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4:40

How Trump's Immigration Policy Ended Up in Peter...

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2018/11/23

Early on in Mortal Engines, the forthcoming movie based on Philip Reeve's book, a small Bavarian population gets consumed by the moving metropolis of "London." (The movie, like the book, is set in a future where roving "predator cities" ingest smaller towns for their resources.) As its citizens are forced to resettle in their new home, voices on loudspeakers tell them where to go and what to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:38

Star Wars Holiday Special Is Coming to a (Literally,...

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2018/11/23

It’s time once again to turn on The Monitor, WIRED’s roundup of the latest in the world of culture, from casting to big streaming deals to box-office news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:52

The Future of Fashion in One Word: Plastics

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2018/11/22

For a man who works in fashion, Michael Preysman thinks an awful lot about the world's oceans. He thinks about the stuff that runs off and pollutes the coastlines, the plastics that slide down the drains and choke fish. When he founded Everlane, the minimalist clothing brand that promises "radical transparency," Preysman didn't just want to make cashmere sweaters and wide-leg pants that would constitute the a certain kind of Silicon Valley uniform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:42

You Won't Win the Thanksgiving Fight. But You Can...

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2018/11/22

For many Americans, regardless of politics, race, gender, or creed, the Thanksgiving dinner table is an emotional minefield hiding underneath a kitschy tablecloth. As turkey time draws nearer, expectations and worries about relatives’ behavior begin to mount, while the media drum toll doles out advice about how to manage tensions. In truth, the holidays are one of the few times when an assortment of people with different political beliefs are apt to meet in real life. Learn more about your ad

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9:44

Review: Brilliant Two Switch Panel

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2018/11/21

Earlier this year, I asked a friend to dog-sit for us while my family was on vacation. I lured her in with the promise of access to our fully-equipped smart house. She could peruse the full extent of my Apple Music subscription on our Sonos, or watch Netflix on our Apple TV. She could fiddle with the Hue lights. She could even start the robot vacuum, if she wanted! No pressure or anything. That afternoon, I got a call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:57

How to Check How Much Time You Spend on Facebook and...

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2018/11/21

There are some harsh truths you'd rather not face, like what you really look like eating a turkey drumstick, or how you sound while you sleep. Similarly, how many hours you spend on Facebook and Instagram is a potentially shame-inducing data point that for years you’ve had no real way to assess. But today, Facebook has been widely—and quietly—rolling out a tool that lets you measure how much time you spend using both the Facebook and Instagram apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:58

RIP Stan Lee, the Man Who Made Comics Cool

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2018/11/20

Stan Lee, the avuncular, controversial longtime writer and publisher of Marvel Comics, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 95 years old. Popping a big character death on people like that was just the kind of thing Lee liked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:38

The Pie of the Future Is Baked With Freeze-Dried...

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2018/11/20

High-end chefs spend a lot of time figuring out how to get foods to taste their best. Are they seasoned correctly? Is there a balance between fat and acidity that makes you want more? Is there a way they could pull off the ultimate feat of making a food taste more like itself? Using the trick I've just learned from rising-star chef Eric Rivera, you can up your holiday game rather easily and I'm willing to share it: using powdered freeze-dried foods to amp up the flavors in your favorite

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6:21

Land Rover Bets a Vomit-y Teacups Ride Could Cure Car...

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2018/11/19

Consider how Spencer Salter spent the last two years, and the auto industry seems like a terrific business. The Jaguar Land Rover researcher rode on boats, trains, and planes. He hooked himself up for zip lines, braved roller coasters, flew in helicopters, and climbed into rally cars, all on company time and the company dime. But, “I made myself sick a lot of times,” Salter says. The resulting vomit was not an unfortunate side effect of Ferris Beuller-esque adventures. Learn more about your ad

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10:04

Facebook Moves to Limit Toxic Content as Scandal Swirls

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2018/11/16

Mark Zuckerberg would like you to know that despite a scathing report in The New York Times, which depicts Facebook as a ruthless, self-concerned corporate behemoth, things are getting better---at least, the way he sees it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:52

Review: Microsoft Surface Headphones

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2018/11/16

I always feel a bond with people who tell me they owned a Zune back in the day. Microsoft’s also-ran MP3 player never became a hit, but it was a fabulous little music machine and its influence can still be felt in the company's hardware and software a decade later. Its Surface devices have put a focus on high-quality design since they debuted in 2012, and now Microsoft is using the brand to re-enter the audio market with the Surface Headphones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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13:37

Construction Workers Toil Away in San Francisco's...

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2018/11/15

From where Trina Hill is stationed at the corner of 16th and Illinois streets, she can see the future of San Francisco rising all around her. This is the Mission Bay neighborhood, the new hotbed for science, tech, and medicine. Warriors Stadium is right across 16th. Behind her stands the building she and her coworkers are finishing, future research laboratories for the University of California at San Francisco—one of the leading medical research institutions in the world. Learn more about your ad

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6:02

How to Land a ‘Completely Uncontrollable’ Passenger Jet

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2018/11/15

The trouble started almost immediately. A few minutes after taking off from Lisbon on Sunday, the pilots of an Air Astana Embraer 190 jet called Mayday. “We have flight control problems,” he told air traffic control, asking for a path to the sea for an emergency landing. “We have six people on board,” one pilot said a few minutes later, according to an audio recording available via LiveATC.net. “Airplane is completely uncontrollable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:56

Review: OnePlus 6T

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2018/11/14

OnePlus phones have always had one core selling point: they’re as powerful as the latest flagship Android phones, yet cost hundreds of dollars less. That winning combination made the OnePlus 6 and 5T two of our top recommended phones of the past year. The new OnePlus 6T mostly continues that trend, but this time it’s bringing some cutting-edge innovation with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:24

12 Things You Learn Over Two Decades of Lunches With...

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2018/11/14

For nearly two decades, I met Stan Lee for lunch about once every month or two. In the 1990s and into the 2000s I was writing for Wizard magazine, which at the time was kind of a catch-all, 800-pound gorilla in the comics business. And Stan, as we all learned from his many MCU cameos, knew the value of publicity. He liked seeing his name in print, which meant he was happy to sit down with a reporter—especially if I picked up the tab. So in 1999, we started meeting regularly for mid-day meals. Learn

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4:55

Booming Model 3 Sales Are Moving Tesla Beyond its Niche

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2018/11/13

Look at the latest data on US car sales, and you won't find much in the way of surprises. Ford's F-Series pickups reign supreme. SUVs and other pickups dominate the 20 most popular models in the country, along with cheaper sedans like the Toyota Camry and Honda Civic. Let your eyes fall to the bottom of the list, though, and you'll spot a newcomer: Elon Musk's Tesla Model 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:28

How Board Game Designer Rob Daviau Built His...

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2018/11/13

Board game designer Rob Daviau is shuffling through a deck of 3” x 3” cardboard tiles, each displaying a somber, aerial-view illustration of a room. He spies one, raises his eyebrows, and plucks it out of the pile. “This is the creepiest,” he says with a sly grin, turning the card’s face toward me. “There’s two things in here: The room is empty except for a crib and a teddy bear that’s been dismembered.” He studies the card a moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:36

We Should Take Hollywood Disaster Movies More Seriously

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2018/11/12

Former intelligence official Richard A. Clarke says that Earth is virtually defenseless against incoming asteroids, and that an asteroid large enough to level a city could strike with almost no warning. “We do not have a plan for dealing with that,” Clarke says in Episode 334 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “We don’t have a rocket or a missile we can fire up right now, certainly not on 48 hours alert, but not even on six months alert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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7:06

The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line Gets New Trimmings...

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2018/11/12

In November 1981, Butterball introduced a toll-free hotline with a simple mission: to help Thanksgiving chefs turn out top-notch turkeys. And while the phone call remains the beating heart of the Turkey Talk-Line industrial complex, it has in recent years branched out. In 2008, Butterball took its first tips to social media. In 2016, it added texting to its toolkit. This year, it’s adding an Alexa skill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:31

The Illusion Fueling the Post-Midterms Conservative...

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2018/11/09

As gray clouds cleared Wednesday morning, the feed that broadcast out of Trumpland beamed a bright, bloody red. Unsurprisingly, the ostensible victory—a continued firm hold on the Senate and critical, if slim, gubernatorial wins—emboldened many Republican acolytes whose loyalties lie with the president’s camp. Amongst Trump supporters, news moves at a dizzying, disorienting pace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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