{"podcast":{"title":"The Vergecast","slug":"the-vergecast","podcast_index_feed_id":415434,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/vergecast","website_url":"https://www.theverge.com/the-vergecast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e4c412e6-e1f0-11e8-9bde-83f9d376f059/image/fa367fa8b1b6ca01fc4b8c34d83ba4d8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media Podcast Network","episode_count":1043,"summary":"The Vergecast is the flagship daily podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. 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