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Werner Herzog On Science, Language, Mars, and His Volcano Fever Dreams

Werner Herzog On Science, Language, Mars, and His Volcano Fever Dreams

Werner Herzog doesn’t care what you think about him, about his mythos. He does care about myth, the stories people tell ... Read more

28 Oct 2016

31mins

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Wasting Time on the Internet

Wasting Time on the Internet

Have you ever tried a digital detox? Or spending less time on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit? Kenneth Goldsmith definitely... Read more

13 Apr 2017

51mins

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You Have the Right to Repair Your Electronics

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 legis... Read more

3 Mar 2017

44mins

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A Practical Guide to Sleep Hacking Your Room

A Practical Guide to Sleep Hacking Your Room

What does it take to get a good night’s sleep? In this episode of Radio Motherboard, managing editor Adrianne Jeffries t... Read more

22 Jan 2016

56mins

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The Hyperloop

The Hyperloop

The hyperloop, Elon Musk’s futuristic, tube-based “fifth mode of transportation” has stoked imaginations unlike any rece... Read more

5 Feb 2016

32mins

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Meme Warfare

Meme Warfare

Radio Motherboard discusses the extent that memes have taken over political discourse with Ryan Milner, a College of Cha... Read more

31 Jan 2017

36mins

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How to Think About the Biggest Earthquake Ever

How to Think About the Biggest Earthquake Ever

So scientists are saying an earthquake—a quake that is so big and so powerful you probably can’t even properly comprehen... Read more

4 Mar 2016

35mins

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When Will We Have 'Westworld' Robots?

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, th... Read more

13 Dec 2016

34mins

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Why You Should Own Your Cable Box

Why You Should Own Your Cable Box

The tyranny of the set-top box may soon be over. The way it works now, you’re forced to rent a cable box from the likes ... Read more

26 Feb 2016

30mins

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Song Exploder, Exploded

Song Exploder, Exploded

Ever notice that the piano part from “Dancing Queen” is tucked into the end of MGMT’s song “No Time To Pretend”? Or that... Read more

1 Apr 2016

21mins

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The Race to Save Government Science From Trump

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,... Read more

12 Jan 2017

12mins

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The Community-Owned ISPs Building an Alternative to Big Telecom in New York City

The Community-Owned ISPs Building an Alternative to Big Telecom in New York City

If you want high speed internet in most any spot in New York City, you’re stuck with Time Warner Cable. Or at least, tha... Read more

8 Jan 2016

35mins

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Super Mario Is Not a Human Being

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.... Read more

19 Jan 2017

32mins

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Double Episode! Cortana Abuse/Why Humans Should Be More Like AI

Double Episode! Cortana Abuse/Why Humans Should Be More Like AI

Sometimes, it can be hard to know how to act around artificial intelligence. In the first half of Radio Motherboard this... Read more

11 Mar 2016

22mins

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To Block or Not to Block, Featuring Talib Kweli

To Block or Not to Block, Featuring Talib Kweli

Twitter is a place where anyone can say anything, to anyone, at any time. But what happens when you don’t want to hear w... Read more

25 Mar 2016

56mins

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Donald Trump's Dystopia and Black Mirror

Donald Trump's Dystopia and Black Mirror

We couldn't ignore the fact that an impending Trump presidency feels like a Black Mirror episode. We discuss his campaig... Read more

14 Nov 2016

37mins

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LIVE PODCAST: The Motherboard Guide to Defending the Future

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... Read more

15 Feb 2017

54mins

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Trump's Powers

Trump's Powers

Motherboard's writers, editors, and contributors have spent the last week talking to activists, researchers, and policy ... Read more

18 Nov 2016

1hr 28mins

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'Black Mirror' Season 3 Episodes 1-3

'Black Mirror' Season 3 Episodes 1-3

We’ve always sort of called Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” the Motherboard show, because while we love tech, we’re pro... Read more

4 Nov 2016

37mins

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'Berlin Station' and 'Americatown’

'Berlin Station' and 'Americatown’

'Berlin Station' is a new spy drama/thriller from the cable network EPIX, which focuses on a leak of classified informat... Read more

21 Oct 2016

39mins

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