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Verge Extras
by The Verge
Special events, discussions, interviews, and one-off shows from The Verge and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
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How to future-proof a 30-year-old computer
Verge producer Will Poor attempts to fix up his family’s Mac Classic. The journey takes him to the finer points of soldering, message board flame wars, and a 2,000 year old Greek thought experiment. Links: The Vintage Computer Federation The “40th Anniversary Macintosh” Follow Jason's tech...
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Pirate Radio » The PIRATE Act
Congress is in the process of passing a non-partisan bill to increase support for enforcement against illegal pirate radio operations: Fines can now go as high as $2 million, and the FCC will fund “enforcement sweeps” in major radio markets. Does this target well-intentioned community radio,...
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Pirate Radio » Dial Up!
How the Hmong diaspora uses the world's most boring technology to make something weird and wonderful. Episode two of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Mia Sato. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Pirate Radio » Outside the wire
When the US entered Afghanistan, local DJs were hired to help with the war effort. And when the American military pulled out, they abandoned those voices, leaving many of them for dead. Episode 1 of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Chris Harland-Dunaway. Learn more about your ad...
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Machine Of Loving Grace | Better Worlds Pt. 5
Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. "Machine Of Loving Grace" is the fifth and final installment of the Better Worlds audio adaptations that will...
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Skin City | Better Worlds Pt. 4
Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. "Skin City" is part four of five audio adaptations of Better Worlds that will appear in Verge Extras. In Kelly...
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The Burn | Better Worlds Pt. 3
Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. "The Burn" is part three of five audio adaptations of Better Worlds that will appear in Verge Extras. In Peter...
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Monsters Come Howling in Their Season | Better Worlds Pt. 2
Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. "Monsters Come Howling In Their Season" is part two of five audio adaptations of Better Worlds that will…
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Online Reunion | Better Worlds Pt. 1
Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. "Online Reunion" is part one of five audio adaptations of Better Worlds that will appear in Verge Extras. In...
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Introducing Better Worlds
Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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@dril tweets: a reading of his best work
Last month, Dril published Dril Official “Mr. Ten Years” Anniversary Collection, a 420-page collection of his best tweets of the last decade. And it works because during that same stretch of time, Dril has defined so much of what it’s meant to be online. Please enjoy a reading of his best work,...
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VR pioneer Jaron Lanier on dystopia, empathy, and the future of the internet
Jaron Lanier is one of virtual reality’s most recognizable figures. He’s credited with popularizing the term itself, and he co-founded VPL, a short-lived but groundbreaking company that built some of the first commercial VR headsets. Since then, Lanier has been better known for his writing on...
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Why watch people play video games?
About a month ago my colleague Dan Seifert admitted on Twitter to, basically, not understanding me as a person: "i will never understand the fascination with watching other people play video games" Instead of lashing out in his mentions, I sat on that information until the other day when I…
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What to do when 20,000 bees unexpectedly swarm your Manhattan skyscraper
theverge.com/2017/6/13/15794060/vox-media-bees-swarm-manhattan-offices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on tweeting from space and brewing the first zero-G espresso
Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian astronaut with the European Space Agency. She currently holds a few spaceflight records — including being the first person ever to brew an espresso in space. In 2014 and 2015, Cristoforetti spent 199 days aboard the International Space Station, where she...
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How to build your own personal Westworld
Last year in Los Angeles, a mysterious cult began recruiting people through emails, phone calls, and one-on-one consultations. For nine months individuals were drawn into the group’s web of intrigue, discovering that a young woman from Ohio had been taken in and brainwashed. In September, the…
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Astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly on NASA’s twin experiment and the future of space travel
Mark and Scott Kelly are the only twins that have ever traveled to space — and their experience will be invaluable if we want to get to Mars one day. The brothers are taking part in what NASA calls the Twins Study — a genetic experiment to see how our bodies change in zero gravity in the long…
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The Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy: a conversation with my parents who worked the accident
On February 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas and Louisiana as it returned from a 16-day mission in space. The cause of the accident was a piece of foam that had fallen off the Shuttle’s external fuel tank during launch. The foam struck the left wing of the shuttle,...
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Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines controversy explained
Now that President Trump has resurrected the hotly contested Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, here's what you need to know about their pasts — and their futures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPWjg-bXTY Host: Rachel Becker Director: Miriam Nielsen & Kimberly Mas Audio: Andrew Marino...
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The delicate science of counting crowds
Here’s how we know how many people were in the crowd for Donald Trump’s inauguration — and why you won’t hear the number on TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=boOWZXZXINU Host: Russel Brandom Director: Kimberly Mas Camera: Tom Connors Graphics: William Joel Audio: Andrew Marino Learn more about your ad...
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Judges, not Trump, will decide Obama’s environmental legacy
President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle many of the environmental policies passed under president Barack Obama. But environmental groups and some states are ready to fight back and bring the administration to court. Host: Alessandra Potenza Directors: Miriam Nielsen and Kimberly Mas Audio:...
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Listening to machines to understand why they break
There is nothing more frustrating than taking your car into the mechanic with only the vaguest sense that something is wrong. You know that odd little creak or strange whine is new, but you don’t have a clue what it’s trying to tell you. You would like to know before it becomes a serious problem,...
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A highly specific Tinder problem
What’s the biggest problem you run into while using the popular dating app Tinder? Is it that almost all the children of the Earth seem appalling when reduced to four photos and the opportunity to describe themselves in two sentences? Is it that you are a busy modern creature with precious little...
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Emotional (Tech) Support
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1,000 Words: bringing pictures of the internet to your ears
It's a familiar problem for podcast listener: a host vaguely references a picture or a video or something in their recording booth, but you can't see what it is this person is talking about. This happened recently on Vergecast 214. Yeah, a video would solve this problem, but you're standing on…
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Paul Miller's gadget corner 06/03/16
Paul Miller's gadget corner 06/03/16 by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Extended interview with Prof. Randal Picker
Nilay talks with Randal Picker; professor at University of Chicago Law School, to discuss the recent news about Google's antitrust charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Extended interview with T-Pain
Recently, The Verge visited T-Pain at his home to talk about the music industry and the new Garageband software available. This is the full extended interview we had with T-Pain that day. http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/20/10799000/t-pain-interview-auto-tune-music-technology...
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Chris Ziegler at Code/Mobile
Though the connected car is one of the hottest topics in the transportation sector this year, the concept of the connected car is anything but new: Systems like GM’s OnStar, BMW Assist and Lexus Link launched well over a decade ago, wirelessly linking millions of cars via GPS and the cellular...
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John Gaeta can see the future of VR
Bryan Bishop (@ Bcbishop) and The Verge video team recently took a visit to Industrial Light & Magic’s xLab. It’s a kind of next-generation entertainment sandbox, exploring virtual reality, augmented reality, and other immersive experiences — all under the umbrella of the Star Wars universe. One…
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ReBoot is coming back
After a 14-year hiatus, ReBoot is back. That’s right, the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series was given the greenlight last week. But what will the new ReBoot look like? To find out, Arielle Duhaime-Ross gave Michael Hefferon, the president of ReBoot's Rainmaker entertainment…
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Chris Gethard has a talk show
After fours years on public access, underground NY comic Chris Gethard is bringing his experimental talk show to Fusion. Ross Miller sat down with Chris for a chat about comedy, New York City, and Diddy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Pitch Perfect's Deke Sharon on the rise of a cappella
The words “a cappella empire” probably mean nothing to you. But Deke Sharon has built one. He’s the musical force behind NBC’s The Sing-Off and both Pitch Perfect films, and soon he’ll be starring in an a cappella reality show on Lifetime. Casey Newton sat down with Deke to talk about Pitch…
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Fast Dungeons & Furious Dragons
The Rock, Vin Diesel, and Ludacris go for a birthday joy ride when suddenly they are ambushed by agents of a shadowy organization in souped-up Toyota Camrys. Roll a die and punch bad guys. This is Fast and Furious 6.5, a special role-playing episode we made in honor of The Verge's new...
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The Verge at SXSW 2015
Emily Yoshida, Dieter Bohn, Kwame Opam, and Casey Newton are on the ground in Austin, TX for SXSW 2015. They're here to talk about movies, Meerkat, brand activations, and waiting in lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A conversation with Brian K. Vaughan
Saga is widely regarded as one of the best comics of 2014, and its author, Brian K. Vaughan, as one of the best sci-fi writers around. Listen as The Verge’s biggest comic book nerds talk to Vaughan about everything from Saga and gaming, to racial diversity in comics and breastfeeding. Learn more...
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The problems with Interstellar
Interstellar is absolutely gorgeous. Interstellar has strong performances and real tearjerking moments. Interstellar also has some pretty large issues that unravel over the course of its nearly-three-hour runtime. Let's talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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The Verge at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
The Verge's Casey Newton, Emily Yoshida and Bryan Bishop chat about the films of the Sundance Film Festival, the huge steps Oculus is making in the narrative film world, and the unstoppable force of nature that is James Franco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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