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.
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Feb 26
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup
Today, we’re talking about the future of Xbox. Phil Spencer, a two-time Decoder guest who’s led Xbox for more than a decade, is stepping down. But in a shocking twist, his deputy long-assumed successor Sarah Bond is also out too, and the Xbox division is now in the hands of an As ... Show More
43m 8s
Feb 23
Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms
Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the co-founder and now former owner of Complexly, an online education company he started with his brother John in 2012. I say former owner because Hank and John have just converted Complexly into a nonprofit and ... Show More
1h 11m
Nov 2024
Chuck E Cheese vs ShowBiz Pizza | Rat Pizza | 1
<p>It’s 1976, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is on a mission to launch a family arcade disguised as a pizza parlor. He comes up with a name that’s impossible not to smile at—“Chuck E. Cheese”—and combines pizza, video games, and animatronic entertainment. The chain quickly beco ... Show More
32m 32s
Dec 2024
232 Joe Jordan - Technology, Storytelling, & Pizza
<p>When you hear the word "dominoes," chances are you think pizza. And for good reason: There are over 20,000 Domino's locations across the world. Domino's is #1 in the world in quick-service restaurant pizza. It has 20% of the global market share, and 22% market share in the US. ... Show More
18m 40s
Nov 2024
Chuck E Cheese vs ShowBiz Pizza | Broken Robots | 2
<p>It’s 1982, and after months of bitter fighting, Nolan Bushnell of Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater and Robert Brock of ShowBiz Pizza Place finally strike a legal truce. With the video game market crashing and the novelty of their brands fading, Chuck E. Cheese faces mounti ... Show More
37m 52s
Jun 2023
Pizza & Profit: The Slice Factory Story (Ep 194)
Join Jaime Oikle from RunningRestaurants.com as he speaks with Dom Diana, the CEO and founder of Slice Factory, the family-focused and welcoming Chicago-based pizza franchise and home to Chicago's original jumbo slice. We discussed the history of Slice Factory, its expansion and ... Show More
24m 36s
