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The Vergecast

DoorDash, Uber Eats... and Tony

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Today on the flagship podcast of scaled EV production: 02:50 - Verge producer Will Poor tags along with a former Uber Eats driver who ditched the delivery apps and is trying to start a one-man gig work revolution. This Seattle Delivery Person Is Breaking Free of the Apps https://tonydelivers.co/ 18:54- The Verge's David Pierce and Andrew Hawkins discuss Rivian's new vehicles they announced last week, and what it will take for the company to compete with Tesla. Rivian R2, R3, and R3X launch event: the EV company’s more affordable SUVs are here Rivian’s CEO talks R2 and R3 launch, and why he has ‘complete certainty’ EVs will win Rivian R2 revealed: a $45,000 electric off-roader for the masses Rivian owners now have access to Tesla Superchargers Rivian surprises with R3 and R3X electric SUVs 54:37 - David and Allison Johnson answer a question from The Vergecast Hotline about foldable phones. Google Pixel Fold review: closing the gap Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: a little better is just good enough Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Virge Cast, the flagship podcast of Scaled TV production.

0:07.0

I'm your friend David Pierce and I am in the park walking my dog, but also doing some

0:11.2

headphone testing. So I discovered a month or so ago that I was running headphones too often

0:16.0

and it was actually making my ears itch.

0:18.0

And I had switched from like the AirPods Pro Sony Link Bud style that actually shove into your ear

0:24.7

to just a normal pair of Airpods that just kind of hangs there

0:27.8

but even that wasn't solving my whole problem.

0:30.1

So now I'm on this weird quest for what I guess I would call non-headphone

0:34.0

headphones. I'm trying to find something that doesn't go in my ear but will still play music

0:39.0

and won't annoy everyone around me. So I've been testing smart glasses like this stuff you get from

0:43.9

Meta or Amazon. I've been testing things like these. The shocks headphones, they're

0:49.0

bone conduction headphones. They just like send sound through your cheekbone instead of your ear.

0:53.0

It's all sort of fascinating. I'm not sure any of it is as good as what I left behind,

0:57.0

but at least my ears still in itch anymore.

0:59.0

So we're making progress.

1:00.0

Anyway, we have an awesome show coming up for you today.

1:03.0

We are going to do two things.

1:04.6

First, we're going to tell a delivery story.

1:06.8

Will Poor, went out on the streets of Seattle,

1:09.4

and met a guy who is taking on Uber Eats and DoorDash and this whole crazy delivery industry all by himself.

1:15.9

Super fun. You're gonna like it. Then we're gonna talk about Rivian, which just launched

1:20.7

two new cars that people are very excited about.

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