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The Vergecast

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About this Podcast:

The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And Monday through Thursday, 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.

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40%

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Selective

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Questions about The Vergecast

What is The Vergecast about?

The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news.

Who hosts The Vergecast?

The Vergecast is hosted by The Verge. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.

What has The Vergecast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "The delightfully messy state of Apple gadgets" (30 October 2026, 93 minutes), "The touchscreen MacBook Apple said it wouldn't make" (29 October 2026, 41 minutes), and "Amazon built the Trojan Horse for your smart home" (28 October 2026, 42 minutes).

How often does The Vergecast publish?

The Vergecast publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Vergecast?

Booking probability for The Vergecast is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Vergecast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Vergecast's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch The Vergecast?

The strongest fits for The Vergecast are IT Services & Software Development and Software. The Vergecast has a technology audience.

About the host

The Verge hosts The Vergecast, a technology podcast with more than 1,000 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • The Vergecast

    The delightfully messy state of Apple gadgets

    Oct 30, 20261h 33m

    Nilay is going to buy the new touchscreen MacBook. But not for the touchscreen. He and David talk through Apple's new laptop, and what it means for Apple's other devices, including the tablet that used to be the future...

  • The Vergecast

    The touchscreen MacBook Apple said it wouldn't make

    Oct 29, 202641 min

    Steve Jobs once said touchscreen laptops were a terrible idea. Now Apple is shipping one. The Verge's Antonio Di Benedetto tells us all about the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR, how MacOS is changing for touch, why a...

  • The Vergecast

    Amazon built the Trojan Horse for your smart home

    Oct 28, 202642 min

    Amazon's product launch spree continues, this time with a bunch of new Alexa-powered Echo devices. The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy explains what the new Echo Show 16 finally got right, why a digital photo frame...

  • The Vergecast

    Inside the early days of the AI revolution

    Oct 27, 202649 min

    Kevin Roose's new book, The AGI Chronicles, tells the story of the AI revolution. He joins the show to explain its earliest beginnings: the researchers who discovered what language models could do, the people who...

  • The Vergecast

    Files are over. All you need are URLs

    Oct 26, 202636 min

    We talk a lot about where the computer is, and where your stuff is. Paul Ford, a co-founder of Aboard and longtime tech blogger, recently built a tool called TinyLittleOffice that puts all the stuff in an unexpected...

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  • The Vergecast

    The iPhone Duo should have been an iPad

    Oct 23, 20261h 50m

    We gave the iPhone Duo a 7 /10. But that wasn’t always the score we planned, and it might not be the right score forever. Such are the challenges of reviewing — and assessing — a big, new idea about the most popular...

  • The Vergecast

    Why Tesla needs its cars to fly

    Oct 22, 202637 min

    Tesla recently showed off a new version of its Roadster. Well, a new version of its old version of the Roadster, anyway. But this one flies! The Verge's Andy Hawkins joins the show to explain the last decade of the...

  • The Vergecast

    How we really feel about the iPhone Duo | Livestream

    Oct 21, 20261h 6m

    iPhone Duo reviews are out today and... it's complicated. David Pierce, Nilay Patel and senior smart phone reviewer Allison Johnson talk through The Verge's review and answer your questions LIVE. Further reading: The...

  • The Vergecast

    AI is dividing the math world in two

    Oct 20, 202644 min

    Over the last several months, the AI industry has set its sights on some of the problems that have stymied mathematicians for years. In some cases, AI models have made huge progress — though exactly how much isn't...

  • The Vergecast

    Why your favorite creator is building an app

    Oct 19, 202642 min

    Creator life involves using a lot of software. Bad software. Stephen Robles is one of the creators who decided to build something better, for himself and for his community. He tells David how he thinks about his...

  • The Vergecast

    Apple's HomeView has an app problem

    Oct 16, 20261h 37m

    Well, it's been a couple of days, and David and Nilay have some more information — and a bunch of new questions — about the Apple HomeView. They also talk about the latest Gemini model, and whether building the best...

  • The Vergecast

    Everything's recording everybody. What now?

    Oct 15, 202639 min

    Meta just shipped a pair of smart glasses with no camera — a change that both David and The Verge's Victoria Song are excited about. But these glasses, like the new product from Amazon Bee and seemingly everything else...

  • The Vergecast

    The $8 million AI music scam

    Oct 14, 202638 min

    A man named Mike Smith was recently sentenced to 18 months in prison, and a fine in excess of $8 million, for creating an AI system that faked billions of streams and earned him millions in royalties. Wired's Kate...

  • The Vergecast

    HomeView: Apple just got serious about the smart home | Livestream

    Oct 13, 20261h 20m

    Apple just announced its long-rumored HomeView smart home hub. But that's not all... there are cameras, thermostats and a door lock co-developed with LG and Schneider Electric, refreshed HomePod Minis, even a new Apple...

  • The Vergecast

    The AI is in the computer

    Oct 9, 20261h 45m

    It's gadget season. More specifically, it's apparently "new computer for your new AI" season. David and Nilay talk through a slew of announcements — Amazon's Alexa Tablets, Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra, the new...

  • The Vergecast

    The many pluses and minuses of Alexa Plus

    Oct 8, 202635 min

    Amazon is determined to turn Alexa Plus into a do-everything AI assistant that can compete with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and the rest. But after a year of testing, The Verge's Jen Tuohy has mixed feelings on how it's...

  • The Vergecast

    The hot new thing in headphones

    Oct 7, 202641 min

    Bose, Sony, Beats, and seemingly every other headphone maker has recently released a new and excellent set of cans. Or buds. Or both. The Verge's John Higgins explains why the headphone market is suddenly so great, how...

  • The Vergecast

    How much should you tell your AI agent?

    Oct 6, 202641 min

    The next big thing in AI, at least if you ask the tech companies, is assistant agents. David and The Verge's Allison Johnson have both been testing products like Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, and startups like Instinct...

  • The Vergecast

    We hear pitches on the best vibe-coded apps

    Oct 5, 202656 min

    Welcome to the Bear Lair!* (No, it’s nothing like that other show.) As we continue to explore the world of AI tools and vibe coding, we invited a few enterprising Vergecast fans to share their projects — and we invited...

  • The Vergecast

    Dots get up in Muse's business

    Oct 2, 20261h 28m

    Is the key to turning around public opinion on AI Super Intelligence just to make it cuter? Nilay Patel, Jake Kastrenakes and David Imel talk about the latest adorable agents that want access to all your data, then...

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