Wired Storyboard Audio Podcast

Wired Storyboard: Are you Wired? Want to know what really went on in making this month's magazine? Wired's editors, writers and designers take you deep into the stories they've been working on for a behind-the-scenes look at the latest issue. Join this podcast for an in-depth look at the tech, science, gadgets and culture stories by the people behind Wired magazine.

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Episodes

Storyboard: Episode 99: Andrew Blum on Visiting the Internet

Andrew Blum talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about his book Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.

Dec 05, 2012•30 min

Storyboard: Episode 98: Terence Samuel on the Presidential Horse Race

Terence Samuel talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about covering the 2012 election for The Washington Post.

Nov 20, 2012•34 min

Storyboard: Episode 97: Rich Moore on Animating His Favorite Video Games

Director Rich Moore talks to senior editor Caitlin Roper about assembling an all-star cast of video game characters for the new movie Wreck-It Ralph.

Nov 14, 2012•31 min

Storyboard: Episode 96: Geoff Marcy on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Astronomer Geoff Marcy talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about the possibility of intelligent life on other planets—and how to find it.

Nov 01, 2012•33 min

Storyboard: Episode 95: David Quammen on the World's Most Dangerous Diseases

Science writer David Quammen talks to senior editors Adam Rogers and Bill Wasik about the growing threat of zoonotic diseases.

Oct 24, 2012•40 min

Storyboard: Episode 94: Time Travel

Senior editor Adam Rogers and composer Paul Buckley hit the road in search of the meaning of time.

Oct 16, 2012•28 min

Storyboard: Episode 93: Olympic Fencer Doris Willette

Olympic foil fencer Doris Willette sits down with Adam Rogers to discuss their shared love of the bladed sport.

Oct 09, 2012•37 min

Storyboard: Episode 92: Darcy O'Neil on the Golden Age of Soda Fountains

Author Darcy O’Neil talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about the surprisingly dark history of soda fountains.

Sep 25, 2012•28 min

Storyboard: Episode 91: Adam Fisher on the America's Cup

America's Cup correspondent Adam Fisher talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about turning sailing's biggest race into compelling live TV.

Sep 10, 2012•29 min

Storyboard: Episode 90: Wired Senior Editor Bill Wasik and Dr. Monica Murphy on Rabies

Veterinarian Monica Murphy and Wired Senior Editor Bill Wasik talk to fellow Senior Editor Adam Rogers about the history, science, and horror of rabies.

Aug 14, 2012•40 min

Storyboard: Episode 89: Charles Yu on Literary Sci-Fi

Author Charles Yu talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about using sci-fi tropes to tell emotional stories...and answers the question of why zombies go to Walmart.

Jul 31, 2012•34 min

Storyboard: Episode 88: Paolo Bacigalupi, Sci-Fi Author

Author Paolo Bacigalupi talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about dystopian futures, political sci-fi, and writing for young adults.

Jul 20, 2012•33 min

Storyboard: Episode 87: Vince Gilligan, 'Breaking Bad' Showrunner

Vince Gilligan, creator and showrunner of AMC's hit drama "Breaking Bad," talks to Wired Senior Editor Jason Tanz about the creative process behind the dark drama.

Jul 03, 2012•27 min

Storyboard: Episode 86: Amy Berg, TV Writer, Talks About the Challenges of Genre Writing

Amy Berg, TV writer who's worked on Eureka and Person of Interest, talks about her trade with Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers in Los Angeles.

Jun 22, 2012•49 min

Storyboard: Episode 85: Ted Greenwald, former Wired Senior Editor, talks about how Wired was launched.

Ted Greenwald, former Wired Senior Editor, talks about how Wired was launched.

Jun 14, 2012•28 min

Storyboard: Episode 84: Jennifer Devlin, San Francisco Architect, on Urban Buildings and Architecture

Architect Jennifer Devlin talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about the role of the building in the urban landscape.

May 25, 2012•50 min

Storyboard: Episode 83: Shoshana Berger, Curator of Wired Design, on how "We're all designers now"

Wired's Shoshana Berger talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about the rise of DIY and design culture, and how a community's built around it.

May 11, 2012•29 min

Storyboard: Episode 82: Kim Stanley Robinson, sci-fi author, on his latest book, '2312'

Legendary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson drops by Storyboard to talk about his new book, '2312,' out May 22. Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers hosts.

May 02, 2012•54 min

Storyboard: Episode 81: James Bamford, author, on the NSA's new data center

The U.S. National Security Administration's building a massive data center in the Utah desert. James Bamford talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about how scary the center's surveillance technology is, and how Bamford was able to learn about it.

Apr 24, 2012•29 min

Storyboard: Episode 80: Erik Martin, General Manager of Reddit, explains how a Redditor's post nabbed a Hollywood screenwriting job

Erik Martin talks about the Reddit phenomenon; specifically, how user James Erwin's post piqued Hollywood's interest. Senior Editor Adam Rogers hosts.

Apr 17, 2012•28 min

Storyboard: Episode 79: Matthew Rowley, author of the Whiskey Forge blog, talks about moonshine

Matthew Rowley talks about the culture and creation of moonshine to Wired senior editor Adam Rogers and contributor Nathan Mattise.

Mar 27, 2012•39 min

Storyboard: Episode 78: Joanna Pearlstein, Wired Senior Editor of Research, on the importance of fact-checking in journalism

Joanna Pearlstein talks to Wired senior editor Adam Rogers about accuracy in journalism.

Mar 13, 2012•38 min

Storyboard: Episode 77: Brian K. Vaughan, comic book writer, talks about his new series Saga

Brian K. Vaughan talks to Wired senior editor Adam Rogers about a new comic book series.

Mar 05, 2012•33 min

Storyboard: Episode 76 – Steven Leckart on the Grueling World of Hackathons

Silicon Valley coders are no strangers to hackathons: multi-day competitions of idea generating that aim to crank out the Next Big Thing: e.g., Facebook's Like button. This week, Wired writer Steven Leckart joined Adam Rogers to talk about a hackathon's behind-the-scenes ins and outs.

Feb 27, 2012•39 min

Storyboard: Episode 75 – Jim Meehan On Bar and Cocktail Philosophy. Please, do tell.

NYC is second to none when it comes to bar culture, and PDT’s Jim Meehan is one of the bartenders who’s shaped it in recent years. He joined Adam Rogers this week to talk all things PDT – the book, the design and the state of the cocktail.

Feb 06, 2012•37 min

Storyboard: Episode 74 – A Podcast on Podcasting (Writing too!) with Acker and Blacker

Television writers’ rooms are a world Ben Acker and Ben Blacker know intimately. The duo worked most recently the CW’s Supernatural and they also created The Thrilling Adventure Hour. They join Adam Rogers on this week’s Storyboard to talk TV writing as a craft, then bring the Storyboard to them (to discuss magazine writing with Adam on this week’s Nerdist Writer’s Panel).

Feb 02, 2012•48 min

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