Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.
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Death, fear, and anxiety at Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America
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Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown on sustainable food systems and the science of protein
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