Ranked #1
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
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31mins
Ranked #2
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
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51mins
Ranked #3
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
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44mins
Ranked #4
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
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56mins
Ranked #5
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
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32mins
Ranked #6
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
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36mins
Ranked #7
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
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35mins
Ranked #8
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
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34mins
Ranked #9
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
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30mins
Ranked #10
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
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21mins
Ranked #11
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
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12mins
Ranked #12
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
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35mins
Ranked #13
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
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32mins
Ranked #14
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
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22mins
Ranked #15
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
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56mins
Ranked #16
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
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37mins
Ranked #17
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
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54mins
Ranked #18
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
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #19
'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
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37mins
Ranked #20
'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
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39mins