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The VICE Podcast Show - Chris Soghoian on NSA Leaks and the Paradox of Privacy

A few years ago, FBI agents busted through Chris Soghoian's front door, ransacked his house, and confiscated his computers. Why would this happen to a mild-mannered techie guy with no history of criminal activity? Because Chris had made an ingenious...
Reihan Salam
7.11.13
New music

Listen to Heems' Cover of Kevin Lyttle and 112's "Turn Me On"

Heems shows off his surprisingly pretty falsetto in his cover of Kevin Lyttle's 2003 one-hit wonder.
Nick Harwood
7.11.13
motherboard show

Why We Can Never Look Away From 'Catastrophe'

The largely-forgotten 1977 documentary is a grim testament to our love of disaster porn. It is not for the squeamish, and likely not safe for life.
Brian Anderson
7.11.13
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Irish Women Are Buying Abortion Pills Advertised on Streetlamps

"This is what it's coming to," said Katie. "These stickers are popping up on streetlamps all over town." The Dublin streetlamp she's pointing at has been branded with a large, pink dot beneath the words, "A SAFE ABORTION WITH PILLS." It's part of an ad...
Ellen Coyne
7.11.13
Premieres

Listen To Caravan Palace's "Beatophone" (Club Mix)

Take a moment, grab your cubicle mate, and let's dance.
Noisey Staff
7.11.13
Features

The DIIV Guy Needs to Stop Complaining

HOMIE YOU SEEMED SURPRISED THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS AN INDUSTRY? THE WORD "INDUSTRY" IS IN THE NAME OF IT B.YOU THINK YOU KICKIN OUT JAMS TO OVERDOSE TO IS EXEMPT FROM CAPITALISM? YOU'RE BUGGIN'.
The Kid Mero
7.11.13
Motherboard Blog

A New Drone Will Hunt for Missing Skiers in the Alps

A reminder that airborne robotics can do much more than violate your rights
Ben Richmond
7.11.13
VICE News

Colombia's Hidden Killers - Trailer

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was founded five decades ago years ago as a Marxist people’s army fighting against capitalist imperialism and Colombia’s often-brutal government. In order to secure their dwindling territory and...
Krishna Andavolu
7.11.13
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Lac Mégantic Could Have Been Saved, if the Train Had a Conductor

We spoke to a train conductor who says if the train that barreled towards Lac Mégantic was properly staffed with a second conductor to help test the brakes, this awful tragedy could have been avoided.
Angela Hennessy
7.11.13
Stuff

All My Favorite Narrators Are Women

I never liked dude-bro narrators like Bukowski’s or Updike’s. There’s something off-putting about voices that seem too male, or at least that flaunt their dick in a way that seems to scream, "I HAVE A SMALL ONE." There are so many female voices that...
Blake Butler
7.11.13
Behind The Boards

Behind the Boards... With Cardiak

The genius behind Lloyd Banks and Kanye West's "Start It Up" reveals how he was working at Pizza Hut when he first made it big.
Slava Pastuk
7.11.13
New music

Listen to Destruction Unit's "The World on Drugs"

If you have any questions as to why this band often gets slapped with the psychedelic genre, their latest single "The World on Drugs" is the perfect answer; it's gnarly, twisted and you are most likely supposed to drop acid to it.
Nick Rattigan
7.11.13
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