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The Verge’s Allison Johnson has recently been doing the unthinkable: she’s been leaving her laptop at home. Allison joins the show to explain how she turned her Samsung foldable into a useful computer, and why it feels so good to do so. Then, Sportico’s Jacob Feldman joins the show to talk about the Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the overall state of sports streaming in 2026. (Unfortunately, it’s all still very complicated.) Finally, David answers a question on the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about whether flip phones might have a future in an AI world.

00:00 Intro
02:25 Foldable experiment
07:39 Picking the Z Fold 7
09:03 The portable keyboard rabbit hole
14:42 Boundaries, battery, and real work
18:20 Android vs desktop workflows
28:36 Minimum viable purse computer
34:09 Sports streaming check-in
35:57 Olympics on Peacock
37:16 Drones everywhere
41:46 YouTube TV’s new bundles
43:00 Why sports bundles exist
46:59 YouTube’s next move: merging YouTube + YouTube TV
49:28 ESPN’s streaming maze
53:42 Amazon’s sports strategy
57:23 Netflix, Warner Bros., and the pivot from docs to live sports bets
01:01:50 Sports rights battles are now streamer vs streamer
01:03:51 March Madness as the streaming stress test
01:10:03 Vergecast Hotline
01:16:46 Wrap-up

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