The Vergecast

Apple's best product ever

We love a ranking here on The Vergecast, and it’s time for the hardest one yet: David and Nilay compare notes on the 50 best products Apple has ever made, …

Apr 03, 2026 · 1h 44m

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Apple at 50: the good and the bad

It's Apple 50 week, so we've got an Apple-filled podcast. First, longtime Apple journalist Jason Snell joins the show to talk about the state of the company as a hardware …

Mar 31, 2026 · 1h 28m

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Meta's court losses could be just the beginning

We start with some important business: Nilay has a flight to catch, and is very worried he won't catch it. Also, it's Apple's 50th anniversary next week, and we're going …

Mar 27, 2026 · 1h 40m

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Welp, I bought an iPhone again

David is bored with his iPhone. Over the last few months, he has been testing every other phone he could get his hands on, from the Pixel to the Razr …

Mar 24, 2026 · 58m

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Why people really hate AI

David and Nilay start the show by exploring the increasing disconnect between the people who make AI products, and the people who keep saying they don't want them. (Or, at …

Mar 20, 2026 · 1h 45m

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The future of code is exciting and terrifying

A new era of software development is upon us. Career coders are no longer writing code, but rather managing teams of agents that do the work on their behalf. You …

Mar 17, 2026 · 1h 6m

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The MacBook Neo's a winner

David and Nilay bought new computers this week, as the MacBook Neo turned out to be a surprisingly great cheap Apple laptop. The hosts discuss their experiences with the machines, …

Mar 15, 2026 · 1h 49m

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The twist in the Ticketmaster antitrust fight

Last week, it appeared the US Department of Justice was off to a strong start in its antitrust case against Live Nation Ticketmaster. Then, this week, the two sides surprised …

Mar 10, 2026 · 1h 9m

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Version History: Furby

In 1997, David Hampton and Caleb Chung took one look at a Tamagotchi and decided they could bring the virtual pet craze into the real world. Their robotic companion, Furby, …

Mar 08, 2026 · 1h 15m

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This phone starts fires on purpose

While most phone makers work hard to ensure their products don’t start fires, Oukitel made a phone that starts fires on purpose. This week on The Vergecast, Dominic Preston joins …

Mar 06, 2026 · 1h 43m

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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 Verge’s Nilay Patel and David Pierce tried them all this morning, and are back to …

Mar 04, 2026 · 59m

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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’t mean there’s no innovation to be found. The Verge’s Allison Johnson is …

Mar 03, 2026 · 1h 13m

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The Galaxy S26 is a photography nightmare

Samsung just launched its newest phones, the Galaxy S26 lineup, and wow is it full of Vergecast stories. There’s the very cool new Privacy Display, which seems genuinely useful; there’s …

Feb 27, 2026 · 1h 35m

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How Claude Code Claude Codes

Few AI products have found the kind of product-market fit we’ve seen from Claude Code. On the eve of the product’s first anniversary, Anthropic’s Boris Cherny explains why Claude Code …

Feb 24, 2026 · 1h 20m

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The speech police came for Colbert

Once again, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and his bad ideas about free speech have rankled a late night host. And once again, Nilay and David talk through what the equal-time …

Feb 19, 2026 · 1h 30m

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Your next laptop could be a foldable phone

The Verge's Allison Johnson has recently been doing the unthinkable: she's been leaving her laptop at home. Allison joins the show to explain how she turned her Samsung foldable into …

Feb 17, 2026 · 1h 17m

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Ring's adorable surveillance hellscape

Did you see Ring's Super Bowl ad and see happy puppies reunited with their owners? Or did you see the seeds of a complete, always-on surveillance nightmare coming for us …

Feb 13, 2026 · 1h 40m

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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 we can say for sure. Dom joins the show to explain …

Feb 10, 2026 · 1h 14m

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How Epstein became a tech influencer

A new tranche of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails makes one thing painfully clear: Epstein was a central figure in the lives of a lot of big names in tech, and had …

Feb 06, 2026 · 1h 34m

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Millions of books died so Claude could live

AI companies want all the data, everywhere, to make their models bigger and better. That means a lot of questions about piracy and copyright, and at least in one case …

Feb 03, 2026 · 1h 28m

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Tim Cook is destroying his own legacy

We've been covering what's happening in Minnesota, and the killing of Alex Pretti, all week on The Verge. To begin this episode, Nilay explains why — and why so many …

Jan 30, 2026 · 1h 35m

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Truth and AI in Minneapolis

Like so many others, we’re still reeling from the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. To open the show, we talk with Adi Robertson about how videos of the incident …

Jan 27, 2026 · 1h 15m

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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 of Sony TVs is ending. He and David talk through …

Jan 23, 2026 · 1h 41m

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