Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories.

This week on The Vergecast, managing editor Alex Cranz (that’s me), deputy editor Dan Seifert (that’s not me), and senior reporter Alex Heath (also not me) join Nilay and Dieter to talk about Facebook’s big rebranding, expensive polishing cloths, our reviews of the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and both flavors of the new MacBook Pro.

You can listen here or in your preferred podcast player for the full discussion.

Mark Zuckerberg on why Facebook is rebranding to Meta
Facebook’s new name is Meta
What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?
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