The Vergecast podcast

The Vergecast

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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.

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.

 

#975

Version History: Furby

In 1997, David Hampton and Caleb Chung took one look at a Tamagotchi and decided they coul... more

24 hrs Ago

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:26

24 hrs Ago


#974

This phone starts fires on purpose

While most phone makers work hard to ensure their products don’t start fires, Oukitel made... more

06 Mar 2026

1 HR 43 MINS

1:43:39

06 Mar 2026


#973

MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and iPad Air: The Vergecast Livestream

Apple released a bunch of new iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Studio Displays this week. The Ver... more

04 Mar 2026

59 MINS

59:30

04 Mar 2026


#972

The 6G, modular, robot phones of the future

Most mainstream phone options are kind of the same, year in and year out — but that doesn’... more

03 Mar 2026

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:49

03 Mar 2026


#971

The Galaxy S26 is a photography nightmare

Samsung just launched its newest phones, the Galaxy S26 lineup, and wow is it full of Verg... more

27 Feb 2026

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:59

27 Feb 2026


#970

How Claude Code Claude Codes

Few AI products have found the kind of product-market fit we’ve seen from Claude Code. On ... more

24 Feb 2026

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:37

24 Feb 2026


#969

The speech police came for Colbert

Once again, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and his bad ideas about free speech have rankled... more

19 Feb 2026

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:48

19 Feb 2026


#968

Your next laptop could be a foldable phone

The Verge's Allison Johnson has recently been doing the unthinkable: she's been leaving he... more

17 Feb 2026

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:49

17 Feb 2026


#967

Ring's adorable surveillance hellscape

Did you see Ring's Super Bowl ad and see happy puppies reunited with their owners? Or did ... more

13 Feb 2026

1 HR 40 MINS

1:40:40

13 Feb 2026


#966

Could the Trump Phone be a good phone?

The Trump Phone is real! Ish! The Verge’s Dom Preston has seen a T1 on a video call, that ... more

10 Feb 2026

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:36

10 Feb 2026


#965

How Epstein became a tech influencer

A new tranche of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails makes one thing painfully clear: Epstein was a c... more

06 Feb 2026

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:03

06 Feb 2026


#964

Millions of books died so Claude could live

AI companies want all the data, everywhere, to make their models bigger and better. That m... more

03 Feb 2026

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:35

03 Feb 2026


#963

Tim Cook is destroying his own legacy

We've been covering what's happening in Minnesota, and the killing of Alex Pretti, all wee... more

30 Jan 2026

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:11

30 Jan 2026


#962

Truth and AI in Minneapolis

Like so many others, we’re still reeling from the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. T... more

27 Jan 2026

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:22

27 Jan 2026


#961

The end of the Sony era in TVs

Nilay owns a Sony TV. He loves his Sony TV, and he's a little sad that it appears this era... more

23 Jan 2026

1 HR 41 MINS

1:41:43

23 Jan 2026