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Radio Motherboard
by VICE
Personal futures brought to you today by VICE's Motherboard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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El Salvador's Bitcoin City | Vice Culture Club Preview
VICE is back with a new podcast exploring the subcultures and fringes that we are best known for. If you thought we were gone, looks like we have more to say. Each week we are sitting down with the internets most fascinating characters and getting to the bottom of cultural trends. Oscar award...
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VICE is back with a new podcast
VICE is back with a new podcast exploring the subcultures and fringes that we are best known for. If you thought we were gone, looks like we have more to say. Each week we are sitting down with the internets most fascinating characters and getting to the bottom of cultural trends. Oscar award...
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Adam Conover Talks the Hollywood Strike
It’s a brutally hot summer, a great time to cool off in an air conditioned movie theater or to catch up on some of those TV shows you’ve had on your list forever. But did you know the people who make the fine entertainment you know and love are on strike? Both writers and actors are picketing,...
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[Bonus] Introducing CYBER, a Hacking Podcast by Motherboard
Motherboard has launched a new podcast, called CYBER. It's available on Apple Podcasts and on whatever app you listen to. Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so…
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NASA Turns 60
NASA turns 60 this week. We're joined by Former NASA chief technologist Mason Peck joins us to discuss the agency’s history of spaceflight milestones, which include landing humans on the Moon (six times!), putting rovers on Mars, sending probes to interstellar space, and partnering on the...
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[BONUS] Introducing Queerly Beloved
If you've been enjoying Radio Motherboard, we think you'll also love our newest VICE podcast, Queerly Beloved. Queerly Beloved is a new podcast series from Broadly. Co-hosted by Broadly editor Sarah Burke and Fran Tirado of the popular queer podcast Food 4 Thot, it’s a multifaceted portrait of...
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Motherboard's New Crossword Puzzle: Solve the Internet
Radio Motherboard talks to Caleb Madison and Marley Randazzo about Solve the Internet, Motherboard's new internet-themed weekly crossword puzzle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sex Workers Lobby Congress Against a Terrible Internet Law
Radio Motherboard talks to Liara Roux, a sex worker who was part of the first ever organized effort by her industry to lobby Congress. We talk about SESTA/FOSTA, a law that puts sex workers in danger and has fundamentally changed the internet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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PewDiePie, Alinity, and the Burden of Being a Female Streamer
Radio Motherboard breaks down the harassment that has been leveled against Twitch streamer Alinity and other women online, as well as the phenomenon of YouTube's "Twitch Fails" videos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Elon Musk, Then and Now
Radio Motherboard pulls a 2015 interview with Elon Musk's biographer Ashlee Vance, and talks about how perceptions about Musk and his companies have changed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Facebook’s Reckoning with American Nazis
After a white supremacist killed a protester in Charlottesville in 2017, Facebook pushed to re-educate its moderators about hate speech groups in the US, and spell out the distinction from nationalism and separatism, documents obtained by Motherboard show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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Amplifying the Alt-Right
Whitney Phillips, the author of a new report called "The Oxygen of Amplification," talks about what she learned by talking to more than 50 journalists who covered the alt-right and white supremacists during the 2016 election cycle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Who's Afraid of Kaspersky?
We went to Kaspersky Lab's SAS conference, where the controversial Russian anti-virus firm showcases its best research, wines and dines competitors and journalists, and burns American espionage operations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Senate Voted to Save Net Neutrality--Here's How it Happened
Evan Greer has spent the last few months pushing the Senate to preserve net neutrality. She explains how Fight for the Future and millions of internet users convinced the Senate, and what's next in the uphill battle to save the internet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pod Void if Removed
The FTC just announced that Warranty Void if Removed stickers on video game consoles are illegal. This is a big win for consumers--and an indication that the walled gardens of electronic manufacturers are being breached. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How to Make a Photo Go Viral
A woman in cyberpunk body paint stands in the center of a ring of old laptops. It's a staged photo about e-waste, sure, but photographer Ben Von Wong hasn't just set up the photo to look cool. He wants it to go viral: "I create viral campaigns around boring topics," he said. Radio Motherboard…
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BROAD BAND (Live)
We talk to Claire Evans (who last joined us on the first ever episode of Radio Motherboard!) about her new book BROAD BAND: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. Claire joined Motherboard staff writer Kaleigh Rogers to talk about the internet past and present with Marisa Bowe,...
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Net Neutrality
The FCC will vote later this week to repeal net neutrality protections. Radio Motherboard talks to BoingBoing co-founder and Electronic Frontier Foundation activist Cory Doctorow about what the next steps are to protect the open internet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Stress Week: Drone Therapy
Kristel Jax, a performance artist, leads us through a drone therapy session, which uses drone music and cognitive behavioral therapy to try and treat anxiety and stress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Stress Week: How to Hack New York Stress
Ankita gets her stress test results and sits down with Dr. Chiti Parikh at Weill Cornell's Integrative Health and Wellbeing program to talk about how to deal with the intense stress of 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Bonus: Rebuilding the Swamp
Motherboard's Ankita Rao went to an Army Corps of Engineers project in south Florida to see an Everglades restoration project firsthand. Read the story at motherboard.vice.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jane Goodall on chimps, feminism and Donald Trump
Staff writer Kaleigh Rogers sits down with renowned anthropologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall and director Brett Morgen ahead of the release of "Jane," a new documentary about her life and work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Cyberwar
Motherboard speaks to Ben Makuch, the host of VICELAND's Cyberwar, about how he may have come face-to-face with a Russian DNC hacker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Tide Is Shifting in Silicon Valley
The same tech companies once heralded as crusaders of a bright future are increasingly being seen as hoarders of vast, unchecked power. Franklin Foer, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, has been questioning the intentions of corporations like Facebook and Google for years. On this episode...
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Pirates and Robots: A Conversation With Annalee Newitz
The science fiction author Annalee Newitz discusses her new novel Autonomous, set in a 22nd century world of patent pirates, soul-searching robots, indentured servants, and really great drugs. (BEWARE: BOOK SPOILERS) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Big Tech's Blackballing of Neo-Nazi Sites Shows Who Controls the Internet
In the wake of a domestic terrorist incident at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, we witnessed a flashpoint in a long-overdue debate: How much control should a few powerful internet companies have over user content? On August 12, Heather Heyer, a counter protester at the…
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Facebook Wants to Convince Us That VR Is Cool
Virtual reality adoption has been slow. Despite promising leaps in the tech over the past several decades, relatively few VR headsets have been sold worldwide, especially compared to smartphones. Can the world's most popular social network bring VR to the forefront? In this episode, Motherboard's...
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Infamous Hacker Kevin Mitnick Tells Us How He Created Fake Identities
Radio Motherboard sits down with infamous hacker and computer security expert Kevin Mitnick—AKA The Condor—to discuss internet safety, online privacy, and the art of hacking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gender-Swapping Sci-Fi With 'Ancillary Justice' Author Ann Leckie
The award-winning sci-fi novelist's new book 'Provenance' is due out September 26.A far-flung space empire on the verge of internal collapse? Check. A multi-body artificial intelligence that calls all people "she"? Si. Tea? Of course. These are just some of the aspects of sci-fi author Ann…
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What is Bitcoin really for?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies aren't just for making money. Enthusiasts often believe the technology could help give rise to a political revolution. But of what kind? On this week's episode, we talk to two researchers about the ideology behind Bitcoin. Did it arise out of extreme right-wing...
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Looking Into the Future With Kim Stanley Robinson
Description: We talk to the award-winning sci-fi author about his new book, New York 2140. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Radio Motherboard Live: What Is the iPhone?
It's the 10th anniversary of the iPhone! Motherboard's Jason Koebler talks to Brian Merchant, author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, about how Apple's most groundbreaking products changed our lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An Update to Your Motherboard
Motherboard has a change in management! Starting today, Jason Koebler is taking over the keys to this website as its new editor-in-chief. To set a course for the future of the site, he sat down with Derek Mead—who had been running Motherboard for the last four years—to record a podcast about…
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How the Grateful Dead Anticipated the Future
Radio Motherboard talks time travel, sound tech, and why we're all living in the Grateful Dead's future, with Amir Bar-Lev, director of the new Martin Scorsese-produced documentary about the band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Introducing Science Solved It
A mystery is only as good as its solution…at least, that’s what host Kaleigh Rogers believes. Science Solved It is a new weekly show from Motherboard that introduces listeners to the world’s greatest mysteries that were solved by science, with insight from the actual researchers who cracked the...
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Vote for Motherboard, Come on Our Show!
We'll be back with a new episode tomorrow, but in the meantime, please vote for Motherboard in the Webbys: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/podcasts-digital-audio/general-podcasts/technology ... Then tweet at us telling us you voted (@jason_koebler or @motherboard), and we'll…
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Wasting Time on the Internet
Have you ever tried a digital detox? Or spending less time on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit? Kenneth Goldsmith definitely hasn't. He's a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches a class called "Wasting Time on the Internet." What started as an exploration of how we spend time...
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The Only FCC Commissioner Still Fighting For Your Online Privacy
Congress just voted to repeal the FCC's privacy rules that prevent your internet provider from selling your personal data to the highest bidder. Last week, Radio Motherboard talked to Mignon Clyburn—the only Democrat on the commission—who is still fighting to protect your privacy. Motherboard...
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You Have the Right to Repair Your Electronics
Radio Motherboard talks to Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, and Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of Repair.org about legislation that is moving through eight states that would require electronics manufacturers to enable you to fix your things. The bills have been intensely opposed by companies like...
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Introducing pluspluspodcast, a new show from Motherboard
Motherboard is launching a brand new show! This is a preview for "pluspluspodcast," a fully produced, documentary-style show that takes you on the road with Motherboard reporters as we meet with the people who are helping shape our shared, crazy future. In season one, we'll go to India, Canada…
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LIVE PODCAST: The Motherboard Guide to Defending the Future
Radio Motherboard's first ever LIVE EPISODE! On February 12, the Radio Motherboard crew recorded a podcast in front of a live audience at the Work x Work On Air festival. We talked about what it means to be vigilant in Trump's America and discussed how Motherboard and the general populous can...
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The End of Ownership
The internet of things, End User License Agreements, and Digital Rights Management are increasingly being used to give electronics manufacturers control and ownership over your stuff even after you buy it. Radio Motherboard talks to Aaron Perzanowski and Jason Schultz, authors of The End of...
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Meme Warfare
Radio Motherboard discusses the extent that memes have taken over political discourse with Ryan Milner, a College of Charleston assistant professor who wrote his PhD. dissertation on memetics. We also discuss the idea of meme warfare, meme insurgency, and meme use by nation states. Milner is the...
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Super Mario Is Not a Human Being
A preview for the new Nintendo Switch has brought us to the startling realization that Super Mario is not a homo sapien. On this episode, we discuss the geographic location of the Mushroom Kingdom and how excited we should be for Nintendo’s new console. Waypoint managing editor Danielle Riendeau...
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The Race to Save Government Science From Trump
Dozens of scientists working at schools like the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Toronto, and a handful of others are frantically working on a series of projects to preserve government science from alteration or deletion under the Donald Trump administration. In…
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The Disease We're Getting Wrong
Diabetes is usually considered a disease of excess—so why are so many starving people in India getting it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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When Will We Have 'Westworld' Robots?
Like much of America, we are big fans of HBO's 'Westworld,' but not because of the science in the show. To be honest, the show doesn't really bother trying to explain how its hosts work, but in doing so, it allows the show to ask some of the big ethical questions associated with artificial...
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A Public Service Announcement
Radio Motherboard was recently down for a few days because we migrated our feed to a new address. If you have had trouble getting this through any of your apps, please change the feed to: http://radiomotherboard.vice-media.libsynpro.com/rss Also: We are beginning an every Tuesday publishing...
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Your Next T-Shirt Could Be Made Out of Seaweed
Motherboard takes a trip to Biofabricate, a synthetic biology conference at the Parsons School of Design. We talk to Aaron Nesser and Kenji Higashi, two entrepreneurs who are hoping that fibers made of spider silk and alginate could help clean up our disastrous fashion industry. Hosted on Acast....
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Trump's Powers
Motherboard's writers, editors, and contributors have spent the last week talking to activists, researchers, and policy makers about the powers that Donald Trump will inherit when he takes power in January. There's little sense in speculating about what Trump will do when he takes office, but…
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