Podcast Episodes

Version History: Sony Watchman

1982's coolest gadget was the Sony Watchman portable TV. Decades before everyone was glued to YouTube on their smartphones, the Watchman popularized …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

AI can't even turn on the lights

Nilay’s back! And you can listen to The Vergecast with no ads, if you’re a Verge subscriber! Big week, really. Nilay and David start the show by talk…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Announcing an ad-free Vergecast feed for Verge subscribers

If you're a paid subscriber to The Verge, there's great news: You can now listen to Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast completely ad-free.

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google's gadgets, ranked

Google is on a bit of a heater when it comes to gadgets. The Pixel 10 lineup is one of the best Android phone options; the Pixel Watch 4 is suddenly …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Version History: BlackBerry Messenger

Back when text messages cost 10 cents each, BlackBerry came up with a better way: BlackBerry Messenger, commonly known as BBM. It was the first new i…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Maybe it's real, maybe it's Sora

Say this for OpenAI: it's very good at raising money, and it's very good at getting attention. David and Jake are joined by The Verge's Hayden Field …

9 months ago

Google's extreme smart home makeover

Oh, you thought AI was just in your browser and on your phone? Well, the AI is coming from inside the house. The Verge's Jen Pattison Tuohy and Googl…

9 months ago

Version History: Hoverboards

In 2015, self-balancing scooters (which quickly became known as hoverboards) exploded in popularity, and then began literally exploding. Andrew Hawki…

9 months ago

The real price of a free TV

This week, everything is a HomePod. And has ads. The Verge’s Jen Pattison-Tuohy joins the show to talk about all of Amazon’s new hardware, the curren…

9 months, 1 week ago

My other car is a cargo bike

Sure, you could drive to the grocery store and to school. But wouldn’t you rather grab a few hundred of your friends and bike-bus everywhere? The Ver…

9 months, 1 week ago