast from our friends…

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EP 161: How large language models can help build immunotherapies with Michelle Teng of Etcembly Ltd. 50:35

19m ago50:35

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Michelle 01:35 Explaining immunotherapy and its evolution over the past decade 04:10 Current insights on immunotherapy responders and the underlying factors driving varied individual responses 05:50 The latest generation of T-cell receptor therapies 08:53 The origin of the Long Term Survivor Study…

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How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs, but great for Tesla 35:56

28m ago35:56

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Today we’re talking about Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Tesla — and I have to say, it feels like the first of many episodes about these three characters that we’ll be doing over the course of the next four years. Because when Elon used his wealth and influence to help Trump get elected, he also bought himself a seat at the president-elect’s inner ci…

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Taylor Lorenz on Joe Rogan, Joe Biden and goodbye to big media. 50:54

20h ago50:54

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One take you may have heard after the election: Democrats need their own Joe Rogan. Taylor Lorenz disagrees. And Lorenz is worth listening to. For years, she has been a really sharp observer of social media and online spaces, and she built a high-profile career explaining the internet for audiences at places like the Atlantic, the New York Times an…

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Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr. 1:14:59

12d ago1:14:59

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Harvey Mason, Jr is CEO of the Recording Academy, the nonprofit organization most famous for the Grammy Awards. We spoke right before this year's Grammy nominations came out, and you'll hear us talk a whole lot about the changes he's tried to make with how the awarding membership works. I always say to watch what’s happening to the music industry b…

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EP 160: Artificial Intelligence, GWAS in Drug Discovery, and Career Insights with Dr. Eric Fauman, Executive Director and Head of Computational Biology in the Internal Medicine Research Unit at Pfizer 52:25

7d ago52:25

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0:00 Introduction 1:30 The power of social media: How Eric published 10 papers based on ideas that he discussed on Twitter 5:50 Explanation of The Table of Everything, an internal database at Pfizer that catalogs nearly 20,000 human genes and their associated diseases and traits 13:20 How Eric’s team works to correlate genome-wide association study…

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Return-to-office mandates are more than "backdoor layoffs" 39:14

19d ago39:14

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Today, we’re talking about work. Specifically, where we work, how our expectations of working remotely were radically changed by the pandemic, and how those expectations feel like they’re on the verge of changing yet again. For many people, the pendulum has swung wildly between working fully remote and now a push to return to the office from their …

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Elon Musk funds Trump — and owns Twitter. What does that mean? 1:13:48

12d ago1:13:48

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You want up-to-the minute election analysis? Sorry, not on this episode. But: If you want smart thoughts about politics and media and tech all merged together? We got you here, courtesy of The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel, who came on to discuss how we should think about Elon Musk, Donald Trump supporter, being the same person as Elon Musk, guy who ow…

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Why GM ditched CarPlay, with software boss Baris Cetinok 1:14:35

10d ago1:14:35

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Today, I’m talking with Baris Cetinok, who is in charge of all the software in the cars that GM makes, which is a lot of cars. And if you’ve been following any of the drama in the world of car software, you know it also means Baris is the guy who has to defend GM’s decision to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from most of its cars, especially EV…

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EP 159: Engineering macrophages to tackle rare disease with Noam Baumatz of Noga Therapeutics 44:17

19d ago44:17

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Noam and discussion of his motivation to drive rare disease forward 03:00 Noam’s daughter Noga’s experience of rare disease, including an 8 to 12 month journey to diagnosis 05:10 How the experience of his daughter receiving a genetic diagnosis motivated Noam to take change into his own hands 10:12…

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“It’s the First Amendment, stupid” 42:42

14d ago42:42

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Trump and a bunch of billionaires, like Elon Musk, are calling for the FCC to punish TV stations by revoking their licenses and using the spectrum for other stuff. In a normal world, this would be idle billionaire wishcasting. Punishing news organizations is one of those things we have a First Amendment to protect against. You know — the one that p…

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Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett wants to win an election and make money 43:47

15d ago43:47

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Jon Lovett and his cofounders at Crooked Media are a good story - former Obama aides who started their own media company after the 2016 election, and are now generating 25 million podcast downloads a month. But for a few weeks this summer, after they became prominent voices in the push to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket, their story got …

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on what founder mode really means 1:15:45

17d ago1:15:45

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Today, I’m talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who is only the second person to be on Decoder three times — the other is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Brian made a lot of waves earlier this year when he started talking about something called “founder mode,” or at least, when well-known investor Paul Graham wrote a blog post about Brian’s approach to …

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The AI arms race to build digital god 46:58

1M ago46:58

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Today, we’re going to try and figure out "digital god." I figured we’ve been doing Decoder long enough, let’s just get after it. Can we build an artificial intelligence so powerful it changes the world and answers all our questions? The AI industry has decided the answer is yes. In September, OpenAI’s Sam Altman published a blog post claiming we’ll…

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EP 158: Research Roundup with Dr Veera: Discoveries in neurogenetics, evolution, cardiac arrhythmias, and more! 1:11:31

22d ago1:11:31

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0:00 Invitation to The Genetics Podcast meetup 1:30 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 2:30 Welcome to Veera 3:20 The evolution on skin color in humans and their ancestors: Discussion on how a retrotransposon—often called a "jumping gene"—within the ASIP gene (agouti signaling protein) influenced the evolution of skin pigmentation in humans and their an…

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Emma Tucker brought fresh eyes to the Wall Street Journal 33:21

22d ago33:21

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Emma Tucker became the Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief in 2023, and she’s been moving fast ever since. For starters, there are punchier, more provocative stories and headlines. Just as important: She’s been making a series of cuts and staffing changes. That approach has its critics, but it also seems to be working: Subscriptions are up 7% in th…

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Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode 56:53

24d ago56:53

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Today’s episode, well — it’s a ride. I’m talking to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, who’s built Intuit into a juggernaut business software company in part through a series of major acquisitions: TurboTax, MailChimp, CreditKarma, and loads more. There’s a lot of good Decoder material there, and we get into it. But it’s TurboTax, and the company’s tax lob…

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How influencers are changing advertising with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi 1:04:50

1M ago1:04:50

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Today’s episode is a little different: Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi and I recorded this conversation live on stage during advertising week in New York City at an event graciously hosted by Adweek. I've actually been dying to talk to Amy. Digitas is one of the most important agencies in the entire advertising business with huge clients and massive influenc…

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EP 157: Bridging genomics, business, and equity in healthcare access with Mark Taylor of LGC Group 35:40

28d ago35:40

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0:00 Invitation to The Genetics Podcast meet up 1:30 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 2:25 Welcome to Mark 3:10 Introduction to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) 4:05 Mark’s roles with the NIHR in strategic partnerships 7:35 Challenges patients face in accessing NHS resources and the NIHR’s efforts to streamline availability 13:25 How …

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Tubi CEO Anjali Sud says you can’t beat free 41:15

29d ago41:15

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What if you could watch shows and movies on a screen, for free, in exchange for watching some ads? In olden times, we called that “TV”. Now the industry term is “advertising-based video on demand,” and it seems to be growing quite quickly. This is good news for Tubi, the AVOD/streamer Fox bought back in the spring of 2020, and for Anjali Sud, who h…

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Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning 1:23:55

2M ago1:23:55

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Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. There are lots of opportunities to enhance a product like Duolingo with AI, and we talk about all that — but I also wanted to talk to Luis about learning, generally. Duolingo is a global product, and there are a lot of tech tensions there, dealing with different user needs worldwide. We talk about…

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EP 156: The Genetics Podcast In-Person Event! 1:32

1M ago1:32

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We hope you will join us at our first (of hopefully many!) in-person podcast event! Please use this link to sign up.By Sano Genetics

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EP 155: Adeno-associated virus as a delivery vector for genetic eye disease treatment, with Paul Wille of Abeona Therapeutics 32:18

1M ago32:18

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0:00 Invitation to our first in-person podcast event 1:30 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 2:20 Welcome to Paul 2:53 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) biology and its advantages over other viral vectors 5:20 The gene therapy landscape and options for therapy development and delivery 6:49 The limitations of working with AAV to deliver gene therapy, includin…

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The impossible dream of good workplace software 50:22

1M ago50:22

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I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, Vergecast co-host and The Verge’s editor-at-large, about something he spends an ungodly amount of time thinking and writing about: software. Scores of new workplace apps are cropping with clever metaphors to try to make us work differently. Sometimes that works… and sometimes it really, really doesn’t. …

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Behind the scenes of the Trump movie you almost never saw 1:07:21

1M ago1:07:21

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What do Donald Trump and the video game industry have to do with each other? Nothing! Yet we’re combining them into a single podcast, anyway. First up: A chat with Gabriel Sherman, the longtime Vanity Fair reporter who wrote and produced “The Apprentice.” That’s the new Trump biopic that isn’t what you think it is, and is very much worth your time …

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Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn't thinking too far ahead 1:22:55

2M ago1:22:55

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Rabbit’s adorable R1 gadget launched with a lot of hype, but early reviews of the device were universally bad. Now, a core feature, its long-promised LAM Playground has arrived. I had a lot of big questions for CEO Jesse Lyu about how it all works — not just technologically, but if his plans are sustainable from a business and legal perspective. Li…

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EP 154: Pioneering early disease detection through wearable devices and regular monitoring with Dr. Mike Snyder 41:03

1M ago41:03

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0:00 Introduction 1:00 Overview of Mike’s background and contributions to genomics and preventative medicine, as well as how he first became interested in deep data collection for health monitoring 4:20 The use of various tools, including smartwatches, blood tests, genetic testing, and more, to create a comprehensive view of an individual’s health …

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