Version History
Version History is a show about the best gadgets ever. And the worst ones. And the ones that might have changed the world, if they ever actually shipped. Every week, your favorite people from The Verge and beyond hang ou...
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- Stephen Totilo2 eps
- Tim Wu1 ep
- John Gruber1 ep
Also: Charlie Harding, Chromeo, Casey Newton, Ashley Carman, David Hampton, Emily Nussbaum, Kyle Chayka, Allison Marsh, Richard Gunther, Melissa McCart, Morgan Eckroth, Colin Angle, Nilay Patel, John Higgins, Matt Rogers, David Berry, Mark Marino
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Based on 1 signal.
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- 🇺🇸United States · TechnologyHOME#3696K to 508K
- 🇮🇳India · Technology#286.8K to 36K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Technology#413.6K to 19K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Technology#593.1K to 17K
- 🇧🇷Brazil · Technology#701.9K to 10K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
119K to 631K🎙 Biweekly cadence·28 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
170K to 902K🇺🇸81%🇮🇳6%🇨🇦3%+6 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
68K to 361K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/18/26 |  Overhead projectors: Turn around | For decades, practically every classroom in the United States had one thing in common: a big, bright overhead projector at the front of the class. How it got there is a story that takes hundreds of years, and a war or two, to explain. David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes and Stanford professor Antero Garcia to learn about where projectors came from, how they took over education, and why they eventually faded out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 12m 10s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 |  LeapPad: Book smarts | For multiple years, the hottest toy in the United States was a book. But not just any book: a smart book, which could play sounds and respond to taps and help kids learn to read. David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Andru Marino and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy to explain how the LeapPad worked, why it was so enticing to both kids and adults, and why the company that made it could never quite follow it up. Vote for us in the Signal Awards! Vote Vergecast: Best Technology Podcast Vote Version History: Best History Podcast Vote Decoder: Best Business Podcast We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 05m 40s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 |  Google Chromebook CR-48: Black box | Google didn’t even call the first Chromebook a “Chromebook.” The CR-48 had no interesting design and no bright logos – it wasn’t even designed to be a product you could buy. Instead, it was a portal to a big new idea about computers. David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Nilay Patel and MKBHD’s Marques Brownlee to explain the history of ChromeOS and Chromebooks, and figure out whether Google’s approach to computer hardware was the right one. Vote for us in the Signal Awards! Vote Vergecast: Best Technology Podcast Vote Version History: Best History Podcast Vote Decoder: Best Business Podcast We’re also on video! Check us out on YouTube.Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 23m 41s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 |  OLPC XO-1: The price of free | The idea was big, exciting, and inspiring: What if we could get every kid in the world access to a computer? For a bunch of thinkers and executives in Silicon Valley, it felt like the way to fix everything. But the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and the XO-1 laptop designed to be given away, were both more complicated than anyone expected. David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Adi Robertson and tech journalist David Imel to figure out why OLPC didn’t work, whether there’s anything to learn from the XO-1’s innovative design, and whether this kind of computer giveaway could ever actually succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 18m 27s | ||||||
| 9/20/26 |  TI-84: Monopoly math | The same calculator has been on most kids’ back to school shopping list since the early 2000s. And the dominance of Texas Instruments’ calculator division goes back even farther. David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Nilay Patel and Victoria Song to tell the story of the calculator, and how one company managed to take over the market and never let it go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 16m 40s | ||||||
| 9/13/26 |  Oregon Trail: Saddle up | Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up playing Oregon Trail. David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game’s most iconic version, to talk about the academic origins of Oregon Trail, the game’s complicated legacy, and whether anyone ever really died of dysentery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 12m 19s | ||||||
| 8/12/26 | AI historychatbots+4 | David BerryMark Marino | The VergeELIZA | — | chatbotAI+5 | — | 40m 05s | ||
| 7/19/26 | marketing campaignssmart home+4 | Allison Marsh | The ClapperThe University of South Carolina+4 | — | The Clappermarketing+5 | — | 1h 14m 09s | ||
| 7/12/26 | smart homePhilips Hue+3 | Richard Gunther | Philips HuePhilips+4 | — | Philips Huesmart home+5 | — | 1h 11m 57s | ||
| 7/5/26 | Keurigcoffee+3 | Melissa McCartMorgan Eckroth | KeurigEater+1 | BostonUS | Keurigcoffee+4 | — | 1h 18m 55s | ||
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| 6/28/26 | smart homethermostats+4 | — | NestApple+1 | — | Nestthermostat+7 | — | 1h 01m 49s | ||
| 6/21/26 | roboticsvacuum cleaners+4 | Colin Angle | iRobotThe Verge | — | RoombaiRobot+5 | — | 1h 13m 39s | ||
| 6/14/26 | Harmony remotetechnology+4 | Nilay PatelJohn Higgins+1 | Harmony Universal RemoteEasy Zapper+3 | — | Harmony remoteLogitech+5 | — | 1h 15m 07s | ||
| 4/12/26 | monopolytelephone history+4 | Tim Wu | Western Electric 500AT&T | — | Western Electric 500AT&T+4 | — | 1h 16m 20s | ||
| 4/5/26 | voice technologyAmazon Echo+3 | — | Amazon EchoAlexa+2 | — | AmazonEcho+5 | — | 1h 12m 53s | ||
| 3/29/26 | MacintoshApple history+3 | John Gruber | MacintoshApple+1 | — | MacintoshApple+3 | — | 1h 19m 42s | ||
| 3/22/26 | vocodermusic technology+3 | Charlie HardingChromeo | ChromeoThe Verge | — | vocodermusic business+3 | — | 1h 20m 52s | ||
| 3/15/26 | audio-based social networkClubhouse+4 | Casey NewtonAshley Carman | ClubhouseQuibi+2 | — | Clubhouseaudio social network+6 | — | 1h 02m 11s | ||
| 3/8/26 | Furbyvirtual pets+3 | David Hampton | FurbyThe Verge+1 | — | FurbyDavid Hampton+5 | — | 1h 14m 34s | ||
| 1/11/26 | TiVotechnology+3 | Emily Nussbaum | TiVoThe Verge | — | TiVoremote control+5 | — | 1h 06m 18s | ||
| 1/4/26 | Flappy Birdgame development+3 | Stephen Totilo | Flappy BirdThe Verge | — | Flappy Birdgame design+3 | — | 1h 18m 00s | ||
| 12/28/25 | video gamestechnology+4 | Stephen Totilo | Power GloveNintendo+1 | — | NintendoPower Glove+4 | — | 1h 15m 30s | ||
| 12/21/25 | AOL Instant Messengermessaging apps+3 | Kyle Chayka | AOLAOL Instant Messenger+5 | — | AIMAOL Instant Messenger+5 | — | 1h 02m 59s | ||
| 12/14/25 |  iPhone 4: You're holding it wrong | The iPhone 4 was one of the best iPhones ever — and definitely the most dramatic iPhone ever. It was lost in a bar in California, sold to Gizmodo, and published for the world to see months before its launch. The phone itself had a bunch of important new features, and one that spawned Antennagate. In this episode, David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and longtime tech columnist Walt Mossberg tell the whole story of the phone, its legacy, and its place in tech blog history. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 11m 41s | ||||||
| 12/7/25 |  Google Glass: In your face | Google didn't invent the concept of smart glasses, but it was one of the first companies to actually put them on people's faces. It was a revolution, and also a problem: Google made face computers extremely uncool, and its early user base was so off-putting they became collectively known as “Glassholes.” The Verge’s Victoria Song and Waveform’s David Imel break down why Glass failed — despite being shockingly right about the future of technology. Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 24m 01s | ||||||
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Chart history for Version History
Peaked at #28 in BE, currently #28 in BE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| India | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| Sweden | — | #35 | #35 | — |
| United States | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| AT | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| Canada | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| RO | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| VN | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| MY | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| PH | — | #57 | #57 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #59 | #59 | — |
| ID | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| Australia | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| Brazil | — | #70 | #70 | — |
| Ireland | — | #72 | #72 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #73 | #73 | — |
| Denmark | — | #76 | #76 | — |
| Finland | — | #82 | #82 | — |
| HU | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| PT | — | #102 | #102 | — |
Chart Positions
35 placements across 35 markets.
Chart Positions
35 placements across 35 markets.