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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Seeing the real world inside a virtual one
The fourth and final installment of our series on the five senses of video games
34 min
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ChatGPT has a Scarlett Johansson problem
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Microsoft Build, the OpenAI's trouble with Scarlett Johansson, new Sonos headphones, and more.
88 min
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Microsoft is in its AI PC era
Also: the future of ChatGPT
66 min
79
The smells and tastes of a great video game
Integrating smell of taste in video games, and whether it's the future of gaming
32 min
80
AI assistants are so back
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Google I/O and OpenAI's GPT4o event.
91 min
81
The case for the iPad Pro
Also: the Apple Store vs independent repair shops
69 min
82
The rise of the audio-only video game
In episode two of our Five Senses of Gaming miniseries, David Pierce dives into the world of hearing with audio-only video games.
24 min
83
The beginning and end of the iPad
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple's iPad event, the evolution of the streaming business, updates on the Wisconsin Foxconn site, and more.
87 min
84
Delta's 10-year journey to the top of the App S...
Also: An experiment with AI voice notes.
68 min
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A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect ...
Episode one of our “Five Senses of Gaming” miniseries
26 min
86
Rabbit, Humane, and the iPad
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss this week's tech and gadget news.
78 min
87
Phones are the ultimate AI gadget
Also: Meta’s big move into AI
70 min
88
Anyone want to buy TikTok?
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss President Biden signing the TikTok ban bill, Apple's May 7th iPad event, Tesla's flop era, and more.
96 min
89
Congress takes on TikTok, privacy, and AI
Also: David talks with Nikola Todorovic and Tye Sheridan about their AI-powered production company Wonder Dynamics
75 min
90
Emulators are taking over the App Store
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss third-party iPhone app stores, game emulators, Google Android and hardware team restructuring, the latest TikTok news, and more.
90 min
91
The internet really is a series of tubes
Undersea internet cable maintenance, Windows on Arm, and Kobo's color e-readers
79 min
92
The good, the bad, and the Humane AI Pin
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Piece, and Alex Cranz discuss David's review of the Humane AI Pin, Taylor Swift's music back on TikTok, a new party speaker, and much more.
91 min
93
The TikTok ban and the iPhone monopoly
We answer your questions from The Vergecast Hotline
59 min
94
How much MacBook is enough MacBook?
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Macbook Air M3 review, Jon Stewart's take on AI, and a whole lot more.
89 min
95
A better keyboard than QWERTY
Also: What are Microsoft's "first AI PCs" ?
64 min
96
Power User: Taylor Lorenz on the TikTok ban
A new podcast from the Vox Media Podcast Network
51 min
97
AI headphones and clicky phone keys
The future of noise canceling, Mr. Mobile interview, and the best microphone for consumers.
60 min
98
Apple’s antitrust fight begins
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Lauren Feiner and Nilay Patel discuss the breaking news about the the US Department of Justice accusing Apple of operating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market.
87 min
99
DoorDash, Uber Eats... and Tony
Crunch time for Rivian and a delivery app rebellion
65 min
100
Are we really about to ban TikTok?
The Verge 's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the US House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban TikTok, the streaming news of the week, a Dyson robot, and more.
96 min