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Nilay Patel and the Decoder team reflect on a year of podcast episodes, answering listener questions about AI, tech journalism, guest interviews, and their plans for covering technology and its societal impacts in 2026.
Jason and the team discuss the landmark Disney-OpenAI deal, where Disney invests $1 billion and grants OpenAI access to use Disney characters in Sora and ChatGPT, while exploring the broader implications of AI, intellectual property, and potential job displacement.
OpenAI shifts focus to enterprise in 2026, partners with Disney to license characters for AI video creation, while facing challenges in AI infrastructure and potential internal tensions.
Kara Swisher offers a sharp-witted critique of big tech leaders and emerging technologies, highlighting the potential of AI in healthcare, the importance of friction in innovation, and the need for creative solutions to technological disruption.
Gregg Renfrew returns to discuss her entrepreneurial journey, detailing how she bought back her clean beauty company Beautycounter out of foreclosure, shut it down to save it, and relaunched as Counter with a renewed mission to empower women and continue fighting for clean, safe consumer products.
Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. for $72-82.7 billion, potentially disrupting the movie theater industry and facing significant international regulatory scrutiny.
Jesse Cole transforms a struggling college summer baseball team into the Savannah Bananas, a billion-dollar entertainment empire by reimagining baseball as a fan-first, high-energy experience that prioritizes fun over traditional sports norms.
Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC after a brief suspension following a nationwide backlash, with the hosts discussing the corporate communications strategy and potential impact of consumer activism.
A deep dive into the Jimmy Kimmel controversy, exploring how the Trump administration leveraged government power to pressure Disney into suspending Kimmel's show over a comment about the Charlie Kirk assassination.
A deep dive into the Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC/Disney, exploring the complex intersection of free speech, media, and political leverage in the context of the Trump administration's potential efforts to control media narratives.