A mystery is only as good as its solution…at least, that’s what host Kaleigh Rogers believes. Science Solved It is a new weekly show from Motherboard that introduces listeners to the world’s greatest mysteries that were solved by science, with

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Apr 18th, 2017 2m 23s

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#5 - Should Robots Make Your Clothes?

Mar 31st, 2017 17m 36s

Motherboard editor Ankita Rao went to Hyderabad, India to investigate the city's garment industry. She found rooms filled with hundreds of people making clothes by hand for low wages. If their jobs were automated, would they be better or worse

#4 - Who Killed the Smart Gun?

Mar 24th, 2017 24m 17s

With an epidemic of mass shootings and gun accidents devastating communities nationwide, a small movement seeks to change technology instead of gun control laws. But the players behind the movement to create smart guns have been blocked at ever

#3 - Domestic Surveillance

Mar 17th, 2017 27m 3s

Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox surveils himself using off-the-shelf Android spyware he bought from a sketchy Polish website. It turns out this software is commonly used by domestic abusers to spy on their partners. pluspluspodcast meets a woma

#2 - America's Television Graveyards

Mar 10th, 2017 21m 2s

We love our gadgets, but we rarely think about what happens with them when we get rid of them. Often, they don't go far at all. In the last three years, the EPA has found warehouses full of millions of abandoned CRT televisions in eight states.

#1 - The Strange Life and Death of Sam Maloney

Mar 3rd, 2017 24m 14s

A hacker, a revolutionary, a racist crusader, a father, a husband, a university student, a son, and a friend: Sam Maloney was all of these things, depending on who you ask. Toronto-based reporter Jordan Pearson investigates the work, software,

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#0 - Welcome to pluspluspodcast

Mar 1st, 2017 3m 31s

pluspluspodcast is a fully produced, documentary-style show that takes you on the road with Motherboard reporters as we meet with the people who are helping shape our shared, crazy future. In season one, we'll go to India, Canada, and all over

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