Best The Discord Disney Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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The rise of shadow lobbying and its influence on decades of US policy 45:53

4m ago45:53

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Today, we’re talking about politics and lobbying in America. It’s hard to imagine a time when the influence of big corporations and billionaires didn’t touch every part of American politics, but the kind of lobbying we have now didn’t really exist before the 1970s. Now, our political debates about everything from energy, finance, and healthcare are…

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Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on the streamer's shifting culture and where ads, AI, and games fit in 1:06:45

2d ago1:06:45

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Today, I’m talking with Greg Peters, the co-CEO of Netflix. I caught up with Greg while he was at the Cannes Lions festival in France, which is basically the world’s biggest gathering of advertisers and marketers. It’s an increasingly important place for Greg to be, as Netflix’s new ad tier has nearly doubled in six months to more than 40 million s…

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Inside the players and politics of the AI industry 45:40

6d ago45:40

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We’ve got a special episode of the show today – I was traveling last week, so Verge deputy editor Alex Heath and our new senior AI reporter Kylie Robison are filling in for me, with a very different kind of episode about AI. We talk a lot about AI in a broad sense on Decoder — it comes up in basically every single interview I do these days. But we …

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Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud thinks free TV can win again 1:07:21

9d ago1:07:21

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Tubi is a free and very rapidly growing streaming TV platform — according to Nielsen, it had an average of a million viewers watching every minute in May 2024, beating out Disney Plus, Max, Peacock, and basically everything else, save Netflix and YouTube. All those streaming service price hikes are driving people to free options, and Tubi is right …

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Remix: How private equity took over everything 39:07

13d ago39:07

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Private equity is a simple concept — a PE firm uses some combination of money and debt to buy a company, then makes a profit — but the reality of what happens to the companies that get acquired is anything but. It's everywhere, and it's not going away. In this summer remix, we're talking with Brendan Ballou, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan…

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AI will make money sooner than you think, says Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez 1:10:21

16d ago1:10:21

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Cohere is one of the buzziest AI startups around right now. It's not making consumer products; it's focused on the enterprise market and making AI products for big companies. And there's a huge tension there: up until recently, computers have been deterministic. If you give computers a certain input, you usually know exactly what output you’re goin…

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Why the video game industry is such a mess 37:51

20d ago37:51

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The art of video game design is flourishing, but it feels like a really grim time to be in the business of making and distributing games. Huge global publishers and tiny indie studios alike are facing huge financial pressures, and it doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. So where did this enormous pressure come from, if consumer interest is h…

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan wants AI clones in meetings 1:01:22

24d ago1:01:22

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Today, I’m talking with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan — and let me tell you, this conversation is nothing like what I expected. It turns out Eric wants Zoom to be much, much more than just a videoconferencing platform. Zoom wants to take on Microsoft and Google and now has a big investment in AI – and Eric’s visions for what that AI will do are pretty wild. S…

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Google Zero is here. Now what? 27:57

28d ago27:57

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For nearly 20 years now, the web has been Google’s platform; we’ve all just lived on it. I think of Decoder as a show for people trying to build things, and a lot of people have built their things on that platform. For a lot of small businesses and content creators, that’s suddenly not stable anymore. The number one question I have for anyone build…

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How the FBI built its own smartphone company to hack the criminal underworld 42:03

1M ago42:03

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Today, I’m talking with Joseph Cox, one of the best cybersecurity reporters around and a co-founder of the new media site 404 Media. Joseph has a new book coming out in June called Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever, and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s basically a caper, but with the FBI running a phone netwo…

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Episode 13 - Entertaiment wokeness, Shogun, Superman, Mandolorian, Paramount, Dr Who, Tomb Raider, Velma, MK2, Happy Gilmore 2, and more! 1:55:29

1M ago1:55:29

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In this episode...Entertainment wokeness?; Shogun New Seasons; Superman's new suit; Mandolorian, last good Star Wars?; The sale of Paramount; Disney's Dr Who good/bad?; Superman & Lois S4 & no more; Tomb Raider TV series; Happy Gilmore back after 30 years; Logan the Wolf a fan made jewel?; Velma S2, MK2, and much more!www.youtube.com/@graysgreenroo…

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Google's Sundar Pichai on AI-powered search and the future of the web 44:40

1M ago44:40

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Today, I’m talking to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who joined the show the day after the big Google I/O developer conference. Google’s focus during the conference was on how it’s building AI into virtually all of its products. If you’re a Decoder listener, you’ve heard me talk about this idea a lot over the past year: I call it “Google Zero,” and I’ve…

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TikTok's big bet to fight the ban bill 46:35

1M ago46:35

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Last week, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the US government claiming the divest-or-ban law is unconstitutional — a case it needs to win in order to keep operating under Bytedance’s ownership. There’s a lot of back and forth between the facts and the law here: Some of the legal claims are complex and sit in tension with a long history of prior attem…

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Why Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is confident we'll all adapt to AI 1:00:45

1M ago1:00:45

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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has been at the top of my list of people I’ve wanted to talk to for the show since we first launched — he’s led Adobe for nearly 17 years now, but he doesn’t do too many wide-ranging interviews. I’ve always thought Adobe was an underappreciated company — its tools sit at the center of nearly every major creative workflow …

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Why the tech industry can’t crack the smart home 40:45

2M ago40:45

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Today, we’re going to talk about the smart home — one of the oldest, most important, and most challenging dreams in the history of the tech industry. The idea of your house responding to you and your family, and generally being as automated and as smart as your phone or your laptop, has inspired generations of technologists. But after decades of pr…

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Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath on life after Volvo and weathering the EV slowdown 1:04:10

2M ago1:04:10

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Today, I’m talking with Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, whom I first interviewed on the show back in 2021. Those were heady days — especially for upstart EV companies like Polestar, which all seemed poised to capture what felt like infinite demand for electric cars. Now, in 2024, the market looks a lot different, and so does Polestar, which is no lo…

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Understanding the chaos at Tesla 39:51

2M ago39:51

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Today, Verge transportation editor Andy Hawkins and I are going to try and figure out Tesla. I said try — I did not say succeed. But we’re going to try. That’s because Tesla has been on a real rollercoaster these past two weeks, in terms of its stock price, its basic financials, and well, its vibes. If you’ve been following the company, you know th…

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Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius explains why EVs are still the future — but Apple's next-gen CarPlay isn't 1:08:24

2M ago1:08:24

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A lot has changed since the last time Ola was on Decoder. Back then, he said Mercedes would have an all-EV lineup by 2030 — a promise a whole lot of car companies, including Mercedes, have now had to soften or walk back. But he doesn't see that as a setback at all, and he and Mercedes are both still committed to phasing out gas in the long run. We …

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Why the TikTok ban won't solve the US's online privacy problems 47:30

2M ago47:30

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Today, we’re talking about the brand-new TikTok ban — and how years of Congressional inaction on a federal privacy law helped lead us to this moment of apparent national panic about algorithmic social media. This is a thorny discussion, and to help break it all down, I invited Verge senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner on the show. Lauren has been …

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Discord CEO Jason Citron makes the case for a smaller, more private internet 58:33

2M ago58:33

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Today, I’m talking to Jason Citron, the co-founder and CEO of Discord, the gaming-focused voice and chat app. You might think Discord is just something Slack for gamers, but over time, it has become much more important than that. For a growing mix of mostly young, very online users steeped in gaming culture, fandom, and other niche communities, Dis…

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Disney just fought off a shareholder revolt — but the clock’s still ticking 42:57

2M ago42:57

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Today, we're talking about Disney, the massive activist investor revolt it just fought off, and what happens next in the world of streaming. Because what happens to Disney really tells us a lot about what's happening in the entire world of entertainment. Earlier this month, Disney survived an attempted board takeover from businessman Nelson Peltz. …

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Episode 12 - Fallout fantastic!, HALO S2, Walking Dead still alive, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire; Twisted Metal, Masters of the Air, Supergirl and more 1:52:28

2M ago1:52:28

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In this episode...We fall in to Fallout, one of the best game to TV shows; HALO, what happened to Season 2? Worse than S1?; The Walking Dead, what’s been going on lately?; Twisted Metal, a sleeper sci-fi hit?; Masters of the Air, another excellent historical drama series from Hanks & Spielberg; Ghostbusters Frozen Empire, best sequel?; Milly Alcock…

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Adventure is out there! - Disney Discord Podcast 59:12

2M ago59:12

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Adventure is out there! - Disney Discord Podcast Disney Adventure World Adventure Bay and Way Disney Village World of Frozen Walt Disney Studios transformation Universal GB https://discord.gg/QdFQ6Pt5S4

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Dropbox CEO Drew Houston wants you to embrace AI and remote work 1:04:56

2M ago1:04:56

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At the absolute most basic, Dropbox is cloud storage for your stuff — but that puts it at the nexus of a huge number of today’s biggest challenges in tech. As the company that helps you organize your stuff in the cloud itself goes all remote, how do we even deal with the concept of “your stuff?” Today I’m talking with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston about…

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The rise and fall of Vice Media 43:03

3M ago43:03

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Today we’re talking about Vice, the media company: Where it came from, what it did, and, ultimately, why it collapsed into a much smaller, sadder version of itself. This is a lousy time for digital media, and it’s hard to make a profit from putting words on the internet right now. So when Verge senior reporter Liz Lopatto went to go report on what …

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Why Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is the internet’s unlikely defender 1:19:20

3M ago1:19:20

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Cloudflare is an infrastructure provider basically protecting more than 20% of the entire web from bad actors. When everything is going well, you don't even have to know it exists. It's one of the only defenses — sometimes the only defense — standing between websites and the people who want to take them down. Protecting free speech on the internet …

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Why Nintendo sued a Switch emulator out of existence 43:00

3M ago43:00

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Hello, and welcome to Decoder. This is David Pierce, editor-at-large at The Verge and co-host of The Vergecast, subbing in for Nilay, who’s out on vacation. Regular Decoder programming returns next week. In the meantime, we have an exciting episode for you today all about video game emulation, which, as it turns out, is a whole lot more complicated…

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Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on culture, acquisitions, and how big 'small business' really is 1:06:13

3M ago1:06:13

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Today, I’m talking to Intuit Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar, who took over as CEO in 2022 after a pretty rough patch in the company’s history. In 2021, Intuit acquired the company, and the very next year, co-founder Ben Chestnut stepped down after telling employees that he thought introducing themselves with pronouns in meetings did more harm than good…

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Can you patent a pizza? 52:45

3M ago52:45

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Hey everyone it’s Nilay – I’m on vacation this week, so the Decoder team is taking a short break. We’ll be back next week with both the interview and the new explainer episodes. To tide you over until Monday, we have a bonus episode from our friends at Vox Media and Eater’s Gastropod about an incredible patent battle in the world of pizza. I’m seri…

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Federation is the future of social media, says Bluesky CEO Jay Graber 1:10:48

3M ago1:10:48

1:10:48

Today, I’m talking to Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky Social, which is a decentralized competitor to Meta’s Threads, Mastodon, and X. Bluesky actually started inside of what was then known as Twitter — it was a project from then-CEO Jack Dorsey, who spent his days wandering the earth and saying things like Twitter should be a protocol and not a comp…

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How Europe’s Digital Markets Act is reshaping Big Tech 32:30

3M ago32:30

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Both the EU and US have spent the past decade looking at Big Tech and saying, "someone should do something!" In the US, lawmakers are still basically shouting that. But in the EU, regulators did something. The Digital Markets Act was proposed in 2020, signed into law in 2022, and went into effect this month. It's already having an effect on some of…

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Alice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Studios, Park Mergers - Disney Discord Podcast 50:06

3M ago50:06

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Alice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Studios, Park Mergers - Disney Discord Podcast https://discord.gg/MuWWbTJ9sh

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Figma CEO Dylan Field is optimistic about the future and AI 53:49

3M ago53:49

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We’ve got a fun one today — I talked to Figma CEO Dylan Field in front of a live audience at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. And we got into it – we talked about everything from design, to software distribution, to the future of the web, and, of course, AI. Figma is an fascinating company – the Figma design tool is used by designers at basical…

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Why Google Search feels like it’s gotten worse 39:30

4M ago39:30

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If you’ve been listening to Decoder or the Vergecast for a while, you know that I am obsessed with Google Search, the web, and how both of those things might change in the age of AI. But to really understand how something might change, you have to step back and understand what it is right now. So today I’m talking with Verge platforms reporter Mia …

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How to save culture from the algorithms, with Filterworld author Kyle Chayka 1:07:39

4M ago1:07:39

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Today, I’m talking to Kyle Chayka, a staff writer for The New Yorker, a regular contributor to The Verge, and author of the new book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Kyle has been writing for years now about how the culture of big social media platforms bleeds into real life, first affecting how things look, and now shaping how and wh…

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Why people are falling in love with AI chatbots 40:27

4M ago40:27

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Our Thursday episodes are all about big topics in the news, and this week we’re wrapping up our short series on one of the biggest topics of all: generative AI. In our last couple episodes, we talked a lot about some of the biggest, most complicated legal and policy questions surrounding the modern AI industry, including copyright lawsuits and deep…

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Guest host Hank Green makes Nilay Patel explain why websites have a future 1:03:23

4M ago1:03:23

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On this special episode of Decoder, science educator and YouTuber Hank Green is guest hosting. And the guest? It’s Nilay Patel, who sat down with Hank to discuss building The Verge, the state of media, and the future of the web. Also: whether the fediverse is worth investing in, and how social platforms’ control of distribution has shaped the inter…

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AI deepfakes are cheap, easy, and coming for the 2024 election 41:16

4M ago41:16

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Our new Thursday episodes of Decoder are all about deep dives into big topics in the news, and this week we’re continuing our mini-series on one of the biggest topics of all: generative AI. Last week, we took a look at the wave of copyright lawsuits that might eventually grind this whole industry to a halt. Those are basically a coin flip — and the…

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Episode 11 - Marvel/DC enough already, Oscar Noms, Deadpool-Wolverine, Superman Legacy, Dr Who, Godzilla, The Boys and your questions 2:07:20

4M ago2:07:20

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In this episode...Marvel and DC doesn't anything work anymore? ; Oscar Nominations-Who will win? ; Deadpool & Wolverine-the saviors of the MCU? ; The latest in Anime; Dr Who-Good or is it dead? ; Godzilla makes a huge comeback; The Boys-Too much but 2 to 3 spinoffs anyway? ; and questions from our fansIf you love gaming and gaming pods then please …

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Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini on how anime took over the world 1:10:11

4M ago1:10:11

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Today, I’m talking with Rahul Purini, the president of Crunchyroll, a streaming service focused entirely on anime — and really, the biggest anime service still going. Rahul has a long history with anime: he spent more than seven years at Funimation, a company that started in the 90s to distribute Dragon Ball Z to US audiences, before getting the to…

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Is the Apple Vision Pro All That? 1:04:49

4M ago1:04:49

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The Decoder team is off this week. We’ll be back next week with both the interview and the new explainer episodes; we’re really excited about what’s on the schedule here. In the meantime, I thought you all might enjoy a conversation I had with Kara Swisher, the Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman about the Apple Vision Pr…

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How AI copyright lawsuits could make the whole industry go extinct 40:02

4M ago40:02

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Our new Thursday episodes are all about deep dives into big topics in the news, and for the next few weeks we’re going to stay focused on one of the biggest topics of all: generative AI. There’s a lot going on in the world of generative AI, but maybe the biggest is the increasing number of copyright lawsuits being filed against AI companies like Op…

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Disney+, Investor call, Epic Universe, Universal GB, Disneyland Hotel Opening & New seasons 1:05:12

5M ago1:05:12

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Disney+, Investor call, Epic Universe, Universal GB, Disneyland Hotel Opening & New seasons

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DOJ’s Jonathan Kanter says the antitrust fight against Big Tech is just beginning 34:29

5M ago34:29

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Today, I’m talking with Jonathan Kanter, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice. Alongside FTC chair Lina Khan, Jonathan is one of the most prominent figures in the big shift happening in competition and antitrust in the United States. This is a fun episode: we taped this conversation live on…

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Why EV adoption in the US has hit a roadblock 42:10

5M ago42:10

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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 our new shorter Thursday episode – like today’s – will explain big topics in the news with Verge reporters, experts, and other friends of the show. Th…

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Platformer’s Casey Newton on surviving the great media collapse and what comes next 1:08:47

5M ago1:08:47

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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 the Code Conference last year. Most importantly, Casey and I are also very close friends, so this episode is a little looser than usual. I wanted to tal…

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Why Sen. Brian Schatz thinks child safety bills can trump the First Amendment 1:09:30

5M ago1:09:30

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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 balance against each other, and the concessions he has to make to work within the Senate structure. We also talked a lot about two of the biggest issues…

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Rep. Ro Khanna on what it will take for Congress to regulate AI, privacy, and social media 54:01

5M ago54:01

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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 district in the entire country. You’ll hear him say a couple of times that there’s $10 trillion of tech market value in his district, and that’s not an e…

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Electric Sky Parade, Magic Pass + Bands, Expansions, Disney Village and more - Disney Discord Podcast 1:16:38

5M ago1:16:38

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Electric Sky Parade, Magic Pass + Bands, Expansions, Disney Village and more - Disney Discord Podcast

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How Adobe is managing the AI copyright dilemma, with general counsel Dana Rao 1:25:38

6M ago1:25:38

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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 think the tech press largely undercovers. If you're interested in how creativity happens, you're kind of necessarily interested in what Adobe's up to. An…

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