Did you know that we make podcasts? Sure you did, and you also know that The Vergecast and The Verge Mobile Show are available weekly in audio and video flavors. Did you know that Top Shelf, On The Verge, and 90 Second of The Verge are all watchable from within any podcast app that can play back video? Perhaps not.

• On The Verge
• The Vergecast (audio / video)
• The Verge Mobile Show (audio / video)
• 90 Seconds on The Verge
• Top Shelf
• The Verge Book Club

The Vergecast and The Verge Mobile Show have everything you need when it comes to the week's tech and mobile news. But there are plenty of other podcasts that are also worth your time. There's a reason hosts like John Gruber, Marco Arment, and Leo Laporte have amassed loyal audiences, after all.

• Accidental Tech Podcast
• The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
• The Besties
• Giant Bombcast
• The Indoor Kids
• The Needle & The Mouse
• NextMarket
• The Talk Show
• This Week in Tech

Radiolab continues to impress with its innovative approach to podcasting and experimentation with the audio medium. And Star Talk Radio is essential for the stargazers among you. It's hosted by our friend Neil deGrasse Tyson. Need we say more?

• NeuroPod
• Radiolab
• Star Talk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson

There's more to life than news and gadgets, and the shows below do a great job of telling stories that might otherwise slip past your radar. Of course, no list would be complete without This American Life but serial podcaster Jesse Thorn's Bullseye also scores big with interviews with personalities from the worlds of film, music, comedy, and everywhere in between.

• The Bowery Boys
• Bullseye
• Freakonomics
• Fresh Air
• Geek Friday
• Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin
• Love + Radio
• Put This On
• The Read
• Studio 360
• This American Life
• To The Best of Our Knowledge

Podcasting has helped catapult the careers of comedians both young (Chris Hardwick) and old (Marc Maron). Adam Carolla has also found enormous success with his show, and Jeff Garlin's interview podcast is a newer favorite of ours.

• A Show with Ze Frank
• The Adam Carolla Show
• The Bugle
• By The Way: In Conversation with Jeff Garlin
• Comedy Bang Bang
• Doug Loves Movies
• Friday Night Comedy from the BBC
• How Did This Get Made?
• Mike and Tom Eat Snacks
• My Brother, My Brother and Me
• The Nerdist
• Risk!
• Uhh Yeah Dude
• Who Charted?
• WTF with Marc Maron
• You Look Nice Today
• You Made It Weird

It's hard to complain about NPR's music podcasts, especially the free, often full-length concerts regularly offered up to listeners. Beyond that, other selections below take you behind the scenes at Pixar, and 99% Invisible should be considered required listening for design fans.

• All Songs Considered
• Live in Concert from All Songs Considered
• The Moth
• Other People with Brad Listi
• Tiny Desk Concerts
• The Needle Drop
• The Pixar Podcast
• 99% Invisible

Think you've got a good handle on all that went on in the world this week? Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me will put your knowledge to the test. And short, information-rich podcasts from How Stuff Works are a great way to learn something new.

• A History of The World in 100 Objects
• Democracy Now
• The Economist
• HBR Ideacast
• In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg
• Intelligence Squared Debates
• Longform
• Most Emailed Stories
• On The Media
• Planet Money
• Real Time with Bill Maher
• Stuff You Should Know
• Stuff You Missed in History Class
• Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me

What good are podcasts without some shiny apps to listen to them with? Of course, every platform has its own podcast solution, but here are our favorite third party apps for each. Got an amazing app we've left out? Let us know about it in comments.

• Downcast ($1.99 iOS)
• Instacast ($4.99 iOS)
• Stitcher (Free iOS)
• Pocket Casts ($3.99 Android)
• Podkicker Pro ($2.69 Android)
• Podcasts! (Free Windows Phone)
• SlapDash Podcasts (Free / $1.99 Windows Phone)