“This is some Android shit,” Allison Johnson recalls thinking during her first days with the iPhone Duo. That sentence captures the disorienting experience of reviewing Apple’s first foldable…
David Pierce — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
David Pierce has appeared on 20 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including The Vergecast. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What David said
“The Duo wants to be an iPad in exactly the same way the iPad wants to be a Mac. Which is kind of a problem in both cases.”
— David Pierce (19:23)
“Being able to sit next to my wife and have us both wear a pair of headphones and watch TV is like an honest to God life-changing technological use case right now.”
— David Pierce on the Auracast dream
“Never test a pair of good headphones unless you are prepared to buy good headphones because it will ruin you forever.”
— David Pierce's first rule of headphone shopping
“All of these tools they go, they try so hard to do so much autonomously that they end up way down the wrong road before realizing the wrong road that they're down.”
— David Pierce
“I am increasingly compelled by how good these tools are for building little things for myself. And I think the idea that this is going to make everyone into like a successful developer of products for other people is wrong.”
— David Pierce
“It makes you realize that actually building the prototype of your app is just one very teeny tiny step of building a great useful piece of software.”
— David Pierce
“The main thing Meta is working on is a way around the Apple tax. That is like the leading product at Meta is how do we get around the Apple tax?”
— David Pierce, arguing that escaping Apple's control is the real motivation for many of these AI-device projects.
“They're called glassholes... it is eye level. It is how we look at each other. And I think that is just such a hurdle to overcome.”
— David Pierce on the social challenge of smart glasses.
“I'm gonna write a four thousand word screed on the verge dot com about why that's a stupid idea. I don't put cameras on your freaking watch. What do you want to have the nostril shot at all times?”
— David Pierce on the idea of a camera-equipped smartwatch.
“Any person who is a remotely functional developer would know how to fix this. I do not.”
— David Pierce, on his keyboard shortcut bug
“This is also one of the reasons I like to do this episode from time to time is to make people realize the horrors they are putting onto other people when they take calls in environments like this.”
— David Pierce
“This is multiple orders of magnitude better than anything we've tested so far. This is nuts.”
— David Pierce, on the Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro
Episode appearances
20 Everything's recording everybody. What now? The Verge's V Song shows up wearing four devices — Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses, a Dexcom CGM, an Apple Watch Series 12, and a Fitbit Edge — with an Oura…
The many pluses and minuses of Alexa Plus "I just want my smart home assistant to be my smart home assistant." That's the core tension Jen Tuoi, a Verge reporter who spent a year testing Alexa…
The hot new thing in headphones "The past month and a half in particular, we've had some really interesting headphones come out," says The Verge's John Higgins. He and David Pierce sit down to…
In the first few weeks of his tenure, Apple CEO John Ternus was spotted at the Emmys, wearing a tuxedo with an iPhone Duo in his breast pocket, turning the phone sideways to take selfies, and…
In 2026, buying a laptop feels like a losing game. Apple raised prices across the board. An ASUS Zenbook A16 launched at a higher price than expected. The Framework Laptop 13 Pro review unit…
"When Did That Come Out?" — The Vergecast's Brutal Gadget Memory Quiz The Vergecast hosts David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Sean Hollister sat down for what sounded like a light game but turned into…
Pixel 11 and Pixel Watch 5: The Vergecast's First Impressions Google announced its new Pixel lineup this morning — four phones, a foldable, and a Pixel Watch 5 — and the Vergecast team gathered to…
“I have gotten dandelion greens every week, David. Every week.” That’s Jake Kasternakus, midway through a month-long experiment in vibe coding, explaining why he built a website to give away…
“Imagine only one person had a superintelligent lawyer. He would have an unfair advantage in court, even if his position was wrong on the merits.” That thought experiment, offered by Mark…
The Z Fold 8 finally makes foldables feel natural Dom Preston at The Verge has been testing the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and his experience mirrors what nearly everyone who has held the device…
“It sounds so ridiculous to say that out loud, but I’m absolutely convinced there is something real to that.” Kai Tang, CEO and co-founder of Light, is talking about the simple physical act of…
OpenAI, SpaceX, and Amazon are all reportedly building devices they want you to believe are not phones. But as The Vergecast host David Pierce and fellow Verge editor David Emel discuss, the more…
“The average transaction price of a car in the US is sitting somewhere around $50,000,” says Verge transportation editor Andy Hawkins. “There are just no cheap cars available anymore.” That…
In 2026, a punk cover of a Disney song from A Goofy Movie went viral on TikTok. The cover was not made by a band. It was generated by Suno, an AI music platform, and it was pushing the actual…
“I am perpetually fascinated by the pebble index, which is basically just a little ring with a button that you bring up to your mouth like a spy and you say, ‘Remember to call Alison on Monday.’”…
The video game disc is dead Sony announced it will stop producing PlayStation discs entirely by January 2028. Microsoft is testing a feature that would let you attach a digital game to a disc,…
"I don't know what to do with this" The Vergecast's vibe coding challenge kicked off with a disarmingly honest confession from executive editor Jake Kasternakis: he built a tool that pulled every…
Victoria Song, The Verge’s wearables expert, has tested nearly every pair of smart glasses on the market. She has worn them in Italy, on the New York City subway, and in her own home. Through all…
The best headphone mic we've ever tested David Pierce starts the episode with a confession: he has long believed headphone microphones are "a severely underrated bit of technology." Most headphone…
Also appeared with
Try PodSized free
Three summaries free with no account, then five a month. Transcripts, chapter outlines and export are free too. Premium unlocks unlimited summaries, unlimited audio versions, AI chat, and CarPlay.
Start Free →