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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Live from CES: What is the point of a robot tha...
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The robots, phones and Lego of CES 2026
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Version History: iPhone 4
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The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-Tacular
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Version History: Google Glass
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Brendan Carr is a dummy
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr did The Vergecast an enormous favor
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Everything is gambling now
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The end of OpenAI, and other 2026 predictions
Let's look ahead to 2026
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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
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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
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A very human vision for going all-in on AI
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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
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Apple gadgets, ranked
The Verge's Victoria Song and Allison Johnson join David to rank Apple's nine product categories
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I just want AI to rename my photos
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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
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Version History: Vine
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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
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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
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Version History: LimeWire
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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
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Extreme smart home makeover
David has a new house, and no idea what to do with it.
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Version History: Fire Phone
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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
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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
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Version History: Zune
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