Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEverybody wants to buy Chrome
Some weeks, it just feels like everything is up in the air all at the same time. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes to talk about all the unrest, starting with the ever-changi…
Published on 8 months ago
How to keep your data safe when you travel
If you’re heading on vacation this summer, you’re going to want to listen to this. The Verge’s Gaby del Valle joins the show to explain how worried you need to be about your digital data when you cr…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Big Tech is back on trial
We promise, this episode is only a little bit about header bidding. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Alex Heath to talk about some big news in tech regulation: Google lost its ad-tech monopo…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
The 2025 Vergecast Streaming Draft
It's time, once again, to see what's what in the streaming wars. For the third year in a row, our hosts — this time Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes — have to build a roster of streamin…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
How the tech world is responding to tariff chaos
Welcome to tech in 2025, where everything's made up and the numbers don't matter. Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes start the show by running down the latest tariff news, the uncertain f…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Switch 2: the good news and bad news
Last week, The Verge's Ash Parrish got to play with the new Nintendo Switch 2. We got over our outrageous jealousy long enough to ask her all about it: what it's like to hold, how the screen looks, w…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
How tariffs will change your gadgets
It's a Nintendo Switch 2. What could it cost, a thousand dollars? In this episode, Nilay, David, and The Verge's Richard Lawler talk through why we don't really know. But first, we talk about the Swi…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Searching for the perfect minimalist smartphone
David has a Light Phone III, and it's making him wonder a lot of things about technology. So The Verge's Allison Johnson joins the show to talk about the whole trend of minimalist smartphones, and to…
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
OpenAI has a Studio Ghibli problem
In this episode, we do a Studio Ghibli-like rendition of The Vergecast. First, Nilay and David discuss some big news in the gadget world, from the mysteriously viral midrange Canon camera to the upgr…
Published on 9 months ago
How Roomba got stuck
Some products are so successful they become snynonymous with their whole category — nobody asks for a facial tissue, they ask for a Kleenex, you know? Today's episode is, at least in part, about two …
Published on 9 months ago