Radio Motherboard

Radio Motherboard


Latest Episodes

Looking Into the Future With Kim Stanley Robinson
July 07, 2017

Description: We talk to the award-winning sci-fi author about his new book, New York 2140.

Radio Motherboard Live: What Is the iPhone?
June 29, 2017

It's the 10th anniversary of the iPhone! Motherboard's Jason Koebler talks to Brian Merchant, author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, about how Apple's most groundbreaking products changed our lives.

An Update to Your Motherboard
June 22, 2017

Motherboard has a change in management! Starting today, Jason Koebler is taking over the keys to this website as its new editor-in-chief. To set a course for the future of the site, he sat down with Derek Mead—who had been running Motherboard...

How the Grateful Dead Anticipated the Future
June 05, 2017

Radio Motherboard talks time travel, sound tech, and why we're all living in the Grateful Dead's future, with Amir Bar-Lev, director of the new Martin Scorsese-produced documentary about the band.    

Introducing Science Solved It
April 24, 2017

A mystery is only as good as its solution…at least, that’s what host Kaleigh Rogers believes. Science Solved It is a new weekly show from Motherboard that introduces listeners to the world’s greatest mysteries that were solved by science, with...

Vote for Motherboard, Come on Our Show!
April 18, 2017

We'll be back with a new episode tomorrow, but in the meantime, please vote for Motherboard in the Webbys: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/podcasts-digital-audio/general-podcasts/technology ... Then tweet at us telling us you voted...

Wasting Time on the Internet
April 13, 2017

Have you ever tried a digital detox? Or spending less time on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit? Kenneth Goldsmith definitely hasn't. He's a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches a class called "Wasting Time on the Internet." What...

The Only FCC Commissioner Still Fighting For Your Online Privacy
March 30, 2017

Congress just voted to repeal the FCC's privacy rules that prevent your internet provider from selling your personal data to the highest bidder. Last week, Radio Motherboard talked to Mignon Clyburn—the only Democrat on the commission—who is still...

You Have the Right to Repair Your Electronics
March 03, 2017

Radio Motherboard talks to Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, and Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of Repair.org about legislation that is moving through eight states that would require electronics manufacturers to enable you to fix your things. The bills...

Introducing pluspluspodcast, a new show from Motherboard
March 02, 2017

Motherboard is launching a brand new show! This is a preview for "pluspluspodcast," a fully produced, documentary-style show that takes you on the road with Motherboard reporters as we meet with the people who are helping shape our shared, crazy...