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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.

Who built the internet? And who will save it?

95 hours 19 mins; August 30, 2023

Threads' big moment, and Sony's big controller

84 hours 53 mins; August 25, 2023

Mythical computers and super apps

74 hours 24 mins; August 23, 2023

Big screens, bigger screens, suitcase screens

87 hours 4 mins; August 18, 2023

How YouTube and ESPN control the future of everything

82 hours 42 mins; August 16, 2023

Streaming goes up, Zoom comes down

92 hours 8 mins; August 11, 2023

How Tesla became the Elon Musk Co. from Land of the Giants

38 mins; August 09, 2023

Samsung fans and video apps: they’re everywhere

81 hours 47 mins; August 04, 2023

Samsung foldable software, eye-scanning orbs, and the future of the arcade

90 hours 49 mins; August 02, 2023

Twitter rebrands as X, and Samsung's Galaxy Flip 5 and Fold 5 event

72 hours 26 mins; July 28, 2023

Gadget tips for your next upgrade | Vergecast Hotline

62 hours 25 mins; July 26, 2023

The future of EV charging and Hollywood on strike

90 hours 29 mins; July 21, 2023

Nothing’s gadget renaissance, and our favorite TV remotes

91 hours 33 mins; July 19, 2023

Microsoft beat the FTC, and the Nothing Phone 2 is here

79 hours 37 mins; July 14, 2023

Apple OS betas, how to talk about AI, and our video game picks

94 hours 21 mins; July 12, 2023

Instagram Threads is here to crush Twitter

83 hours 40 mins; July 07, 2023

AI might break the internet

90 hours 30 mins; June 30, 2023

Google Pixel Fold review, Microsoft vs FTC, and Congress’ child safety bills

97 hours 40 mins; June 28, 2023

Meta and Reddit prove the social web is over

86 hours 38 mins; June 23, 2023

How AI really works, and how the smart home broke

71 hours 15 mins; June 21, 2023

Reddit vs. Reddit: the latest on the fight for the platform

80 hours 7 mins; June 16, 2023

The war for Reddit, new MacBook Air, and Meta's Twitter competitor

99 hours 57 mins; June 14, 2023

Widgets are back, and everything else from WWDC

85 hours 46 mins; June 09, 2023

Vergecast vs WVFRM trivia!

27 mins; June 07, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro: the headset of the future?

70 hours 35 mins; June 07, 2023

Meta’s Quest 3 revealed and a WWDC preview

80 hours 0 mins; June 02, 2023

The two computers that made Apple

78 hours 18 mins; May 31, 2023

Microsoft’s big AI Build and Max’s messy streaming launch

86 hours 14 mins; May 26, 2023

Why AM radio and Ethernet still matter, and why Zelda keeps winning

79 hours 50 mins; May 24, 2023

Montana bans TikTok. Also, FREE TV

81 hours 42 mins; May 19, 2023

Into It: The Conversation We’re NOT Having About AI

40 mins; May 17, 2023

Google I/O recap: AI is taking over Search

82 hours 57 mins; May 12, 2023

Google AI and foldable phones

77 hours 20 mins; May 10, 2023

Bluesky's rise and AI's fall

74 hours 9 mins; May 05, 2023

The director’s episode: how tech makes movies

78 hours 26 mins; May 03, 2023

Apple’s headset, Humane’s weird demo, and the pretty Prius

98 hours 43 mins; April 28, 2023

ActivityPub is the next big thing in social

78 hours 28 mins; April 26, 2023

AI Drake, AI friends, AI everything

83 hours 52 mins; April 21, 2023

How a TikTok ban could actually work

70 hours 13 mins; April 19, 2023

HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack

98 hours 25 mins; April 14, 2023

The best streaming services in 2023

55 mins; April 12, 2023

Twitter blue check chaos and CarPlay squabbles

82 hours 32 mins; April 07, 2023

How to use Microsoft’s AI Copilot, laptop microphones, and Amazon Sidewalk

74 hours 6 mins; April 05, 2023

The swaggy AI Pope and Apple headset rumors

86 hours 24 mins; March 31, 2023

The best laptops for school, tablets for reading, and routers for home

66 hours 5 mins; March 29, 2023

TikTok goes to Washington

82 hours 37 mins; March 24, 2023

How to buy an iPad, hike 2,600 miles, and watch free TV

80 hours 40 mins; March 22, 2023

Solo Acts: Marco Arment and his podcast app Overcast

33 mins; March 20, 2023

GPT-4 is coming for your work tools — and your job

92 hours 51 mins; March 17, 2023

Samsung's fake moon photos and Silicon Valley Bank's collapse

49 mins; March 15, 2023

Solo Acts: Tinymakesthings' custom keycaps

35 mins; March 13, 2023

Spotify's redesign, streaming boxes suck, and Gigi Sohn withdraws from FCC nomination

100 hours 33 mins; March 10, 2023

Giles Martin and Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on the new Era 100 and Era 300 speakers

62 hours 5 mins; March 07, 2023

Solo Acts: Madison Karrh on her adventure puzzle game 'Birth'

31 mins; March 06, 2023

MWC 2023 gadgets, Meta's AR / VR roadmap, and TikTok's Bold Glamour filter

79 hours 27 mins; March 03, 2023

Apple glucose monitor rumors, Marvel fatigue, and podcast misinformation

73 hours 23 mins; March 01, 2023

Solo Acts: McRib Locator's Alan Klein

38 mins; February 27, 2023

The Supreme Court hears Section 230 arguments, Sam Bankman-Fried's latest woes

75 hours 0 mins; February 24, 2023

PSVR 2 review, and the best multiroom audio gadgets

77 hours 54 mins; February 22, 2023

Solo Acts: Raluca Pop, founder of Hive Social

39 mins; February 20, 2023

Bing is a liar, Elon's tweets are everywhere, and YouTube CEO steps down

72 hours 32 mins; February 17, 2023

Fixing your own gadgets, from HomePods to Harmony remotes

73 hours 9 mins; February 15, 2023

We tried Bing powered by ChatGPT AI and things got dark

96 hours 47 mins; February 10, 2023

“The Hidden Hand Behind Your Swipes” from Land of the Giants

40 mins; February 08, 2023

Samsung announces the Galaxy S23 and the Galaxy Book3 Ultra

77 hours 32 mins; February 03, 2023

HomePod (2023) review, the Steam Deck one year later, and faking your death online

87 hours 5 mins; February 01, 2023

Apple M2 reviews, DOJ sues Google, and this week in Elon

79 hours 47 mins; January 27, 2023

The Last of Us recap, lessons learned from Silicon Valley, and Vergecast Hotline

72 hours 43 mins; January 25, 2023

Apple announces M2 MacBook Pros, a Mac Mini, and a new HomePod

88 hours 45 mins; January 20, 2023

2023's laptops and wearables we may (or may not) see

68 hours 20 mins; January 18, 2023

Apple might make a touchscreen Mac / Samsung S23 images leak

67 hours 20 mins; January 13, 2023

The smart TVs, Matter gadgets, and concept cars from CES

62 hours 37 mins; January 11, 2023

CES is back! Sony announces a car, everything has Matter, and Lenovo puts screens on top of screens

82 hours 43 mins; January 06, 2023

The Bluetooth Holiday Spec-tacular

80 hours 16 mins; December 21, 2022

Apple could open up iOS, Elon gets booed, and the golden age of streaming is coming to an end

88 hours 53 mins; December 16, 2022

Streaming winners & losers of 2022: Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more

82 hours 42 mins; December 14, 2022

Livestreaming is back!

37 mins; December 12, 2022

ChatGPT explained, the FTC suing Microsoft, and Apple adding encryption to iCloud backups

92 hours 11 mins; December 09, 2022

Kindle 15th anniversary and the problem with US broadband

68 hours 35 mins; December 07, 2022

The dark, uncertain world of creator funds

24 mins; December 05, 2022

Elon Musk meets with Tim Cook, Neuralink's show and tell, and FTX's collapse

85 hours 43 mins; December 01, 2022

The creator of the future is smart, attractive... and animated

32 mins; November 28, 2022

A very smart Vergecast Thanksgiving

73 hours 48 mins; November 23, 2022

Meta Quest Pro review, Taylor Swift crashed Ticketmaster, and more

102 hours 13 mins; November 18, 2022

The AI-generated, oddly colored future of art

61 hours 14 mins; November 15, 2022

Meta announces job cuts and Twitter prepares for difficult times

78 hours 49 mins; November 11, 2022

The politics and laws changing tech in the US

67 hours 30 mins; November 09, 2022

Elon Musk's first week at Twitter / Matter's newest smart home devices

88 hours 29 mins; November 03, 2022

Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

73 hours 1 min; November 02, 2022

Twitter is now an Elon Musk company

46 mins; October 28, 2022

Apple's new App Store tax, Microsoft Surface reviews, and Meta's earnings

85 hours 33 mins; October 27, 2022

The two cryptos and the future of the iPad

65 hours 30 mins; October 26, 2022

Cybersecurity Hotline Special

51 mins; October 24, 2022

Confusing new Apple products, Netflix password sharing, and NFT cults

86 hours 4 mins; October 21, 2022

Kanye wants Parler, smartwatch showdown, and the Vergecast Hotline returns

80 hours 31 mins; October 19, 2022

Microsoft's Surface event, Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch reviews, and Meta Connect 2022

80 hours 40 mins; October 14, 2022

Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, our impressions, and the state of VR games

72 hours 22 mins; October 11, 2022

Google's Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch event / Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial update

78 hours 44 mins; October 06, 2022

Amazon’s Kindle Scribe, printer problems, and earbuds on a bike

55 mins; October 05, 2022

What does music feel like in the metaverse?

21 mins; October 03, 2022

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