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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.

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI for rural America

67 hours 13 mins; April 07, 2020

Zoom's privacy concerns, Apple buys Dark Sky, and Sprint is dead

82 hours 10 mins; April 03, 2020

Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist

52 mins; March 31, 2020

Reviews for the Macbook Air and iPad Pro (2020) and how the coronavirus is affecting tech companies and culture

79 hours 7 mins; March 27, 2020

Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kind of meat

50 mins; March 24, 2020

Apple announces new iPad Pro and Macbook Air, Sony reveals PS5 specs, and confusion around the coronavirus testing website

79 hours 31 mins; March 20, 2020

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on broadband access across America

54 mins; March 17, 2020

Galaxy S20 review and leaks of iOS 14, watchOS 7, and Pixel 4a

86 hours 31 mins; March 13, 2020

COVID-19: How it spreads, how to test for it, and economic impact

56 mins; March 10, 2020

Mac Pro and Pro Display review, TCL's folding phone concepts, and rumors of an iPad keyboard with a trackpad

92 hours 41 mins; March 06, 2020

Political advertising on social media, privacy and encryption legislation, broadband access in rural communities, and other tech policy in 2020

46 mins; March 03, 2020

Galaxy S20 Ultra's camera issues and Bob Iger steps down as Disney CEO

85 hours 44 mins; February 28, 2020

Argo’s CEO explains why its fleet of self-driving taxis won’t be all-electric (at first)

51 mins; February 25, 2020

Galaxy Z Flip review, CBS streaming service revamp plans, and Android 11 features so far

86 hours 59 mins; February 21, 2020

Chief Product Officer of Adobe Scott Belsky returns

55 mins; February 18, 2020

Motorola Razr review, Samsung's Galaxy S20 event, and T-Mobile and Sprint allowed to merge

91 hours 32 mins; February 14, 2020

New Jersey’s former attorney general on Ring cameras and facial recognition

57 mins; February 11, 2020

Iowa caucus app issues, Panos Panay takes over both Microsoft’s hardware and software, and Google reveals Q4 earnings

69 hours 29 mins; February 07, 2020

How 5G and edge computing fit into the future of Intel’s traditionally chip-focused lineup

45 mins; February 04, 2020

iPad turns 10, Apple's first quarter earnings, and what Google is doing with the Search design

91 hours 28 mins; January 31, 2020

Neil Young says the Macbook Pro has “Fisher-Price” audio quality

45 mins; January 28, 2020

Apple's encryption controversy, Bezos's hacked phone, and Sonos stopping old product updates

85 hours 6 mins; January 24, 2020

Rep. David Cicilline on regulating big tech monopolies

28 mins; January 23, 2020

August's Yves Behar and Jason Johnson unlock the smart home

32 mins; January 23, 2020

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su talks new Ryzen 4000 chips and out-performing Intel

39 mins; January 21, 2020

Microsoft’s Edge Chromium launches, NBC reveals Peacock details, and our CES takeaways

74 hours 56 mins; January 17, 2020

Anna Wiener's Uncanny Valley

49 mins; January 16, 2020

OnePlus' CEO Pete Lau doesn't think folding phones are good enough

26 mins; January 14, 2020

CES 2020 roundtable: Concept cars, Quibi, foldables, and more

74 hours 17 mins; January 10, 2020

CES 2020 Day 1: Sero rotating TV, Galaxy Chromebook, and a preview of the week

54 mins; January 07, 2020

The lives of YouTube moderators, a new smart home standard, and the Xbox Series X announced

80 hours 31 mins; December 20, 2019

The toxic work environment at Away

49 mins; December 17, 2019

Apple's expensive Mac Pro, gadgets of the decade, and Twitter's project Bluesky

80 hours 40 mins; December 13, 2019

FaZe Clan CEO talks growing pains, global expansion, and lawsuits

68 hours 42 mins; December 10, 2019

Tesla Cybertruck first ride, Elon Musk's bad tweets trial, and Google's founders leaving

82 hours 58 mins; December 06, 2019

How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online

37 mins; December 03, 2019

Pirate Radio » The PIRATE Act

21 mins; November 26, 2019

Pirate Radio » Dial up!

23 mins; November 22, 2019

Pirate Radio » Outside the wire

40 mins; November 19, 2019

Apple releases 16-inch Macbook Pro, Motorola announces a new Razr, and Disney+ launches

75 hours 10 mins; November 15, 2019

How America gave up on free markets with Thomas Philippon

74 hours 26 mins; November 12, 2019

Microsoft Surface roundup: Surface Pro X, Surface Laptop 3, and their processors

65 hours 23 mins; November 10, 2019

Adobe Max 2019 announcements, AirPods Pro, and missed texts from Valentines Day

79 hours 23 mins; November 08, 2019

What happened in the comments section of the FCC's net neutrality hearing?

37 mins; November 05, 2019

The future of photos with Google Pixel camera's product manager and Instagram's director of product

72 hours 24 mins; November 01, 2019

Amber Baldet on what blockchain technology can do for us beyond cryptocurrency

56 mins; October 29, 2019

Reviewing the Pixel 4, the calm before the streaming war, and a Foxconn Wisconsin update

91 hours 15 mins; October 25, 2019

Will the Sprint and T-Mobile merger create competition?

66 hours 3 mins; October 22, 2019

Pixel 4 hands-on and Mark Zuckerberg's speech on free speech

85 hours 11 mins; October 18, 2019

Google's Rick Osterloh shows off new Pixel and Nest hardware

40 mins; October 16, 2019

Twitter's Kayvon Beykpour on product features Twitter is prioritizing

57 mins; October 15, 2019

A deep dive into macOS Catalina, iPadOS, and the 2019 iPad

78 hours 57 mins; October 11, 2019

Logitech's CEO Bracken Darrell on going beyond hardware

72 hours 52 mins; October 08, 2019

Facebook's leaked audio, Microsoft's Surface event, and net neutrality's battle this week

83 hours 37 mins; October 04, 2019

Microsoft’s Panos Panay unfolds the Surface Duo

30 mins; October 03, 2019

Inside Bill Gates' brain with Davis Guggenheim

34 mins; October 01, 2019

Amazon's 80 new products, Oculus Connect, and Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha

94 hours 1 min; September 27, 2019

John Gruber and Nilay Patel compare their iPhone 11 reviews

118 hours 2 mins; September 24, 2019

Reviews for the iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Watch Series 5, and a new Facebook Portal

88 hours 54 mins; September 20, 2019

Dani Deahl on how streaming and sampling is changing the music industry

28 mins; September 17, 2019

Apple announces the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, Watch Series 5, and more

89 hours 12 mins; September 13, 2019

Can you build a company like Uber without being a jerk?

38 mins; September 09, 2019

Android 10 official release, IFA 2019 dispatch, and Facebook Dating launches

70 hours 38 mins; September 06, 2019

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence: "There's no category of audio that I don't think we want to explore"

50 mins; September 05, 2019

iPhone event Sept 10th, Microsoft Surface event Oct 2nd, and the future of Siri

79 hours 56 mins; August 30, 2019

Former chief security officer of Facebook Alex Stamos

75 hours 32 mins; August 27, 2019

Galaxy Note 10 Plus review, Apple fall lineup rumors, and green bubble Giphys

82 hours 21 mins; August 23, 2019

Sen. Michael Bennet talks tech in the next election

51 mins; August 20, 2019

Huawei announces HarmonyOS, Apple's bad battery week, and smart ovens turning on overnight

73 hours 7 mins; August 16, 2019

Exclusive: Matt Mullenweg and Automattic bought Tumblr. What’s next?

36 mins; August 14, 2019

TechFreedom's Berin Szóka on bad tech policy

61 hours 38 mins; August 13, 2019

Samsung shows off Galaxy Note 10, Disney announces streaming bundle, and Apple's Siri recordings controversy

90 hours 8 mins; August 09, 2019

Being hopeful about the web with Paul Ford

47 mins; August 06, 2019

Apple diversifying business, face unlock for Pixel 4, and a bill banning endless scrolling

81 hours 40 mins; August 02, 2019

Mark Cuban on why AI is the future and Facebook’s Libra isn’t

64 hours 15 mins; July 30, 2019

Apple's Intel acquisition, the Galaxy Fold starts its comeback, and a $5 billion fine for Facebook

97 hours 43 mins; July 26, 2019

Why everyone hates Big Tech with Matt Yglesias of The Weeds

58 mins; July 22, 2019

Big tech at Capitol Hill, Elon Musk's brain machine interface, and Macbook 2019 reviews

93 hours 56 mins; July 19, 2019

Everything is too hard to use, with Asurion CEO Tony Detter

42 mins; July 16, 2019

Nintendo announces Switch Lite, Apple updates Macbooks, and a wild email from Foxconn

84 hours 56 mins; July 12, 2019

Net neutrality was repealed a year ago. Gigi Sohn explains what’s happened since

43 mins; July 09, 2019

Mourning a robot with Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany of 'Why'd You Push That Button?'

35 mins; July 05, 2019

Why big companies will never get content management right, with UCLA’s Sarah T Roberts

39 mins; July 02, 2019

Jony Ive leaving Apple, iPadOS public beta, and Bill Gates’ greatest mistake

79 hours 26 mins; June 28, 2019

Kara Swisher on Silicon Valley’s lack of competition

43 mins; June 25, 2019

Facebook announces Libra, Section 230 threatened, and RCS in the hands of Google

77 hours 2 mins; June 21, 2019

Death, fear, and anxiety at Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America

27 mins; June 19, 2019

Facebook executives Adam Mosseri and Andrew Bosworth on splitting up Facebook, privacy and more

39 mins; June 18, 2019

Introducing Nice Try! Utopian

11 mins; June 15, 2019

Recapping Code Conference, Youtube’s CEO apologizes, and the Pixel 4 leaks

75 hours 23 mins; June 14, 2019

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown on sustainable food systems and the science of protein

42 mins; June 11, 2019

YouTube’s bad week: pedophiles, hate speech, and Steven Crowder

47 mins; June 07, 2019

WWDC 2019, a new Mac Pro, and updates to the iPad

87 hours 4 mins; June 07, 2019

The ethics of AI with Google's AI lead Jeff Dean

40 mins; June 04, 2019

Weird laptops of Computex, new Intel and AMD chips, and a WWDC preview

84 hours 1 min; May 31, 2019

How technology is changing music with Switched on Pop’s Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan

43 mins; May 28, 2019

The T-Mobile and Sprint merger, Apple tweaks the Macbook keyboards, and Huawei vs. Trump

74 hours 51 mins; May 24, 2019

Huawei, 5G, and Robocalls with FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks

43 mins; May 21, 2019

OnePlus 7 Pro review, the White House's censorship tool, and more streaming wars

73 hours 1 min; May 17, 2019

The lawyer who won against Apple at the Supreme Court

40 mins; May 14, 2019

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