A podcast & a free classroom · est. 2024
Unlocking the ideas that run the world, for everyone.
Economics and technology decide how we live, yet the ideas stay locked behind academic walls. Decoded breaks them down for everyone, without the jargon.
UPCOMING GUEST · NOBEL LAUREATE
A Nobel laureate is joining us on Decoded.
Peter Hegemann (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2026) is joining us for an upcoming episode. The prize was awarded for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Stay tuned.
Illustration: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
EVENT RECAP · September 14, 2026
Sustainable Finance and the Future of Climate Action
A live student session and Q&A with Cary S. Krosinsky, in collaboration with HERizon. 160+ students registered.
What students said
“This was such an insightful session! Cary's perspective on sustainable finance and practical ways students can get involved in the space was really eye-opening. Loved the Q&A format, would love more sessions like this from Decoded x HERizon.”
“Awesome! Never expected to be face to face with such a great professor at this point of my life.”
“The session was very informative, and hearing the professor was a real pleasure. It was amazing, and I'm a big fan of Akshat and the professor as well.”
Decoded × HERizon
160+ students, one live conversation on sustainable finance and the future of climate action.
- 300+
- listening hours on Spotify
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- Spotify Wrapped 2025 awards
- 7
- episodes and growing
In conversation
The most important ideas shouldn’t be locked behind academic walls.
What we do
One idea, three ways in: listen to the conversation, learn from it for free, and help open it up to everyone.
THE PODCAST
Conversations, without the jargon
Economists, technologists, and thinkers explain the ideas shaping our world, in plain language.
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Free resources for students
Guides, worksheets, activities, and reading lists built from every episode. No login, no paywall.
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A youth-led effort to open access
Made almost entirely by young people, for people who were never handed the key. Bring it to your community.
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Spotify Wrapped for Creators 2025
A 2025 Marathon Show
Sustained listener engagement
A 2025 Instant Hit Show
Strong launch performance
A 2025 Most Shared Show
High audience sharing
Past 300 listening hours on Spotify in the show's first full year.
Featured episode
All episodes →Sundar Sarukkai and Akshat Bhaskar on Philosophy for Children, Technology, and What It Means to Be Human
Liner notes
Decoded makes complex ideas in economics and technology accessible to curious minds. No jargon, no prerequisites. Each episode is a conversation with economists, technologists, and policy thinkers breaking down the ideas shaping our world. The most important ideas shouldn't be locked behind academic walls.
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This is a movement, not a two-person broadcast.
Decoded is made almost entirely by young people, for people who were never handed the key. Here are a few ways to be part of it.
Student or educator? If you run a club, a classroom, a publication, or a campus, let’s work together to reach the people these ideas belong to.
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