Phil Howard, the Oxford Internet Institute director and author of Lie Machines, and Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the state of disinformation and propaganda in the coronavirus pandemic and how what we're hearing this year compares to the state-organized propaganda th ... Show More
Mar 23
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
Today, I’m talking with Shishir Mehrotra, the CEO of Superhuman, the company formerly known as Grammarly, which is still its flagship product. Back in August, Grammarly shipped a feature called Expert Review, which allowed you to get writing suggestions from AI-cloned “experts,” ... Show More
1h 15m
Mar 19
Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble
Today, let’s talk about the big Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Right now, Paramount head David Ellison is very much acting like he’s over the finish line after outbidding Netflix, which walked away after what seemed like a done deal. Back in January, I asked Puck’s Juli ... Show More
48m 8s
Mar 16
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web's homepage
Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Yahoo. It's basically impossible to sum up Yahoo's story over the last 25 years, but the short version is that once upon a time, Yahoo paid Google to run the search box on its website, and everything immediately went sideways. Jim calls it Yahoo's origin ... Show More
1h 17m
Jan 2024
Decoder: How Donald Trump and Elon Musk Killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
Pivot will return on Friday! But in the meantime, we're bringing you this special episode of Decoder, all about the demise of Twitter. Nilay Patel talks with Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Zoe Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer and author of ... Show More
43m 32s
Jan 2023
Netflix Shakeup, More Tech Layoffs, and Guest Cory Doctorow
Biden will get a new Chief of Staff, the U.S. Attorney has questions for Amazon, and Elon takes the stand. Over at Netflix: strong subscriber growth, and Reed Hastings is out as Co-CEO. And of course, more layoffs. Then we’re joined by Friend of Pivot Cory Doctorow on his new boo ... Show More
1h 12m
May 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley on Big Tech Tyranny, Media Absurdity, and the State of the GOP | Ep. 98
Megyn Kelly is joined by Sen. Josh Hawley, author of the new book "The Tyranny of Big Tech," to talk about the danger of Big Tech, the implications of allowing tech platforms to be sued, media absurdity, why he decided to object to the 2020 election results and whether he has any ... Show More
1h 19m
Dec 2021
Guest Episode: Decoder with Nilay Patel: Why the future of work is the future of travel, with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky prides himself on thinking very differently than other CEOs, and his answers to the Decoder questions about how he structures and manages his company were almost always the opposite of what I’m used to hearing on the show. Airbnb is pretty much a single te ... Show More
1h 9m
Dec 2023
Cruise layoffs, exosuits, and why French startups are bubbling up
This is our very last regular news roundup of the year. We still have a lot planned for you, though, with special interviews, guest appearances, and predictions. But that’s all to come. This time ’round we once again had Mary Ann Azevedo and Alex Wilhelm together to hammer throug ... Show More
32m 40s