The Vergecast
Hosted by David and David Pierce and Nilay and Nilay Patel · The Verge
4.3from 3,791 ratings
- 1,114
- Episodes
- 416
- Transcribed
- 3,791
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And Monday through Thursday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
- Publisher
- The Verge
- Category
- news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Jan 2014
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
416 of 1,114 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Books are .epubs, .mp3s, and .mp4s, too
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Rian Johnson made a photo app
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Will data centers rock the vote?
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Books are .epubs, .mp3s, and .mp4s, too
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We live in a world where there's so much negativity in social issues and political issues. It's nice to curl up on the couch with a book that is going to give you relatable characters and a happy ending. You know what you're getting. With romance, with romanticcy, I think it's in a similar sense. […]
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- Morgann Book
- Rian Johnson
- Adi Robertson
- Sean Hollister
- Antonio Di Benedetto
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,086,229,850
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 3,791 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 98 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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- Books guests
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Questions about The Vergecast
Who hosts The Vergecast?
David and David Pierce and Nilay and Nilay Patel host the show. Published by The Verge.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Vergecast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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