The Vergecast

The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours. 

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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI for rural America
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott about his new book "Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley―Making AI Serve Us All".
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Zoom's privacy concerns, Apple buys Dark Sky, a...
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul talk to Tom Warren about Zoom's privacy and security concerns. The crew also looks back at the history of Sprint after it finally merged with T-Mobile. Paul's weekly segment "If I were a rich man" updates the keyboard-in-the-front club. The show ends with some chat about Apple buying the weather app Dark Sky and allowing in-app rentals on their mobile devices.
78 min
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Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to founder and CEO of The Future Today Institute Amy Webb.
50 min
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Reviews for the Macbook Air and iPad Pro (2020)...
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss how the coronavirus is affecting tech companies of all sizes, the reviews Macbook Air and iPad Pro, the Huawei P40 Pro, and a Dell app that controls your iPhone.
75 min
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Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kin...
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown about Impossible's mission to replace animal-derived meat worldwide and what that would mean for our climate and culture.
47 min
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Apple announces new iPad Pro and Macbook Air, S...
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss the new iPad Pro and Macbook Air that Apple announced this week, the confusion around Google's coronavirus testing website, and the specs revealed for the PS5.
76 min
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FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on broadba...
Nilay Patel and Makena Kelly talk American broadband policy with FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
52 min
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Galaxy S20 review and leaks of iOS 14, watchOS ...
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss the review for the Samsung Galaxy S20, the latest Apple leaks, a Pixel 4a leak, and some Android TV news.
84 min
459
COVID-19: How it spreads, how to test for it, a...
Tracking its spread of the coronavirus, the response of authorities, how to test for it, and the economic impacts with Verge health reporter Nicole Wetsman and Verge deputy editor Liz Lopatto
54 min
460
Mac Pro and Pro Display review, TCL's folding p...
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss The Verge's Mac Pro review, Apple reportedly releasing an iPad with a keyboard and trackpad, and a bunch of new phone concepts.
89 min
461
Political advertising on social media, privacy ...
Verge policy reporter Makena Kelly chats with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about important points in US tech policy recently as we go into the 2020 presidential election.
43 min
462
Galaxy S20 Ultra's camera issues and Bob Iger s...
Nilay, Paul, and Dieter discuss the Samsung Galaxy S20 camera, Bob Iger stepping down as Disney CEO, and gadget news you may have missed.
82 min
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Argo’s CEO explains why its fleet of self-drivi...
49 min
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Galaxy Z Flip review, CBS streaming service rev...
Nilay, Paul, and Dieter discuss the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's Ultra Thin 'Glass', CBS' plan to improve their streaming app, and what we've seen from Android 11 so far
83 min
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Chief Product Officer of Adobe Scott Belsky ret...
Chief Product Officer of Adobe Scott Belsky chats with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and reporter Dami Lee
52 min
466
Motorola Razr review, Samsung's Galaxy S20 even...
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss whether Motorola's new Razr is worth the price, the biggest announcement's from Samsung's Unpacked event, and how T-Mobile and Sprint won a lawsuit to be able to merge.
88 min
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New Jersey’s former attorney general on Ring ca...
Former New Jersey attorney general Anne Milgram stopped by the studio to talk with Verge editor in chief Nilay Patel and me, senior reporter Colin Lecher.
54 min
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Iowa caucus app issues, Panos Panay takes over ...
Nilay Patel, Dieter, Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss the tech problems with Iowa's caucus, whether or not the US should buy Nokia, Microsoft’s Windows future tied to hardware, Google's Q4 earnings, and rumors about a new Apple TV.
65 min
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How 5G and edge computing fit into the future o...
Dr. Venkata (Murthy) Renduchintala, the chief engineering officer and group president of the Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group at Intel joined Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and news editor Chaim Gartenberg to discuss the present and future of Intel.
43 min
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iPad turns 10, Apple's first quarter earnings, ...
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss the iPad's place ten years in, Apple's first quarter results for fiscal year 2020, and the changes with Google's Search design
87 min
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Neil Young says the Macbook Pro has “Fisher-Pri...
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel chats with musician Neil Young and tech executive Phil Baker about their new book To Feel the Music: A Songwriter's Mission To Save High Quality Audio 
42 min
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Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked ...
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Paul Miller, and Russell Brandom discuss Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked phone, and Sonos stopping old product updates
81 min
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Rep. David Cicilline on regulating big tech mon...
Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) speaks to The Verge's Nilay Patel and Adi Robertson about leading an investigation into how big tech platforms like Google, Amazon, and Apple are affecting competition for other tech companies.
27 min
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August's Yves Behar and Jason Johnson unlock th...
Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel interviews Yves Behar and Jason Jason, co-founders of the smartlock company August
31 min
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AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su talks new Ryzen 4000 chips ...
Editor-in-chief of The Verge Nilay Patel interviews AMD CEO Lisa Su at CES 2020
36 min