Verge ESP

Verge ESP

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Verge ESP episodes

  • Health, HEALTH, and space whiskey

    This week on VergeESP: Emily wants to know why California has so many weird colors, Liz loved the new HEALTH album, and Suntory is sending whiskey to space, and both ladies would like to drink it when it comes back to Earth (yo, Suntory! hit us up!) Plus: what’s going on with GMOs and why is the Senate involved? And what promise does Oculus hold for narrative film?

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    49 min
  • The psychology of spoilers

    This week, on Verge ESP: SPOILER ALERT! Liz will spoil the Pluto flyby (it totally worked!); Emily has feelings about Pixels and the videogamification of movies. Plus, social psychologist — and spoiler expert — Nicholas Christenfeld drops by to tell Emily what he’s found in his research on spoilers. And at the very end of the show — spoiler — Liz and Emily spoil two major works of art.

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    52 min
  • Neuroscientist Jeffrey Zacks

    This week on Verge ESP: Find out about Magic Mike, space telescopes, and why your brain can understand film edits. How long does it take to plan a space telescope? Why is Magic Mike more girl-friendly than Pitch Perfect 2? How is it possible that Liz and Emily both went to the same bars as kids? (Spoiler alert: Iowa) All this plus special guest neurologist Jeffrey Zacks on this week’s episode.

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    57 min
  • Filmmaker Jennifer Phang

    This week on Verge ESP: Emily tells you everything you need to know about "Tom's Diner," as well as the real meaning of Taylor Swift v Apple. Liz, meanwhile, has two things on her mind: rockets and sex, exactly in that order. Plus Emily interviews Jennifer Phang, the filmmaker behind Advantageous.

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    50 min
  • Author Kim Stanley Robinson

    This week on Verge ESP: Liz and Emily talk about scientific fraud, Game of Thrones's fixation with abusing young women, what to expect from Apple Music (and why the service strengthens the position of record labels) and why you shouldn't trust studies that link creativity with mental illness. Plus, Liz interviews science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson about his new book Aurora and how to write science fiction while getting the science part right.

    This episode's stories:
    http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/9/8749841/science-frauds-potti-lacour
    http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/8760081/game-of-thrones-recap-season-5-episode-9-the-dance-of-dragons
    http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/9/8748699/apple-music-beats-radio-spotify-streaming-files-ownership
    http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/9/8749841/science-frauds-potti-lacour

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    58 min
  • Halt and Catch Fire creators Chris Cantwell and Chris Rogers

    Oil, bionic limbs, and hackers — today we discuss Mad Max, the Santa Barbara oil spill, brain-controlled robot arms, and interview Chris Cantwell and Chris Rogers of Halt and Catch Fire. Find out how to drink beer using a brain-controlled robot, why Mad Max's explosions and chase scenes rule so hard, the catastrophic consequences of fossil fuels, and the creative choices behind Halt and Catch Fire.

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    52 min

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The entertainment industry provides us with culture, but so does science — and not just the kind of culture you can grow in a lab dish. Entertainment editor Emily Yoshida and science editor Liz…