The Border Crisis Is Wreaking Havoc on the Lives of Cross-Border Students
In this episode, we talk to VICE Senior Culture Editor Alex Zaragoza about how the border crisis is affecting cross-border commuters, who have to navigate the migrant caravan and a heavy military pres...
5 Des 201816min
Truvada May Be Getting Unfairly Blamed for the Spread of STDs
In this episode, we talk to writer Bryn Nelson about how PrEP is great at blocking HIV, but as its use grows, so do fears that people will be more sexually reckless and spread other STDs. But research...
3 Des 201822min
Blac Chyna's Skin-Whitening Products Are a Window into an American Secret
In this episode, we talk to VICE writer Taylor Hosking about how Blac Chyna's co-signing of a bleaching product is forcing us to reckon with a problem too often shrouded in secrecy and denial. Hosted ...
30 Nov 201821min
Chinese Researchers Claim to Create the First Gene-Edited Babies
In this episode, we talk to Motherboard reporter Daniel Oberhaus about how researchers' claim that the DNA of twin girls was altered to protect them against HIV. But the results haven’t been published...
28 Nov 20189min
Introducing Motherboard's New Hacking Podcast, CYBER
CYBER is Motherboard’s first-ever cybersecurity, hacking, and infosec podcast - and you can listen to episode 1 here.Imagine if your phone suddenly stopped working. And then you couldn’t login to Face...
26 Nov 201825min
Targeted Advertising Is Ruining the Internet and Breaking the World
In this episode, we talk to researcher Dr. Nathalie Maréchal about how targeted advertising on the internet is hurting us all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 Nov 201818min
Why Everyone's Obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Instagram Stories
In this episode, we talk to Broadly writer Marie Solis about how Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is teaching Americans about the inner-workings of our government on social media. Hosted o...
21 Nov 201812min
Meditation Is a Powerful Mental Tool—and For Some People It Goes Terribly Wrong
In this episode, we talk to TONIC reporter Shayla Love about how even though mediation is often marketed as an age-old cure-all, sometimes it can go terribly wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
19 Nov 201810min
