As you may have heard, The Vergecast is live this week at South by Southwest! We have one episode down and another one to go on Tuesday.
On this special episode, Nilay and Dieter welcome Lauren Goode and Casey Newton on to talk the news outside of SXSW; in the tech world.
And the show wouldn’t be complete without the weekly gadget segment, so Paul — relaxing at home in New York — sent the gang a letter to keep the tradition alive.
You can listen here, or watch the video on The Verge Facebook page.

03:55 - Google and Levi’s connected smart jacket will come out this fall and costs around $350

06:59 - Uptime is a goofy video sharing app from Google’s Area 120 startup incubator

09:13 - Facebook Messenger Day

19:52 - The Sonos Playbase is a $700 speaker that sits under your TV

26:19 - FCC’s walk back of ISP privacy rules

36:27 - Anchor is like Snapchat stories for audio, and it’s delightful

38:56 - Paul’s weekly segment “Friendship is like a Keurig”

41:39 - Latest Samsung Galaxy S8 leak gives us a close look at button changes

45:20 - LG G6 and the mobile/desktop dream

53:49 - Twitch replaced its homepage with a Twitter clone for gamers

Tune in Tuesday at 1:30 ET/12:30 CT/10:30 PT for another live episode!