The Vergecast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

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.

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.

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.

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’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.

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.