Recent Episodes
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How to future-proof a 30-year-old computer
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Pirate Radio » The PIRATE Act
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Pirate Radio » Dial Up!
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Pirate Radio » Outside the wire
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Machine Of Loving Grace | Better Worlds Pt. 5
Feb 13, 2019 – 28:05 -
Skin City | Better Worlds Pt. 4
Feb 6, 2019 – 24:41 -
The Burn | Better Worlds Pt. 3
Jan 30, 2019 – 24:07 -
Monsters Come Howling in Their Season | Better Worlds Pt. 2
Jan 23, 2019 – 27:10 -
Online Reunion | Better Worlds Pt. 1
Jan 16, 2019 – 27:14 -
Introducing Better Worlds
Dec 17, 2018 – 01:26 -
@dril tweets: a reading of his best work
Sep 27, 2018 – 02:30 -
VR pioneer Jaron Lanier on dystopia, empathy, and the future of the internet
Dec 8, 2017 – 01:01:52 -
Why watch people play video games?
Aug 17, 2017 – 22:18 -
What to do when 20,000 bees unexpectedly swarm your Manhattan skyscraper
Jun 20, 2017 – 03:57 -
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on tweeting from space and brewing the first zero-G espresso
May 13, 2017 – 19:29 -
How to build your own personal Westworld
Mar 22, 2017 – 01:10:33 -
Astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly on NASA’s twin experiment and the future of space travel
Mar 21, 2017 – 15:47 -
The Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy: a conversation with my parents who worked the accident
Feb 1, 2017 – 35:25 -
Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines controversy explained
Jan 30, 2017 – 05:08 -
The delicate science of counting crowds
Jan 26, 2017 – 02:40 -
Judges, not Trump, will decide Obama’s environmental legacy
Jan 20, 2017 – 04:11 -
Listening to machines to understand why they break
Jan 11, 2017 – 03:42 -
A highly specific Tinder problem
Dec 27, 2016 – 18:24 -
Emotional (Tech) Support
Oct 14, 2016 – 41:13 -
1,000 Words: bringing pictures of the internet to your ears
Aug 13, 2016 – 35:42 -
Paul Miller's gadget corner 06/03/16
Jun 3, 2016 – 03:06 -
Extended interview with Prof. Randal Picker
Apr 20, 2016 – 18:12 -
Extended interview with T-Pain
Jan 22, 2016 – 33:39 -
Chris Ziegler at Code/Mobile
Oct 9, 2015 – 16:24 -
John Gaeta can see the future of VR
Aug 13, 2015 – 27:14 -
ReBoot is coming back
Jun 16, 2015 – 22:19 -
Chris Gethard has a talk show
May 27, 2015 – 01:03:03 -
Pitch Perfect's Deke Sharon on the rise of a cappella
May 15, 2015 – 01:00:40 -
Fast Dungeons & Furious Dragons
Apr 1, 2015 – 47:36 -
The Verge at SXSW 2015
Mar 17, 2015 – 43:03 -
A conversation with Brian K. Vaughan
Mar 17, 2015 – 55:46 -
The problems with Interstellar
Mar 17, 2015 – 38:41 -
The Verge at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Feb 1, 2015 – 49:23
Recent Reviews
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CPSMDContact infoWhat is your email? I have insight.
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CombativeThrillAll lesbian sci-fi all the timeDude who picked the stories? Like maybe one or two but it’s like 80% lesbian love stories.....umm ok. The one I thought was the boringest turned out to be my favorite about the AI on the hurricane island. The dancer one was ok too could have done without her forlornness though. Overall 3/5 would have been 4 if not for the recurring lesbian theme, I mean what about other lgbt people, or like any dudes?
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tanuki_guy08Right on the nose.When I think of a better world, I think of a place with more diversity, more freedom of expression, more hope. If you’ve ever watched Black Mirror and though, “Gee, I wish there was a happy version of this,” you’ll enjoy Better Worlds. Some of the vignettes have some semi-dark elements to them, but never get so dark that they will leave you feeling crushed... at least if you listen until the very end. Perfect to listen to on a train ride to work. I always walk into the office with a little extra pep in my step after listening to this podcast.
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J explorerMisnomerMisnomer. I was listening to Better Worlds with the hopes that it would embody some symbolic gesture towards positive science fiction...instead I get less than 5 minutes in Skin City and have to listen to yet another diatribe following terms to justify delusional states of experience...“cisgender”? Seriously? I like sci-fi as an escape from the nauseating madness of the massively confused and entitled, delusional extremes of those that lack personal accountability. The Verge appears to be trying to hard to pander...however given actual approval numbers of the current political climate I’m happy to hope they will continue to fade into obscurity as people educate themselves and seek distance from the plague that is leftist media and thought.
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ITGuy8301Love Better WorldsSo far the Better Worlds Stories have been amazing.
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CuplicationNot that fun.Very slow, not very entertaining, and I find it hard to sympathize with the hosts.
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Dlfranco83Embrace it!I did enjoy it but, there should be no shame. I hope to listen or more.
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