The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And Monday through Thursday, 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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Brendan Carr is a dummy
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr did The Vergecast an enormous favor
121 min
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Everything is gambling now
73 min
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The end of OpenAI, and other 2026 predictions
Let's look ahead to 2026
56 min
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How to vibe-write a country hit
Charlie Harding, co-host of Switched on Pop, explains how AI is taking over country music
98 min
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2025 year in review
Nilay and David are joined by Wall Street Journal senior tech columnist Joanna Stern to debate the best products of the year
75 min
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A very human vision for going all-in on AI
50 min
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It's code red for ChatGPT
David and Nilay talk through why Sam Altman declared a code red inside of OpenAI
92 min
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Apple gadgets, ranked
The Verge's Victoria Song and Allison Johnson join David to rank Apple's nine product categories
70 min
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I just want AI to rename my photos
61 min
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The geek's guide to running faster
Nick Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic, joins the show to talk about his lifelong journey as a runner
66 min
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Version History: Vine
77 min
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AI agents are invading your PC
David and Nilay discuss the ways Microsoft is pushing agents to practically every corner of Windows
89 min
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It's not your job to fix the internet
Cory Doctorow joins The Vergecast this week to help us figure out what to do about Enshitification
60 min
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Version History: LimeWire
70 min
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Valve made Microsoft's dream console
Nilay Patel sits down with Jake Kastrenakes, Sean Hollister, and special guest Joanna Stern, senior columnist at The Wall Street Journal, to talk about Valve's return to the living room gaming race
96 min
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Extreme smart home makeover
David has a new house, and no idea what to do with it.
80 min
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Version History: Fire Phone
80 min
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Bring back the iBook, you cowards
David and Nilay talk about the reports of an impending cheaper Mac with an iPhone chip, and whether that might mark Apple's true return to consumer laptops
104 min
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Your smart home questions, answered
The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy helps us answer a whole bunch of your smart home questions
62 min
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Version History: Zune
74 min
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God will be declared by a panel of experts
David and Nilay run through the news, which will change how people use Photoshop but also maybe change our social feeds
99 min
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An Apple Shortcuts masterclass
The Verge's Victoria Song joins the show to tell us about her experience with the Meta Display glasses
80 min
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Version History: Guitar Hero
73 min
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ChatGPT enters the browser wars
Nilay, Jake, and Hayden sit down to chat about what it means to have ChatGPT in your browser
95 min
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The new Xbox is not an Xbox
75 min