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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Tesla's robotaxi reality check
The Verge's Andy Hawkins joins the show to explain what, exactly, Elon Musk and co. launched, and what it says about the state of the self-driving revolution
67 min
52
Truth, lies, and the Trump Phone
David and Jake chat with The Verge's Dominic Preston about what we know about Trump Mobile and the T1 Phone
98 min
53
Life with the Nintendo Switch 2
It's a small miracle that a bunch of us managed to get our heads out of Mario Kart World long enough to make a show about the Switch 2.
76 min
54
Switch, Xbox, and the portable future of games
Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes talk about the Switch 2 launch, and the news that Microsoft and Asus are building Xbox handhelds
114 min
55
Liquid Glass, Spotlight, and the rest of WWDC 2025
Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's Victoria Song and Allison Johnson to talk about all the news of WWDC
117 min
56
Previewing Apple's 2025 WWDC
Nilay, David, and Joanna Stern spend time going through what they expect to see at WWDC
89 min
57
One company's quest for the perfect charger
TwelveSouth founder Andrew Green joins the show to talk about how his company developed its newest product, the PowerCord
61 min
58
Can a redesign save Apple's software?
90 min
59
Inside the Meta monopoly trial
The Verge’s Lauren Feiner tells us about what she’s learned from two all-important monopoly trials.
75 min
60
OpenAI and Jony Ive's AI super-gadget
Nilay, David, and The Verge's Alex Heath talk about the news that OpenAI and Jony Ive are teaming up to build... something.
111 min
61
The Razr Ultra proves flip phones are almost ready
The Verge's Allison Johnson joins to talk about her review of the new Razr Ultra, the new-look Android 16, and why she thinks we're getting ever closer to a true flip phone resurgence
70 min
62
HBO's no good very bad rebrand
Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes dig into the monumentally silly thinking behind Warner Bros. Discovery re-re-naming its streaming service HBO Max
109 min
63
A buggy Sonos mystery
The Verge's Will Poor recently came home from vacation and discovered he had an insect problem
78 min
64
Why Apple is trying to save Google
The Verge's Richard Lawler joins the show to talk about the Google search trial, in which Eddy Cue argued that Google should be allowed to keep paying Apple gobs of money.
97 min
65
The AI wearables are always listening
The Verge’s Victoria Song joins the show to talk about a new genre of gadget, which both she and David have been testing a lot: the AI-powered, always-on voice recorder
71 min
66
How Apple lost control of the App Store
Everywhere you look, antitrust fights have the potential to reshape the tech industry
103 min
67
The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car
Tim Stevens joins the show to talk about his story about the Slate Truck, an ultra-minimal electric vehicle that has almost no features to speak of
80 min
68
Everybody wants to buy Chrome
Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes to talk about all the unrest
103 min
69
How to keep your data safe when you travel
The Verge’s Gaby del Valle joins the show to explain how worried you need to be about your digital data when you cross borders
62 min
70
Big Tech is back on trial
Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Alex Heath to talk about some big news in tech regulation
107 min
71
The 2025 Vergecast Streaming Draft
It's time, once again, to see what's what in the streaming wars
78 min
72
How the tech world is responding to tariff chaos
Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes run down the latest tariff news, the uncertain future facing tech companies of all sizes, and what we're learning so far about how they're responding
86 min
73
Switch 2: the good news and bad news
The Verge's Ash Parrish got to play with the new Nintendo Switch 2
71 min
74
How tariffs will change your gadgets
Tuneshine creator Tobias Butler explains how tariffs affect the way hardware companies do business — and how they're navigating the current uncertainty.
103 min
75
Searching for the perfect minimalist smartphone
The Verge's Allison Johnson joins the show to talk about the whole trend of minimalist smartphones, and to figure out which features a smartphone absolutely needs, and which ones we could all probably do without.
75 min