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The Vergecast

Version History: Hoverboards

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In 2015, self-balancing scooters (which quickly became known as hoverboards) exploded in popularity, and then began literally exploding. Andrew Hawkins and Sean O’Kane join David Pierce to explore the multiple conflicting origin stories behind the hugely popular rideable, the many knockoffs, and why a device that doesn't actually hover ended up being called "hoverboard." If you like the show, subscribe to the Version History feed to make sure you get every new episode. Let us know what you think: 866-VERGE-11 or [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of other new podcasts.

0:04.4

I'm your friend David Pierce, and I want to play you an episode of a new show we're launching called

0:08.5

Version History.

0:09.6

Version History is basically our version of a rewatch podcast.

0:13.1

If you've ever listened to or watch those shows where people get together to talk about how

0:16.5

old movies got made or go episode by episode through your favorite TV show, we want to do that, but with the most important and least important and most interesting gadgets and apps that have ever existed. It's going to be very fun, and I want you to hear all of it. I also want to know what you think about how the show works, the structure of the show, the questions we ask at the end, all of it. So take a listen, send us your feedback, and most importantly, go subscribe to version history.

0:39.8

We're going to make lots of episodes of that show, and they won't all be here.

0:42.9

So make sure you get them when they first come out on the version history feed wherever you get podcasts.

0:47.6

Here's this episode. Let's go.

0:49.9

Walking. So old school, right?

0:52.4

It's like if you want to go across the office or down the street

0:55.9

or to the other side of the building, you have to use your feet. Like it's the middle ages. It's so,

1:02.0

it's who has the time? You know what I mean? Well, I have a better way. They're hoverboards.

1:06.4

They're those two-wheeled self-balancing scooters, and they are all the rage.

1:11.5

From The Verge and Vox Media, this is version history, a show about the best and worst and

1:16.6

strangest and most important products in the history of technology.

1:20.8

I'm David Pierce, and today we are going for a ride.

1:24.5

A definitely dangerous and potentially explosive ride. Stay tuned. Introducing the new Dell AI PC powered by the Intel Core Ultra processor.

1:45.5

It helps do your busy work for you so you can fast forward through enhancing security,

1:50.9

simplifying IT management, automating workflows,

1:53.8

synthesizing data, improving user experience or responding to James' long emails.

1:59.8

Ooh.

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