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Verge Extras

Special events, discussions, interviews, and one-off shows from The Verge and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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The Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy: a conversation with my parents who worked the accident

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 miss... Read more

1 Feb 2017

35mins

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Online Reunion | Better Worlds Pt. 1

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... Read more

16 Jan 2019

27mins

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How to build your own personal Westworld

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 consulta... Read more

22 Mar 2017

1hr 10mins

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Monsters Come Howling in Their Season | Better Worlds Pt. 2

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... Read more

23 Jan 2019

27mins

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Why watch people play video games?

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 n... Read more

17 Aug 2017

22mins

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Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on tweeting from space and brewing the first zero-G espresso

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 rec... Read more

13 May 2017

19mins

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The Burn | Better Worlds Pt. 3

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... Read more

30 Jan 2019

24mins

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Introducing Better Worlds

Introducing Better Worlds

Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can... Read more

17 Dec 2018

1min

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@dril tweets: a reading of his best work

@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 tweet... Read more

27 Sep 2018

2mins

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Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines controversy explained

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 ne... Read more

30 Jan 2017

5mins

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Astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly on NASA’s twin experiment and the future of space travel

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... Read more

21 Mar 2017

15mins

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The delicate science of counting crowds

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... Read more

26 Jan 2017

2mins

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What to do when 20,000 bees unexpectedly swarm your Manhattan skyscraper

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 podcastch... Read more

20 Jun 2017

3mins

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VR pioneer Jaron Lanier on dystopia, empathy, and the future of the internet

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... Read more

8 Dec 2017

1hr 1min

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Judges, not Trump, will decide Obama’s environmental legacy

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. Bu... Read more

20 Jan 2017

4mins

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