ALEX PASTERNACK
Foam Sweet Foam: The Bullet-Eating Furniture Used to Prepare for Active Shooters
In a video essay, two filmmakers explore the 'kill houses' where SWAT teams train, where one patented technology blurs the line between fake and real.
The Bots That Are Changing Politics
A taxonomy of politibots, a swelling force in global elections that cannot be ignored.
Silicon Valley’s Radical Machine Cult
From afterlife to machine transcendence, Digitalism offers a new promise of paradise.
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
How Cambridge Analytica used your Facebook data to help the Donald Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
The Underground New Year's Party a Century in the Making
The Second Avenue Subway represented another inversion of your typical subway experience: a shining example of government doing something big and cool and modern.
The Underground New Year's Party A Century In The Making
Deep beneath the Manhattan schist, a cavernous station became the New Year’s Eve birthday party for the Second Avenue Subway, the most expensive subway in the world.
Werner Herzog On Science, Language, Mars, and His Fever Dreams
A chat with the unstoppable filmmaker on Radio Motherboard.
Now You Can Build Your Own Private Mesh Network With Phones and Radios
The goTenna Mesh, a small radio device launching on Kickstarter, may bring the masses to mesh networking. A chat with the CEO, Daniela Perdomo.
'Snowden' Isn't Really About Snowden
It's about your nude pics. On this episode of Radio Motherboard, we think about Oliver Stone's film and hear from Stone and Snowden's lawyer.
The Economy Needs to Be More Human: A Chat With Douglas Rushkoff
The writer and media critic on the future of the web, his new podcast, and what's wrong with guaranteed minimum income.
'This All Seems Kinda Illegal': Watch Scientists Emerge From A Year On Fake Mars
A snapshot of the moment when scientists emerged from their habitat atop Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, courtesy of the directors of "Red Heaven," a new film about the mission.
The Real Impact Of Your Phone
A special episode of Radio Motherboard focused on the environmental and human impact of electronics, brought to you by Team Human, a new podcast by Douglas Rushkoff.