Verge Extras

By The VergeNews Technology Tech News

Verge Extras episodes

June 16, 2015 ReBoot is coming back
After a 14-year hiatus, ReBoot is back. That’s right, the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series was given the greenlight last week. But what will the new ReBoot look like? To find out, Arielle Duhaime-Ross gave Michael Hefferon, the president of ReBoot's Rainmaker entertainment, a call.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
23 min
May 27, 2015 Chris Gethard has a talk show
After fours years on public access, underground NY comic Chris Gethard is bringing his experimental talk show to Fusion. Ross Miller sat down with Chris for a chat about comedy, New York City, and Diddy.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hr 4 min
May 15, 2015 Pitch Perfect's Deke Sharon on the rise of a cappella
The words “a cappella empire” probably mean nothing to you. But Deke Sharon has built one. He’s the musical force behind NBC’s The Sing-Off and both Pitch Perfect films, and soon he’ll be starring in an a cappella reality show on Lifetime.
Casey Newton sat down with Deke to talk about Pitch Perfect 2, college a cappella, and how he built an industry around harmony.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hr 1 min
April 01, 2015 Fast Dungeons & Furious Dragons
The Rock, Vin Diesel, and Ludacris go for a birthday joy ride when suddenly they are ambushed by agents of a shadowy organization in souped-up Toyota Camrys. Roll a die and punch bad guys.
This is Fast and Furious 6.5, a special role-playing episode we made in honor of The Verge's new transportation hub, because it's April Fools' Day, and because a new Fast and Furious film is hitting theaters this week (starring known D&D enthusiast Vin Diesel).
If you want to play it yourself, download story notes and the character sheets at http://bit.ly/vergeffdd

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
48 min
March 17, 2015 The Verge at SXSW 2015
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.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
44 min
March 17, 2015 A conversation with Brian K. Vaughan
Saga is widely regarded as one of the best comics of 2014, and its author, Brian K. Vaughan, as one of the best sci-fi writers around. Listen as The Verge’s biggest comic book nerds talk to Vaughan about everything from Saga and gaming, to racial diversity in comics and breastfeeding.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
56 min
March 17, 2015 The problems with Interstellar
Interstellar is absolutely gorgeous. Interstellar has strong performances and real tearjerking moments. Interstellar also has some pretty large issues that unravel over the course of its nearly-three-hour runtime. Let's talk about it.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
39 min
February 01, 2015 The Verge at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
The Verge's Casey Newton, Emily Yoshida and Bryan Bishop chat about the films of the Sundance Film Festival, the huge steps Oculus is making in the narrative film world, and the unstoppable force of nature that is James Franco.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
50 min