Decoder Creators & Guests

Julia Boorstin is a CNBC's Senior Media & Tech Correspondent.

Kara Swisher is an American progressive technology business journalist and co-founder of technology news website, Recode. In additional to be a journalist and entrepreneur, she is also the host of the podcast "Sway" and co-host of "Pivot"

Nilay Patel is an American lawyer, editor, and journalist best known for his work at technology news websites Engadget and The Verge.

Eric Johnson is the host of Follow Friday and the founder of the podcast consultancy LightningPod. He previously worked at Vox Media, where he produced Recode Decode with Kara Swisher from 2015 to 2020.

Jon Mooallem is a journalist and author.

Anand Giridharadas is a writer of Indian descent. He is a former columnist for The New York Times, and he is also the author of three books: India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, and Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.

Patrick Spence is the CEO at Sonos.

Bryan Salesky is the co-founder and CEO of Argo AI.

Megan Twohey is an investigative reporter with The New York Times. She has also written investigative reports for Reuters, the Chicago Tribune, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Kate Crawford is a writer, composer, producer, academic, principal researcher at Microsoft Research (Social Media Collective), co-founder & director of research at the AI Now Institute at NYU, and visiting professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media.

James O'Toole is an author, and the daniels distinguished professor of business ethics at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. His research and writings are in the areas of leadership, ethics, corporate culture, and philosophy.

Jim Collins is an adviser to leaders in the business and social sector.

Jason Fried is the co-founder & CEO at Basecamp, the co-author of Rework, Remote: Office Not Required and Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application. He writes a regular column for Inc. magazine and is a frequent contributor to Basecamp’s popular blog Signal v. Noise.

Aminatou Sow is a businesswoman, digital strategist, writer, podcast host, and co-founder of Tech LadyMafia.

Robin Amelia Arzón is an American ultramarathon runner, author of the book Shut Up and Run, and VP of Fitness Programming & an Instructor at Peloton.

Brad Smith is an American attorney and technology executive currently serving as President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft.

Michael Masnick is the Founder of Techdirt.

Ilene Chaiken is an American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions. She is best known as being the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word and is currently an executive producer on the hit television series Empire.

Jill Lepore is a historian and a Staff Writer at The New Yorker, She writes about history, law, literature, and politics.