On The Verge Season 1, Episode 8: Senator Al Franken, Mary Jo Foley, Chipocrite

Matias Duarte

Special guest Matias Duarte sits down with Josh for an in-depth interview, a live demonstration of the Lytro light field camera, and Josh and the boys run through their favorite "New Thing," with 15 seconds apiece to share their hearts.

John Gruber

Special guest John Gruber sits down with Josh for an in-depth interview about the tech industry and the future of Apple, Joanna shows Josh a few ways to make Windows more tolerable, Josh gets an exclusive look inside Microsoft Research, and Paul shares tales of adventure beyond the studio.

Jimmy Fallon

When Jimmy Fallon gets angry, he gets even. Also, he shows up as a guest on On The Verge, where he wows the crowd with his professional comedy antics and tales of his A-list lifestyle. We, the putty in his hands, barely got out alive. Still, Joshua, Nilay, and Paul managed to keep it together long enough to talk about their humdrum weeks — Paul went to GE's research labs, Nilay discovered a truck / boat hybrid, and Josh suffered a minor breakdown working on his iPad 3 launch date theories. On a more serious note, the team bid farewell to Joanna Stern in the only way they know how: to the heartfelt song stylings of Sarah McLachlan. After that, our musical guest George & Jonathan played us out in a lush 16-bits.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

On The Verge is ready for a lot of things, but we clearly weren't ready for renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, who stopped by to talk space exploration, life as a meme, and why he carries a slightly-illegal laser with him at all times. After we recovered, we talked about what we learned this month: Nilay took a trip to SXSW, Josh visited the new iPad line and tried to steal Greg Packer's seat, and we found out what happens when whiskey meets dubstep.

Tony Fadell and Chris Grant

For the first time, and hopefully not the last time, we have two guests sitting on the Verge couch. Former Apple hardware designer Tony Fadell (now CEO of Nest) talks about working on eighteen generations of iPods and early prototypes of the iPhone. And Chris Grant gives us a look at what his new video game site could have been called if he didn't get Polygon.com. Paul announces that he is leaving the internet, Nilay makes some Kickstarter funding suggestions, Josh reveals what Instagram is doing with a billion dollars and everyone comes out to play a little Johann Sebastian Joust. Watch the full episode below, followed by a ton of clips, in case you want to share some with your friends. Oh, and make sure you check out our musical guest Animal Style on 8bitpeoples, and File Freakout.

Damon Lindelof, Masi Oka, Marco Arment

On The Verge returns with its biggest show ever. Damon Lindelof talks Lost and Prometheus, Masi Oka takes a trip to the Museum of the Moving Image, and Marco Arment joins us in studio to talk about Instapaper and Tumblr.

LeVar Burton, Alexis Ohanian, Tim Wu

Microsoft's Andy Wilson and a trip to Industrial Light & Magic

Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley, Polygon's Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick, and Paul's trip to NASA

Oblong's John Underkoffler, RIM's Thorsten Heins, and more!