Radio Motherboard Podcast
1) 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 ...Show More
2) [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 g...Show More
3) 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 tim...Show More
4) [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 B...Show More
5) 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. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022....Show More
6) 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 ...Show More
7) 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. Our GDPR privac...Show More
8) 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. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on Aug...Show More
9) 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...Show More
10) 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 ...Show More