Emily Yoshida, Dieter Bohn, Kwame Opam, and Casey Newton are on the ground in Austin, TX for SXSW 2015. They're here to talk about movies, Meerkat, brand activations, and waiting in lines.
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The Verge at SXSW 2015

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

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Verge producer Will Poor attempts to fix up his family’s Mac Classic. The journey takes him to the finer points of soldering, message board flame wars, and a 2,000 year old Greek thought experiment.
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The Vintage Computer Federation

The “40th Anniversary Macintosh”

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How to future-proof a 30-year-old computer

Congress is in the process of passing a non-partisan bill to increase support for enforcement against illegal pirate radio operations: Fines can now go as high as $2 million, and the FCC will fund “enforcement sweeps” in major radio markets. Does this target well-intentioned community radio, designed to speak to immigrant communities?
Episode three of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Bijan Stephen.
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Pirate Radio » The PIRATE Act

How the Hmong diaspora uses the world's most boring technology to make something weird and wonderful.
Episode two of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Mia Sato.
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Pirate Radio » Dial Up!

When the US entered Afghanistan, local DJs were hired to help with the war effort. And when the American military pulled out, they abandoned those voices, leaving many of them for dead.
Episode 1 of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Chris Harland-Dunaway.
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Pirate Radio » Outside the wire

Welcome to Better Worlds, The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways. "Machine Of Loving Grace" is the fifth and final installment of the Better Worlds audio adaptations that will appear in Verge Extras.
Katherine Cross' story features an AI designed to moderate video games that goes rouge.
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The Verge at SXSW 2015

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