Podcast Episodes

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

Everything is too complicated. Asurion CEO Tony Detter joins Verge editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel to discuss simplifying our experience with tech products, the problems with closed eco-systems and why …

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

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

Episode 361

Nintendo announced a new Switch! Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss what's different with the new model and what's being updated with the original one. But first, continuing coverage of Foxconn's factor…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

Net neutrality was repealed a year ago.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

It's been a year since net neutrality was repealed. Gigi Sohn, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, chats with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about w…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

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

What happens when your robot friend dies? Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany of Why'd You Push That Button? explore the grieving community surrounding the short-lived social robot Jibo.

Learn more abo…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

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

Behind the screen: content moderation in the shadows of social media author Sarah T Roberts joins Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel to discuss the business and dark side of content moderation while p…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

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

Episode 360

Public betas for iPadOS, iOS 13, and macOS Catalina are available now so Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller discuss the updates from using the software themselves. Also, It was announced durin…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Kara Swisher on Silicon Valley’s lack of competition

Recode editor-at-large Kara Swisher joins Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel to discuss the possibilities of breaking up big tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Kara also explains…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

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

Episode 359

Paul Miller explains Facebook new cryptocurrency Libra, Adi Robertson explains Senator Josh Hawley's move to amend Section 230, and Dieter explains how Google is taking charge of RCS. 

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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

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

Earlier this year, The Verge’s Casey Newton broke the story about the working conditions of Facebook moderators at a campus in Phoenix, AZ In his feature, “The Trauma Floor,” In his follow-up reporti…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

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

Facebook executives Adam Mosseri and Andrew Bosworth sit down with The Verge’s Casey Newton at Code Conference to discuss antitrust and the prospect of breaking up Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. T…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago