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. 

Technology
Tech News
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Handheld gaming is the future — again
The flagship podcast of thumbsticks.
51 min
202
Apple events, SEO, and other fights
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the takeaways from Apple's Mac event, the problem with SEO on the internet, streaming news, and much more.
79 min
203
Macs and M3s, shot on iPhones
The flagship podcast of spec bumps.
59 min
204
An impossible journey into self-hosting
The flagship podcast of network-attached storage.
50 min
205
The next Macs and the next Twitter
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the next Apple event, a Twitter successor, and Windows Phone regrets.
82 min
206
Everything you’ve always wondered about The Ver...
The flagship podcast of...The Vergecast.
61 min
207
The poster’s guide to the new internet
The flagship podcast of Really Simple Syndication.
25 min
208
Into the iPad Confusion Zone
The flagship podcast of the confusion zone.
77 min
209
The smart glasses era is (kind of) here
Today on the flagship podcast of glassholes.
81 min
210
The better, smarter future of messaging
Today on the flagship podcast of interoperable messaging apps.
51 min
211
Sonos loses to Google, and Threads takes on Twi...
The flagship podcast of CSS elements.
78 min
212
Good Pixels, better Watches, great Chromebooks
The flagship podcast of AI-generated wallpapers.
85 min
213
The TV of the future costs zero dollars
The flagship podcast of the second screen experience.
57 min
214
The great Pixel 8 camera debate
The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the announcement of Google’s Pixel 8 phone, along with the new AI tools that raise lots of questions.
90 min
215
Amazon, Google, and crypto are on trial
Today on the flagship podcast of The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
66 min
216
Meta's AI headset future — and that X interview...
The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz break down all the big news from Meta's Connect event and the Code Conference.
86 min
217
RIP DVDs
Today on the flagship podcast of the laserdisc resurgence
57 min
218
The 50-year quest for AI virtual assistants
In episode three of our AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the decades-long endeavor to build a virtual assistant.
29 min
219
Amazon and Microsoft's AI parades
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Micosoft's Surface and AI event.
72 min
220
iPhone and watches and wallpapers, oh my
Today on the flagship podcast of the Action Button
96 min
221
Can AI make a hit song?
In episode two of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce sits down with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and music producer Ian Kimmel to share how they made an entire song from scratch using a bunch of AI tools.
57 min
222
Apple mysteries and Google trials
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson break down all the important news from this week.
61 min
223
iPhone 15: the good, the bad, and the titanium
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, Dan Seifert and Victoria Song report from Apple's Fall 2023 keynote.
95 min
224
AI voices are taking over the internet
In part one of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the boom of voice synthesis and artificially generated speech.
22 min
225
How the iPhone 15 could still surprise us
The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss what to expect at Apple's iPhone 15 event, the drama behind the scenes with Disney's CEOs, and some more gadget news.
86 min