The Verge Starts Weekly Weekend Questionnaire
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- The Verge launched the weekly Weekend Questionnaire, a Saturday rapid‑fire interview series that features unfiltered answers from guests across creative, political, and technical fields.
- The Verge invites a diverse roster of guests—including content creators, authors, politicians, and developers—to discuss how they work, unwind, and share favorite GIFs and memes.
- Benn Jordan shifted his YouTube channel from music gear reviews to nonprofit‑focused investigations of surveillance tech, exposing security flaws in Flock and Ring cameras and alleging data‑exfiltration by Unitree robot dogs.
- Cecil Baldwin discussed his tech pet peeves and highlighted his activism for LGBTQ+ issues and HIV awareness alongside his work on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale.
- Roger Linn revealed his habit of keeping only one browser tab open at a time while reflecting on his legacy as the creator of the LM‑1, LinnDrum, and MPC sampler series.
- Manoush Zomorodi promoted her new book Body Electric, which examines the physical health impacts of technology, building on her earlier work on tech‑related mental health.
Why it matters: The Verge’s new weekly interview series gives the site a regular, high‑energy content slot that can draw in readers across tech, culture, and politics, while giving guests a platform for candid, unfiltered insights that boost engagement and differentiate the brand in a crowded media landscape.
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