Decoder with Nilay Patel

How Robinhood is building the future of investing, with chief product officer Aparna Chennapragada

Aparna Chennapragada is the chief product officer at Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto trading app. And we have some news to discuss: Robinhood is launching a new cash card today that allows people to spend money directly out of their Robinhood account and set up various plans to automatically invest by rounding up purchase amounts to the nearest dollar and putting the difference in various investments.

Links:
How r/wallstreetbets gamed the stock of GameStop
The chicken and the pig
Google is reportedly removing Google Now Launcher from the Play Store
Robinhood Snacks
Robinhood buys Say Technologies for $140M to improve shareholder-company relations

Transcript:
https://www.theverge.com/e/22753372

Credits:
Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright.
The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.  
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Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.