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The Vergecast
The Vergecast
The Verge

The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay... more

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Episodes

Everybody wants to buy Chrome

Some weeks, it just feels like everything is up in the air all at the same time. Nilay and David... more

25 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 51 minutes
How to keep your data safe when you travel

If you’re heading on vacation this summer, you’re going to want to listen to this. The Verge’s Gaby del Valle... more

22 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Big Tech is back on trial

We promise, this episode is only a little bit about header bidding. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s... more

18 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 55 minutes
The 2025 Vergecast Streaming Draft

It's time, once again, to see what's what in the streaming wars. For the third year in a row, our... more

15 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
How the tech world is responding to tariff chaos

Welcome to tech in 2025, where everything's made up and the numbers don't matter. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake... more

11 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
Switch 2: the good news and bad news

Last week, The Verge's Ash Parrish got to play with the new Nintendo Switch 2. We got over our outrageous... more

08 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
How tariffs will change your gadgets

It's a Nintendo Switch 2. What could it cost, a thousand dollars? In this episode, Nilay, David, and The Verge's... more

04 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 51 minutes
Searching for the perfect minimalist smartphone

David has a Light Phone III, and it's making him wonder a lot of things about technology. So The Verge's... more

01 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
OpenAI has a Studio Ghibli problem

In this episode, we do a Studio Ghibli-like rendition of The Vergecast. First, Nilay and David discuss some big news... more

28 Mar 2025 · 2 hours, 4 minutes
How Roomba got stuck

Some products are so successful they become snynonymous with their whole category — nobody asks for a facial tissue, they... more

25 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 38 minutes
Trump's confusing crusade against Big Tech

Starlink is in the White House, Siri is still bad, Pebble is back, up is down, everything is chaos. In... more

21 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Switch 2, Steam Deck, and the next-gen console wars

Handheld gaming looks like the future — so why isn't it more popular? The Verge's Sean Hollister joins the show... more

18 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
The fake promise of better Siri

Big tech companies are forever making promises about the future. And you might (or might not) be surprised how often... more

14 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 47 minutes
China has some big ideas about smartphones

In this episode, what's old is new again, and what's new is... AI again. The Verge's Allison Johnson and Dominic... more

11 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Apple's chip bumps, big and small

Apple's new gadgets this week were pretty minor updates, so of course we talk about them for a long time.... more

07 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 53 minutes
The James Bond Cinematic Universe

On this episode, we're diving deep into new ideas about old things. First, Framework CEO Nirav Patel joins David and... more

04 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
The high stakes for AI Alexa

AI will fix everything, right? In this episode, friend of The Verge (and Waveform co-host) David Imel joins Nilay and... more

28 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 56 minutes
We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis

Robotaxis: in. EVs: Out? The Verge's Andy Hawkins joins the show to talk about the goings-on in the transportation industry,... more

25 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
The ups and downs of the iPhone 16E

Lots of gadget news this week! David, Jake Kastrenakes, and Allison Johnson start by talking about the iPhone 16E, which... more

21 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 52 minutes
Can Meta still make the metaverse?

This episode is all about companies in flux. First, we chat with The Verge's Alex Heath about all things Meta... more

18 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Elon Musk: agent of chaos

On today's episode, once again, it's OpenAI and DOGE. And some other things! Nilay and David start the show by... more

14 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 51 minutes
What $200 of ChatGPT is really worth

AI and politics, politics and AI. That's the story of 2025. On this episode, The Verge's Kylie Robison joins the show... more

11 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Elon Musk's computer coup

Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler take on a big week in confusing news stories. First, they talk through the latest... more

07 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
Samsung’s S25 Ultra and the end of the flagship phone

Today on the show, it’s all about the future of phones… and your data. The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins the... more

04 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
How DeepSeek crashed the AI party

Nilay and David dig into the week's biggest story: the new Intel-powered Surface Pro. Kidding! They talk about DeepSeek, the... more

31 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 46 minutes
A lazy person’s guide to getting in shape

The Verge’s Victoria Song joins the show to talk about the most popular and most-bailed-on New Year’s Resolution of all:... more

28 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Samsung's thin, big, boring AI phones

Nilay, David, and The Verge's Allison Johnson run down all the biggest news from the latest Samsung Unpacked. The S25... more

24 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 40 minutes
How the future of sports streaming died

First in this episode, a quick update on the TikTok ban (which didn't turn out to be much of a... more

21 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
Nintendo's Switch 2 is here — sort of

David Pierce and Richard Lawler are joined by The Verge's Ash Parrish and Andrew Webster to talk about the Nintendo... more

17 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
The TikTok ban, and what comes next

In five days, TikTok as we know it could be finished in the US. The Verge's Lauren Feiner joins the... more

14 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
CES 2025: the biggest stories and best gadgets (Live)

In this special live episode of The Vergecast, from the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, it's time to talk CES.... more

10 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
A Vergecast holiday re-run marathon

Happy Holidays! The Vergecast is off this week, but we also know you might be doing a lot of traveling... more

24 Dec 2024 · 6 hours, 31 minutes
The Vergecast Matter Holiday Spec-tacular

Happy holidays! Before we disappear into family time and catching up on our favorite shows, we have one more episode... more

20 Dec 2024 · 2 hours,
Gemini, GTA, and the search for the next big thing

The Verge's Victoria Song and Kylie Robison join the show to talk about all of Google's recent AI and XR... more

17 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Tech in 2025: who's in and who's out

For the second episode in our two-part 2025 preview, Nilay and David are once again joined by Wall Street Journal... more

15 Dec 2024 · 54 minutes
Searching for the first great AI app

Nilay, David, and The Verge's Richard Lawler talk about a big week in AI news. First, they go over all... more

13 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
The Vergecast Vergecast, part two

A week ago, The Verge launched a subscription. And you had questions! So we have answers. The Verge’s Helen Havlak... more

10 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Our hottest and coldest 2025 takes

Welcome to our two-part preview of the year to come! For the first installment, Nilay, David, and Wall Street Journal... more

08 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
AGI is coming and nobody cares

Nilay and David talk a bit about this week’s launch of the Verge subscription, plus what’s coming next. (There’s still... more

06 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 45 minutes
A gadget lover's guide to the great outdoors

The Verge's Thomas Ricker joins the show with an update on his question to live the #vanlife. He shares stories... more

03 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Our biggest stories and favorite things of 2024

2024 is almost over, somehow. So we gathered a bunch of our Verge colleagues and told them each to tell... more

29 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
The government's plan to break up Google

The Verge's Lauren Feiner joins Nilay and David to talk about the US government's proposal in its search antitrust case... more

22 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 56 minutes
If Netflix can't make live work, can anyone?

Richard Lawler joins the show to chat about the Tyson / Paul fight, and more importantly the fact that Netflix... more

19 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Making human music in an AI world

For the third episode in our series about the future of music, we talk with Ge Wang. Ge is a... more

17 Nov 2024 · 50 minutes
Bluesky's quest to be the next Twitter

Nilay and David talk about the future of social, in light of Bluesky's recent surge in growth. Threads is huge,... more

15 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
Smart sleep is worth the cost

On today's show: sleep gadgets, AI DJs, and sneaky TVs. Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her experiences... more

12 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Auto-Tune always and forever

For the second episode in our three-part miniseries about the future of music, Charlie Harding, a music journalist and co-host... more

10 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
The PS5 Pro made us sit closer to the screen

Nilay and David talk about the election, and how The Vergecast plans to cover and talk about the next four... more

08 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Alexa at 10: Amazon's assistant is a winner and a failure

November 6th marks 10 years to the day since Amazon surprise-launched a new, cylindrical device called the Echo. It introduced... more

05 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Your favorite musician's favorite TikTok show

For the first episode in our three-part miniseries on the future of music, we tell the story of Track Star,... more

03 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
The AI garage door mystery

Nilay and David discuss a big week in AI news, including the new web search features in ChatGPT and the... more

01 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 52 minutes
Two possible futures for AI

Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about the recent dueling AI blog posts from OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's... more

29 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
The confusing state of Apple Intelligence

Nilay, David, and Richard Lawler talk about all of the coming Apple gadgets and software, from the new iPad Mini... more

25 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
AirPods are good for your (hearing) health

The Verge's Victoria Song joins the show to talk about her year of testing smart rings, and which of the... more

22 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
The tech YouTuber who opened a coffee shop

For the last eight months, David Cogen has been living a double life. By day: a YouTuber and creator, the... more

20 Oct 2024 · 44 minutes
The future of the Kindle with Panos Panay

Nilay and David talk about the week in gadget news, after scoring their predictions on last week's Tesla event. (Spoiler... more

18 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 59 minutes
They're called "Podcasts"

Before a podcast was a “podcast,” it was… well, it wasn’t really much of anything. It was in 2004, though,... more

15 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
The putt-putt champions of the internet

Danny and Steven Sanicki are twins, competitive golfers, and suddenly the biggest names in online mini golf. They started making... more

13 Oct 2024 · 51 minutes
The Google breakup is looming

Nilay and David make some predictions about Thursday evening’s Tesla event — which you’ve already seen, but we haven’t! Then... more

11 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
AI is fixing — and ruining – our photos

For this full-on “what is a photo” episode, we start by chatting with Halide developers Ben Sandofsky and Sebastiaan De... more

08 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
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Before a podcast was a “podcast,” it was… well, it wasn’t really much of anything. It was in 2004, though, that many... more