The Vergecast

Google memo, Surface PCs reliability, and fall phones preview

11 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Lauren, Dieter, and Paul begin by discussing the controversy over the Google engineer who was fired over writing a ...

Tesla Model 3 first drive, iPhone leaks, and a bluetooth salt shaker

04 Aug 2017

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We are without Nilay Patel on The Vergecast this week, so Dieter Bohn and Paul Miller step up to host with some very special guests: transportation...

Bonus: Walt Mossberg remembers the iPod nano

28 Jul 2017

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Apple announced this week that the iPod nano has been discontinued, taking down the website for both the shuffle and the nano today. Walt Mossberg - r...

iPod nano discontinued, Microsoft Paint's fate, and Foxconn's new factory

28 Jul 2017

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The Vergecast summer 2017 continues! This week, The Verge launched Verge Guidebook, a new guide to show you what to buy, what you shouldn't, and ...

Bixby launches, Alexa on Android, and a new hyperloop

21 Jul 2017

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Summer editions of The Vergecast continue as Nilay and Dieter welcome Ashley Carman and Jake Kastrenakes back to the show to discuss the news that hit...

RIP Windows phone, net neutrality day of action, and Next Level

14 Jul 2017

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Welcome back to another week of The Vergecast. Nilay, Paul, and Dieter sit down in the studio to bring you the news that hit our site this week. First...

Echo Look, RED announces a phone, and new iPhone rumors

07 Jul 2017

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The week of Independence Day, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter get together in a classic format of The Vergecast to bring you the top tech news that hit the si...

The iPhone turns 10, Petya ransomware and an iOS 11 preview

30 Jun 2017

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Did you know it was the iPhone's 10th anniversary on Thursday? The Vergecast knows. Nilay, Dieter, and Paul talk about what the iPhone means to them...

Uber’s CEO resigns, Tumblr’s fight for net neutrality, and Bixby first look

23 Jun 2017

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Here we go, another classic episode of The Vergecast. There were a lot of little things that happened this week, and we wanted to discuss them all, s...

Panos Panay, E3 2017, and iPad Pro 10.5-inch

16 Jun 2017

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Day two of The Vergecast this week! Yesterday, Nilay interviewed Brian Merchant, author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone. Today, we...

Bonus: Brian Merchant, author of The One Device

15 Jun 2017

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We’re doing two episodes of The Vergecast this week — the usual one on Friday, and this very special edition with Brian Merchant, author of The On...

HomePod, WWDC 2017, and DJI Spark

08 Jun 2017

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This week, it’s Apple’s turn to take over The Vergecast. Dieter and Jake have just come back from WWDC while Nilay and Paul watched from afar so t...

Code Conference, Essential Phone, and Chromebook Pro

02 Jun 2017

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This week’s Vergecast is recorded out of the studio. Nilay heads to the West Coast to reunite with Dieter, Lauren, and Casey at this year’s Code C...

Gadget news, FCC's final proposal, and Vlad

26 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s The Vergecast. This week, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul plow through a week of news starting with (no surprise) the FCC’s ongoing mission to dest...

Google I/O, Android O, and Assistant on the iPhone

19 May 2017

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Fresh out of my export folder is a brand new episode of The Vergecast. This week, because of the business that is Google I/O, we recorded our episode ...

Microsoft Build 2017, Echo Show, and a Cortana speaker

12 May 2017

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Welcome back. This week’s episode of The Vergecast comes after Microsoft Build 2017, so Nilay and Dieter bring in Ashley Carman and first-time guest...

Microsoft Surface laptop, Samsung DeX, and Google Doc phishing

05 May 2017

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This week Microsoft unveiled its new laptops in New York City, and Verge senior editor Tom Warren flew in from London to check it out. Nilay, Paul, an...

Net neutrality special edition

28 Apr 2017

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We’ve got a special edition episode of The Vergecast for you this week. On Thursday, the FCC put out a draft proposal for reversing the net neutrali...

Facebook F8, Galaxy S8, and Juicero's fate

21 Apr 2017

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Here we are! Another episode of The Vergecast. It’s been a busy week, which means lots for Nilay, Ashley, Dan, and Paul to talk about on the show. F...

iPhone chips, Scorpio specs, and RIP NES Classic

14 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Chris Plante is in town! Nilay, Dieter, and Paul bring him in to discuss a few things that confused us all throughout the week...

Mac craziness, YouTube TV, and Project Scorpio

07 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hey! The Verge has brought you another episode of The Vergecast. This week we’ve got Nilay, Paul, Ashley, and Dieter talkin’ the tech talk to y’...

Galaxy S8 hands-on, FCC privacy rulings, and Ghost in the Shell

31 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back! We have a great show for you today. No really! If you listen to this podcast, you know Samsung announced the Galaxy S8 this week, so Nil...

The RED iPhone, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and the new iPad

24 Mar 2017

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The Vergecast returns to New York! Nilay, Dieter, Natt, and Megan are here to update you with the news of the week. Apple has a new iPhone... kinda! A...

SXSW Films, Fasten, and Pandora Premium

14 Mar 2017

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On Sunday, Nilay and Dieter brought The Vergecast to Austin, TX for South by Southwest 2017 and streamed it live on Facebook. Today we did it again! ...

SXSW Part 1, Facebook Messenger Day, and Sonos Playbase

12 Mar 2017

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As you may have heard, The Vergecast is live this week at South by Southwest! We have one episode down and another one to go on Tuesday. On this spec...

Google Cloud Next Conference, Iron Fist, and Hot Tinder

10 Mar 2017

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On this special episode of The Vergecast, the ladies of The Verge take over the show. Did you know that nearly half of the team is female? Seriously, ...

Switch review, Galaxy S8 leaks, and iPhone with USB-C

03 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Usually I start these posts by apologizing, but ya know... by now I think you know what you’ve gotten yourself into — unless this is your first ep...

Bonus: Vergecast at SXSW 2017

02 Mar 2017

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The anniversary of Scissor Vodka, Nintendo Switch hands-on, and the secret behind the OP-1 processor

24 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hello! We’re still testing out our new studios so we thought we’d see how many people we can fit into the show. This week we’ve got Nilay, Paul,...

Planet of the Apps, Verizon unlimited, and Sonos audio

17 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, y’all. This week’s episode of Vergecast is the first in our new studio. And our heroes (Nilay, Paul, and Dieter, in case you were unaware) ar...

Android Wear 2.0, Google Smart Home, and Vizio gets caught

10 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, we’re in our new office! But our studios aren’t ready yet! So Nilay and Paul set up in a conference room and Skype with Di...

Snap Inc IPO, ARM processors in Macbooks, and Apple earnings

03 Feb 2017

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Vergecast episode 241! This week, Nilay and Dieter bring back Ross Miller and Megan Farokhmanesh to assist covering the news from this week. Snap Inc....

Samsung Galaxy S8, the politics of science, and the net neutrality debate reignited

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Another Vergecast is up! We have a CES Twitter live show reunion, featuring Nilay, Dieter, Megan, and Paul discussing this week in news. As Nilay ment...

FTC vs Qualcomm, Trump vs Apple, and Oculus vs ZeniMax

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, Ashley, and Dieter take on the topics in the tech world you may have missed out on this week. Trump spoke with Ti...

iPhone 10th anniversary, Nintendo Switch, and the HTC U Ultra

13 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

You watched the live show at CES and now we’re back in podcast mode. Nilay, Dieter, and Paul get together to share some of their experiences from th...

CES 2017 Day 3

07 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This year, we hosted The Vergecast Live at CES 2017 as a Twitter Live video show. We've decided to share the full audio here, but you can see clips fr...

CES 2017 Day 2

06 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This year, we hosted The Vergecast Live at CES 2017 as a Twitter Live video show. We've decided to share the full audio here, but you can see clips fr...

CES 2017 Day 1

06 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This year, we hosted The Vergecast Live at CES 2017 as a Twitter Live video show. We've decided to share the full audio here, but you can see clips fr...

Zuckerberg's smart home, Android Wear, and CES predictions

23 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

As the year ends, Nilay, Dieter, Paul, and Ross gather together from across the country via Skype to sit down and bring up what’s been troubling the...

Super Mario Run, Uber's self-driving cars, and Apple's new TV app

16 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone was in New York this week, so we had a jam-packed studio with Nilay, Dieter, and Paul, along with culture reporter Megan Farokhmanesh and tra...

Fitbit buys Pebble, Windows 10 on ARM, and gadgets aren't dead

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Nilay, Dieter, Lauren, and Ashley are back! This week on Vergecast, we talk about Fitbit buying Pebble, the status of the gadget universe, and Microso...

Net neutrality, Final Fantasy, Gilmore Girls, and the Spectacles line

02 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Vergecast Lonely Paul edition. Dieter and Nilay are out this week, so Paul enlisted some of his colleagues who would never let him down lik...

Fake news, Touchbar, and the Surface Studio

18 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The tech review season continues this week with reviews of the Macbook Pro with Touch Bar, Microsoft’s Surface Studio, and even an actual book that ...

Daydream, Playstation Pro, Snapchat, and Instagram

11 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Here we are, a few days after the election. With the world still adjusting to the future, we thought we’d give you a break from it all and briefly t...

Verge turns 5, Google Home, and Assistant

04 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Vergecast day! Look we’ve got a new logo! This week, in honor of The Verge’s fifth anniversary and the redesign of the website, we start of...

Macbook Pro, Surface Studio, and the events surrounding

28 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week is a special episode of The Vergecast. After attending the Apple event, Nilay and Dieter sit down in San Francisco together and talk about t...

Pixel, Nintendo Switch, and new MacBook Pros

21 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week at The Verge has been a busy one! Reviews for Google’s Pixel phone are out, Chinese tech firm LeEco just announced a plethora of new produ...

Galaxy Note 7s don’t explode, they sizzle

14 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, we have the exclusive interview with our tech and transportation reporter Jordan Golson, who has been reporting nonstop on the...

Google event, Oculus event, and Playstation VR

07 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, Dan, and Dieter cover two big events and announcements from the past few days. As you may have read on the site, ...

SpaceX, colonizing Mars, and Snapchat spectacles

02 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, science editor Liz Lopatto is in town and stops by the Vergecast to talk about the news out of the International Astronautical...

Siri, Sierra, Photokina, and Allo

23 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Apple ended our summer with the release of both new hardware and software. Now that fall has finally arrived, we await the next big tech event...from ...

AirPods, exploding batteries, and yeah Apple

16 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

After a week of swimming in Apple news, the classic cast of Nilay, Lauren, Dieter, and Paul get together via the internet to get deeper into their rev...

Playstation 4 Pro, 4K, and for your entertainment

09 Sep 2016

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While Nilay, Dieter, Lauren, and Walt make a Vergecast out of Ctrl-Walt-Delete, this leaves Paul to head the show this week with Chris Plante to talk ...

IFA, the Yoga Book, and looking ahead at the Apple event

02 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The IFA, or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, is upon us and we are looking at the best tech announced at the show. Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, Ash...

Hack the planet

26 Aug 2016

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This week on Vergecast, it's Wilderness Week! Nilay, Paul, and Dieter welcome video director James Temple to the show to talk about his new Verge seri...

Unlimited data, Galaxy Note 7, and a merch store

19 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on our flagship audio experience, our cast of tech luminaries Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Paul Miller, and Dan Seifert break down new unlimite...

Apple rumors, wireless headphones and No Man’s Sky

12 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, both Nilay and Paul are out so Dieter and Lauren have taken the reins and invited fellow Verge colleagues Chris Plante, Dan Se...

Amped on sparks

05 Aug 2016

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This week on Vergecast, our usual team of Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, and Dieter Bohn bring in senior editor, tech expert, and friend of the show Dan Se...

Two admirals, a coxswain, and a guy with a steering wheel

29 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We've been going over in time for the past few episodes, and this week is no exception. But we have an excuse. It's earnings week and there are a lot ...

ARM, EFF, and SDCC

22 Jul 2016

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With a classic cast of Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Paul Miller, and Lauren Goode, we have a very nerdy episode of Vergecast this week. For starters, the...

What is a monetization structure?

15 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Senior Editor Chris Plante comes to town to join Paul, Nilay, and video director Miriam Nielsen to discuss the overwhelming re...

iOS 10, Sierra, and bookstore bathrooms

08 Jul 2016

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03:12 Apple Battery Case 05:10 News Intro 06:08 Apple Updates 08:10 Live Photos 10:45 IOS 10 Updates 44:15 Gadget Guyz 49:00 Pokemon Go 54:60 Lightnin...

Secrets

01 Jul 2016

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This week on Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul bring in resident cybersecurity expert Russell Brandom to explain the cryptocurrency Ethereum and how ...

Oh gadget, my gadget

24 Jun 2016

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This week on Vergecast, Paul Miller and Ashley Carman, part of our Circuit Breaker team, join Nilay and Dieter to discuss trends they've noticed while...

Live from WWDC and E3

17 Jun 2016

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Another week on the road for Vergecast; we recorded from WWDC and we have (cross off your bingo square) special guests! All together in the same room ...

So much news this week and more to come next week

10 Jun 2016

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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Dan Seifert sit down and don't know where to start so they bring in Paul Miller and Loren Grush to help them out. The ga...

Live from Code Conference

03 Jun 2016

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This week on a late night, sleep-deprived Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter reunite in Los Angeles to attend Recode's Code Conference and meet up with Laure...

Season 3

27 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Vergecast is back! But something is different…Dieter moved to San Francisco and Nilay is still in New York City. How can they make it work? This is ...

Emotional time zones

06 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Dieter and Nilay bring back Paul Miller to talk about this week in tech and gadgets, as well as science reporter Arielle Duhai...

Introducing Circuit Breaker, Google hardware, and the next Apple Watch

29 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

With Nilay out, Dieter brings in the editor of Circuit Breaker, Paul Miller, and news editor Jake Kastrenakes to discuss this week in tech. Racked sen...

Purple Macbook

22 Apr 2016

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This week on Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, Adi, and Nicola discuss the legacy of Prince, the new MacBook, and the mystery of Magic Leap. Also Nilay talks ...

Facebook in space

15 Apr 2016

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Nilay and Dieter bring back science reporter Loren Grush to take on this week's news in science and tech; discussing Facebook's F8 developer conferenc...

Reunion

07 Apr 2016

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Happy 200! Hear the uncut and unscripted episode featuring Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and special guests Joanna Stern, Paul Miller, Chris Ziegler, and ...

Juice responsibly

01 Apr 2016

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This week on the Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, Jake, and Nicola review the reviews! The iPad Pro 9.7, Soundcloud Go, and the Microsoft Build developer con...

Is kale more interesting than the iPhone SE?

25 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter bring in news editor Jake Kastrenakes to discuss happenings at the Apple event this week as well as Vizio's n...

Team Spherical

18 Mar 2016

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This week on the Vergecast, Nilay welcomes some of our video team: producer Tre Shallowhorn, directors Tom Connors and Miriam Nielsen, and creative di...

Walk of life

11 Mar 2016

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This week on Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter are joined by news editor Jake Kastrenakes; discussing Google's Android N, Samsung's Galaxy S7, as well as sc...

VR, Amazon Echo, and more VR

04 Mar 2016

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Nilay and Dieter are joined by senior reporter Adi Robertson to talk VR technology and fan favorite: Amazon Echo. Racked style editor Nicola Fumo oper...

Cut the night

26 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Another week of Vergecast and we have SO much to talk about so we extended the episode to 90 minutes…and then some.Mobile World Congress just wrappe...

Encryption in the hype matrix

19 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Vergecast, Nilay returns, bringing in business editor Ben Popper to unfold his feature on public schools’ initiative to bring Chromeboo...

TLOP: The Love of Physics

12 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Vergecast, with Dieter, Nilay, and Nicola missing we have put together an alternative cast featuring Chris Ziegler, Sean O'Kane, and ...

Morning Computer

05 Feb 2016

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This week on The Vergecast, Dieter and Nilay are joined by Dan Seifert and Racked style editor Nicola Fumo to discuss the iPad air 3, Amazon Echo feat...

Brain gotta get there

29 Jan 2016

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn are joined by Lauren Goode and Racked style editor Nicola Fumo. Learn more about your ad choic...

Pain is Available at 6

22 Jan 2016

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn are joined by Jake Kastrenakes and Racked style editor Nicola Fumo to talk about T-Pain, T-Pai...

Facist papa color

15 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Vergecast, Dieter Bohn is joined by Emily Yoshida, Nicola Fumo, and Sean O'Kane as the panel checks in for the first time since CES 2...

CES 2016 Day 4

09 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, Casey, and Nicola gather together one more time at CES 2016 and chat about what they saw, what they learned, an...

CES 2016 Day 3

08 Jan 2016

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Today on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn are joined by Nicola Fumo, Vlad Savov and Kirsten Frisina to discuss CES 2016. Learn more about yo...

CES 2016 Day 2

07 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On Day 2, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn are joined by some familiar faces as Joanna Stern and Sam Sheffer return to talk about CES. Learn more about you...

CES 2016 Day 1

05 Jan 2016

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Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn are joined by Dan Seifert, Lauren Goode, and Sean O'Kane in Las Vegas at CES 2016. The panel discussed the numerous keynot...

Star Wars: The spoilers unleashed

18 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week on a very special Vergecast, we discuss all things Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Emily Yoshida and Ross Miller will be joined by Bryan Bisho...

Alexa, play Vergecast

11 Dec 2015

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This week on the Vergecast, Nilay is joined by Casey Newton, Chris Plante and Nicola Fumo (who is keeping Project Figure Head in full effect). The pan...

Fear the reaper

04 Dec 2015

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This week on The Vergecast, Dieter Bohn is joined by a rotating panel of guests, as well as Nicola Fumo in the hypeseat. Elmo Keep, the author of our ...

Tinder DJs

20 Nov 2015

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Today on The Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter are joined in studio by Lauren Goode to continue their discussion about the iPad Pro, as well as how it stack...

Swipe left for iPad

13 Nov 2015

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The week on the Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter are joined by Nicola Fumo and Lauren Goode to talk about the iPad Pro, Tinder, and the BlackBerry Priv. Le...

The state of Android, smartwatches and Twitter hearts

06 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week brought no shortage of topics to discuss, but one item stood out among the smoke and mirrors. Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Dan Seifert are ...

Apple TV, universal remotes, and the joy of dropping phones

30 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It was a good week to arguing about the state of television, with both Apple and Roku releasing new content delivery boxes. A trio of original Verge e...

The Hype Council is in session

23 Oct 2015

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This week on the Vergecast, Joanna Stern invades to talk about the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4 — and Tom Warren joins the invasion over Skype...

Coterie of vapes

16 Oct 2015

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This week's Vergecast features Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Chris Plante in the Skype seat, and Nicola Fumo in the Hype seat. They talk fashion and tech ...

The perfect Swiss man

09 Oct 2015

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Dieter Bohn, Nilay Patel, Casey Newton, and Kirsten Frisina on the hype-seat caress your brain with knowledge about Microsoft's new confident and purp...

Soccer moms racing turbos

02 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dieter Bohn, Nilay Patel and hype-seater Kristen Frisina are joined by Chris Ziegler and Lauren Goode in a rare five-seater that eats up the week’s ...