Recode Decode: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai

Hey everyone, this is Nick Statt, senior producer on Decoder. We’re taking a brief publishing break while Nilay is out on vacation. We’ll resume regular programming next week, and we’ve got some great episodes in the works. In the meantime, we wanted to share an episode from the ...  Show more

Evan Smith, cofounder and CEO of Altana, was last on the show in early 2025 to talk about how Trump’s first few waves of tariffs were starting to affect global trade. It was a very alarming and also very illuminating chat; Evan and I got into the existential weeds of internationa ...  Show more

When he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai announced that he was going to take a “weed whacker” to Obama-era regulations. So far, he’s kept his promise, and earned the internet’s ire for reversing the agency’s position on net neutrality. Pai def ...

This episode of Decoder with Nilay Patel originally ran in early November. Patel and former President Barack Obama discuss AI and the future of the internet. They talk about President Biden’s recent executive order on AI, the First Amendment, democracy, and if the government coul ...  Show more

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Tim Stenovec discuss what investors are expecting from Nvidia’s GTC conference this week. Plus, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson explains how the agency will approach antitrust concerns around Big Tech. And the CEO of Joby talks about his company’s new p ...  Show more

Jason Oxman, President and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council, outlines what changes and policies we can expect for the tech sector under President-elect Donald Trump's second administration. He speaks to Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Mike ShepardSee omnystudio.co ...  Show more