The Vergecast
The Vergecast
The Verge
The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition
1 hour 24 minutes Posted Apr 21, 2026 at 9:00 am.
David's late night stroll
Today's Vergecast is about The Vergecast
New verge.com website just dropped
Following feature insights
Open Social Web plans
Verge audience demographics
Monetization
Audio vs. video podcasts
Supporting The Verge
Old Verge video style
Verge alumni
Why is it called Brendan Carr is a Dummy?
Nilay's jackets
How has gadget blogging changed?
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We get a lot of questions about how we make The Vergecast. And why we make The Vergecast. And how we make money, and journalism, and everything. So every once in a while, we try to answer those questions! In this episode, David and Nilay are joined by The Verge's publisher, Helen Havlak, to talk about video podcasts, ads, subscriptions, Nilay's jackets, and much more.
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