I really liked the quick wit of the Vergecast for years, but over the last two years it’s become more of a cynical let’s crush everything that comes out verse let’s be excited podcast.

I don’t get how she can’t see or read anything with the Liquid Glass on the iPhone.. I have a stigmatism and I have been using the Developer beta since the day it released on my IPhone 16 PM and I have not experienced what you say and been saying with any background behind the glass in fact it’s the opposite for me so I’d suggest you use a accessibility feature when it fully releases because its just you honestly & anyone else saying the same I’d suggest using the accessibility features to read it’s like how someone turns up the Size of texts from the default to read or the colors for color blind people. 🤷‍♂️it’s okay to need some accessibility to assist with your use and make it easier. Not you saying you can’t see anything with the music app bar and the album art and me immediately attempting to test and see what u may be experiencing and I can read everything no matter what album is in the background….

I like the show but find the episodes intimidatingly long. Under 90 minutes including breaks allows me to better factor them into my routine. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

The good times are gone. There’s just nothing worth listening to here anymore.

Good vibes , jokes , and a lot of smoke for Brendan Carr

I’ve been listening to The Vergecast all the way back to the Paul-and-Dieter days (the good old days), and the current state of the show has both highs and lows. Nilay is perhaps the smartest and most insightful tech journalist today. He has genuinely interesting things to say about tech and policy, and he is the reason that The Vergecast is a popular show. However, there are a few things that make the podcast hard to listen to. First, Nilay, slow down when you’re talking. Sometimes it sounds as if you’re mumbling through sentences so fast I can barely hear what you’re saying. Second, while tech policy is important and can be interesting, it feels as though the show is built entirely around discussing policy, with the actual technology and products receiving only a small amount of time for discussion. Please balance this out much more. Third, I understand, Nilay, that you’ve been in this business a long time covering big tech. It’s understandable that you’re cynical about them and their antics. However, that cynicism permeates the entire podcast, and genuine interest in technology and products is almost entirely glossed over. It takes the joy out of it. More balance here too, please. Fourth, David is a nice guy, but he seems to be overly deferential to your opinions if you challenge him, and he continually makes sweeping, overly declarative statements about almost everything. His big, bold statements quickly fall apart; I’ve even heard you disagree with them often. Fifth (this is a small personal disagreement of mine): yes, AI has its issues. It has a hallucination problem, clearly. But in my opinion you are far too dismissive of the value that LLMs are currently providing to a lot of people. The products are cool. By all means, point out their flaws and raise the issues that come with them, such as economic displacement, but you write them off so quickly that it comes across as naïveté. Sixth, Dieter was a perfect counterbalance to your strong opinions and self-assurance. Dieter also had strong opinions and was confident enough to push back on things he disagreed with. I just ask that you please not be so sure of yourself all the time during the podcast. Seventh, the theme music for the show is atrocious. I get what you’re going for—it’s creative—but abandoning the old theme music is a tragedy; it was so good. Also, The Verge logo is not as good as the old one, either. The same goes for the podcast cover art. I get that it’s full of great inside jokes and Vergecast history (Ship of Theseus, etc.), but there was something so iconic and “right” about the old logo, old music, and old look of the website. This review is not meant to be negative; it’s honest feedback from a fan. Sincerely, A longtime listener

I used to love this show. David Pierce, like, talks like…a, teenage girl? Annnnnd, it’s like, annoying. Also website paywall. Back to Engadget.

Relaxed, sometimes meandering conversation about gadgets and the tech industry. Great company on a long walk.

See subject line. The reboot to focus on audio was a life saver (6?) years ago. Pivoting back to video has been good esp with more focus and resources for production w mid week episodes

I don’t even care about the very obvious bias in this podcast, but people are expecting a podcast about technology when they click on this, but get one on politics. You should change the subject to be politics.

Ok but the woman they have on the show is so boring. What a bland life this person lives. I start fast forwarding on the 3rd time she confronts the most basic annoyance and makes it into a moon landing. “Oh I didn’t have my app on the phone! Superman save me!”. Pathetic. Find a replacement

I'm going to high school in a year. I'm the go-to person in my family for phone and tablet recommendations but I’m not so sure on laptops. I’ve had a Acer Chromebook for 5 years and it is absolutely awful. I need a laptop for school that is fast and reliable but I need something that is not $1,000,000. Being such a good source, I’m wondering what the Verge’s recommendation is. Thanks. -Rowan Ferrari

Everything is political now. Even tech (often especially tech.) Sorry, no one gets to pretend it isn’t. Also, facts exist — actual factual describable reality. And people can have opinions about this! Coincidentally, this all makes any conversation way more interesting, especially if you’re as consistently quick witted, incisive, and entertaining as The Vergecast. Fresh reality, served up hot with a dash of biting humor.

If i want politics i will listen to a political rant podcast. This is meant to be tech. I guess they just can’t help themselves.

too leftist for you? stay mad. too long? skill issue. i do miss Alex Cranz though. god bless america and god bless THE VERGECAST. peace ✌️

That’s all. Still a great podcast.

I agree with other reviews that the new host tends to ramble too much, and he said once that he doesn’t really care what people say. I hope he changes his mind and listens. Still a great show overall, but it would be great if they would bring back the focus + witty humor they used to have.

I used to enjoy listening to the Vergecast and would do so every time after it came out. Before the election I was getting a little tired of Nilays slightly out of proportion view on AI. Now ever since the last election there has been something that makes the Vergecast something that doesn't seem what they used to be. Nilays super biased leftist views without be able to be a proponent of anything the right does makes this feel like a political show, not a tech show. It makes it feel like fox news always has for me except the vergecast is for the left. I cannot stand when someone sits down and does not have one single good thing to say about the political party they are against because it makes them look like an uneducated person who has shoved their brain into a box. The political content on the Vergecast has been so high that I can no longer peacefully listen to unbiased reporting on tech that I once could. So, either till the next election or maybe I hear that something changed, I'm out.

Great podcast. Sometimes a bit long but it’s good for long commutes to work. They also do a great job reporting facts and not holding back punches when it comes to Trump’s idiotic administration and the rollback this admin is doing to consumer protections.

I’ve been listening since 2019, wish I started sooner. The vergecast forever.

I think you do it on purpose.

Why is this show so long? Tighten it up guys

For as long as the vergecast has existed, I've been a faithful listener. Before scissor vodka was cutting through the night, I was a loyal fan. I was there for every weekly installment of Paul Miller's super consistent segment about the same topic. When the show was Josh Tapolsky yelling "what is happening?" I was a fan. It was the single podcast I listened to for years and years. But ever since this last election cycle has begun the political bias has grown out of control. Our previously intelligent, deep thinking, and over-disclosing (because integrity) band of technology champions has lost all ability to interpret the world without confirmation bias. It's especially disappointing to see Nilay--someone who should be above the psychological tactics of political narrative spins--so bullishly ignore the other side of the political spectrum. Every show is now half good technology banter, half perpetrating ongoing anti-Trump + anti-Elon narratives. It's not the intellectually honest, integrity-driven journalism I loved about the verge. I listen to the verge because I want thoughtful and fun technology conversations. Not politics. And certainly not politics that are one-sided caricaturization of reality. The verge has historically done a great job at giving sober minded praise and critiques of technology. If they could apply that level of objectivity to political discourse, the show would be what it used to be--the best technology podcast on the planet.

I’m a longtime listener of this podcast and I’ve always loved it. I used to be so excited to listen every Friday when there were more people on such as Dieter than Alex. Since the election and the departure of Alex, this podcast has really gone downhill. It’s one of the only tech shows that is so extremely politically biased. I understand that politics are a big part of tech especially with tariffs nowadays but the hosts (especially Nilay) are very biased towards the left and do not stay objective at all. They make fun of the current administration and its supporters. Based on other reviews I’ve read it seems that this is really alienating big groups of their audience including me. Other than that the tech news is generally very negative and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of excitement or positivity as there used to be. I’ll still listen for now but I have to say that this podcast is not at the top of my list as it used to be and I fear that in the future I may stop listening all together.

The tech content is good, but their case of TDS is so bad that the whole podcast is unlistenable. As with most liberals, they don’t take 5 seconds to stop and think why not everyone thinks exactly like they do.

I like the podcast and the hosts. Taken 1 star off because they take too long to ramble on about non important details — if that’s cut out, then the podcast becomes a manageable <1hour duration.

I’ve listened to the Vergecast on off for years for the tech info, but the hosts keep pushing their political views on the listeners now. Stick to what people expect which is tech and stop spouting your biased opinions. The recent discussion about Musk and Doge on was particularly disturbing and I am lifelong independent. Can’t listen to this garbage anymore.

When I hear the host say in 2025 that Amazon Alexa worked? Please. Give me a break. That breaks your credibility. Get outside of the tech mobile. User use of these devices is profoundly low. The last thing we need right now is more hype about digital technology.

Ignore the raters who don’t understand politics affects technology. Today, there is no way to discuss technology without politics. Governments control the web, and what products are on the market, what they cost, and what technology is considered legal. Europe is passing laws that effect how technology works in America, not just Europe. China is a communist government which is demanding backdoors built in the hardware. This is the 21st century, not the 20th. Talking about technology means talking politics. Get over it.

Great show. You should make a shirt of what David says all the time. (“It’s stupid and I hate it”)

Been listening since the Engadget days. Since David has been hosting the show, the cynicism, sarcasm, and negativity has just ramped up to a point that it is often off putting. The balance between positive/neutral/negative seems to be way out of whack (toward negative). I like technology because it is fun and aspirational. The podcast used to reflect that. Too often now it glosses quickly over positives and spends too much time focusing on negatives and “yea, but”s. The lack of chapters makes skipping over segments much harder. After so many years of listening to this podcast, I’m considering taking a break. Recommendation: if you’re not going to have chapters, maybe keep some of the heavier negative policy stuff to separate Tuesday episodes? Hearing about every proposed wild idea that the administration or Musk has for hours on end is not ideal (for me). Give me reasons to fall in love with tech again and again please.

Content has become radical liberal Trump deranged babbling. No real reporting and no tech discussion. Don’t waste time or energy on this hot garbage. Too bad they crashed this so hard. They are intentionally alienating the majority of the audience with their radical left views. They seem to not live in reality where majority of Americans voted and spoke. Moreover they no longer have anything to report on tech. Such a shame

Terrible, if you want to listen to politics this is the show for you. If you want peace of mind avoid this podcast.

Love the tech, save the political talk for a future political talk podcast.

They need to stick to tech and check their bias.

The Vergecast is a really good podcast in many ways. First, it gives you accurate and up to date news. Second, the language they use is very easy to understand. And third, it is just a very entertaining podcast and the content doesn’t get boring and repetitive. Overall this is a very enjoyable and accurate podcast. It’s boring to go alone so take this podcast.

I wanted to like this podcast but host’s meandering way of speaking makes me realize i prefer podcasts with producers who reign in the host’s yammering. Also they sound so “over it”. Hand over the mic if you’re so exasperated with the tech world.

I’ve been listening to you guys for about 8+ now. It’s clear that you guys are progressives, fine. I just want to listen about tech, if I want to hear about the Dems, NPR, etc. would be my go to. Thanks.

As a long time listener and nerd, it’s baffling why there are there STILL NO chapter markers?! Every other podcast has this figured out — even WITH dynamic ad insertion. It’s bananas that a huge TECH podcast doesn’t support this in 2024…. Also the breathless AI coverage is just absolutely exhausting. Can we be done yet, please? We get it: the models hallucinate, they’re all made by the bro-iest tech dudes with way too much VC funding, and they use a lot of electricity. Let’s move on, PLEASE!

Started listening last year, have really enjoyed! Can’t wait to see where things go this year. Keep it up!

Just finished listening to your Holiday re-run marathon. Loved it. Great idea. Also, big fan of Decoder, as well.

One of the worst recent episodes was a 1 on 1 with a host and some A.I. bro. Host was uninformed and just repeating back whatever guest said. Felt like a sponsored episode. Nilay is by far the worst. Lame rich kid who surrounded himself with sycophant nerds.

They are great for taking tech, however, they are VERY liberal. Love the segments with no politics, but are very biased when it comes to politics.

Really look forward to gadget talk and tech info. They do it well. But at times political rants when talking about news seem to spiral, making it hard to maintain interest .

The purge cast. You’re welcome.

The Vergecast used to be a GREAT show with well informed hosts giving takes on tech and culture in an easily digestible medium. Now for some reason we have to listen to David’s insufferable and irrelevant voice memo monologue and heard opinions on Tina it’s clear he’s never touched. It’s like Deter, Paul, and a few other smart people left and Nilay is making do with whoever he can find until he finds his exit from Vox. Please spin the Friday show into it’s own feed.

I started listening to the Verge to hear the latest info and commentary on tech, but once they started pushing a political bias (especially on their X posts) I promptly unfollowed and stopped listening.

Longtime listener. Great episodes every time. Love the mix of reporting, analysis, opinion, and chisme. Could use less breathless coverage of AI, because not everything is AI, but nonetheless a five star podcast.

@David I hope you’ll submit the “they’re called podcasts“ episode for a webby. Keep up the great work team.

I’ve been listening to The Vergecast since it began. I’ve enjoyed the show throughout all its iterations. The current era is no exception. I think it combines journalism and tech in a way few podcasts do well, as lots of consumer tech podcasts are primarily fanboy podcasts. I do have some minor complains. One, I don’t like having multiple shows a week. The Friday show is great. Two, I wish there was more of a focus on serious original journalism. This may be more of a problem with the website than the podcast, but in general I feel like there has been a decline in quality in favor of quantity. Keep it up, though. This is a great podcast, and I will be listening for years to come, I expect.