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, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz 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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Mythical computers and super apps
A look into two futures: the DIY computer and the everything X app
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Big screens, bigger screens, suitcase screens
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss the iMac's 25th anniversary, the state of streaming, a TV in a suitcase, and a whole lot more.
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How YouTube and ESPN control the future of ever...
Today on the flagship podcast of non-exclusive distribution deals
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Streaming goes up, Zoom comes down
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz break down the chaotic and increasingly more expensive state of streaming video, enterprise software, and celebrity food delivery
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How Tesla became the Elon Musk Co. from Land of...
Today we're sharing an episode of Land of the Giants: The Tesla Shock Wave
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Samsung fans and video apps: they’re everywhere
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss YouTube adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts, Elon Musk's extravagant 'X' sign, and much more.
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Samsung foldable software, eye-scanning orbs, a...
Today on the flagship podcast of texting on the outside screen
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Twitter rebrands as X, and Samsung's Galaxy Fli...
Can Elon Musk really use that X logo for Twitter?
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Gadget tips for your next upgrade | Vergecast H...
Today on the flagship podcast of answering machines
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The future of EV charging and Hollywood on strike
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the gadget news from this week, the state of EV charging for non-Tesla owners, the unions of Hollywood on strike, and much more.
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Nothing’s gadget renaissance, and our favorite ...
CEO of Nothing Carl Pei sits down with The Verge’s David Pierce to discuss the new Phone 2.
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Microsoft beat the FTC, and the Nothing Phone 2...
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Microsoft winning the case against the FTC for its Activision Blizzard deal. Also: the Nothing Phone 2 and more gadgets.
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Apple OS betas, how to talk about AI, and our v...
Today on the flagship podcast of transformers (both the movie and the AI thing)
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Instagram Threads is here to crush Twitter
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Meta's launch of Threads, a new competitor to Twitter.
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AI might break the internet
The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz discuss results from our AI survey, this week's AI news, our Apple Mac Pro review, and more.
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Google Pixel Fold review, Microsoft vs FTC, and...
Today on the flagship podcast of the console wars
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Meta and Reddit prove the social web is over
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the vibe shift that is happening on social media and the communal internet.
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How AI really works, and how the smart home broke
Today on the flagship podcast of open-source lightbulbs
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Reddit vs. Reddit: the latest on the fight for ...
Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Jay Peters discuss takeaways from The Verge's interview with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.
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The war for Reddit, new MacBook Air, and Meta's...
David Pierce and Nilay Patel call up Christian Selig, who runs the popular Reddit app Apollo, to talk about the changes to the platform that have infuriated Redditors, and what it means for the future of Reddit.
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Widgets are back, and everything else from WWDC
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss all the updates to Apple's iOS, macOS, watchOS, and iPadOS announced at WWDC this week.
82 min
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Vergecast vs WVFRM trivia!
The Vergecast's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Dan Seifert are challenged to a game of trivia by Waveform's Marques Brownlee, Andrew Manganelli, and David Imel.
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Apple’s Vision Pro: the headset of the future?
Apple WWDC 2023's biggest announcements
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Meta’s Quest 3 revealed and a WWDC preview
Meta's Quest 3 vs. whatever Apple's headset is going to be.
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The two computers that made Apple
Let's talk about the influence of the Apple II and the Lisa.
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