Wired Storyboard Audio Podcast
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsWired 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
December 05, 2012 16:00 - 30 minutes - 19.8 MBAndrew Blum talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about his book Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.
Storyboard: Episode 98: Terence Samuel on the Presidential Horse Race
November 20, 2012 16:00 - 33 minutes - 19.8 MBTerence Samuel talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about covering the 2012 election for The Washington Post.
Storyboard: Episode 97: Rich Moore on Animating His Favorite Video Games
November 14, 2012 16:00 - 31 minutes - 19.8 MBDirector 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.
Storyboard: Episode 96: Geoff Marcy on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
November 01, 2012 16:00 - 33 minutes - 19.8 MBAstronomer Geoff Marcy talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about the possibility of intelligent life on other planets—and how to find it.
Storyboard: Episode 95: David Quammen on the World's Most Dangerous Diseases
October 24, 2012 16:00 - 40 minutes - 19.8 MBScience writer David Quammen talks to senior editors Adam Rogers and Bill Wasik about the growing threat of zoonotic diseases.
Storyboard: Episode 94: Time Travel
October 16, 2012 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBSenior editor Adam Rogers and composer Paul Buckley hit the road in search of the meaning of time.
Storyboard: Episode 93: Olympic Fencer Doris Willette
October 09, 2012 16:00 - 36 minutes - 19.8 MBOlympic foil fencer Doris Willette sits down with Adam Rogers to discuss their shared love of the bladed sport.
Storyboard: Episode 92: Darcy O'Neil on the Golden Age of Soda Fountains
September 25, 2012 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBAuthor Darcy O’Neil talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about the surprisingly dark history of soda fountains.
Storyboard: Episode 91: Adam Fisher on the America's Cup
September 10, 2012 16:00 - 29 minutes - 19.8 MBAmerica's Cup correspondent Adam Fisher talks to senior editor Adam Rogers about turning sailing's biggest race into compelling live TV.
Storyboard: Episode 90: Wired Senior Editor Bill Wasik and Dr. Monica Murphy on Rabies
August 14, 2012 16:00 - 39 minutes - 19.8 MBVeterinarian Monica Murphy and Wired Senior Editor Bill Wasik talk to fellow Senior Editor Adam Rogers about the history, science, and horror of rabies.
Storyboard: Episode 89: Charles Yu on Literary Sci-Fi
July 31, 2012 16:00 - 34 minutes - 19.8 MBAuthor 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.
Storyboard: Episode 88: Paolo Bacigalupi, Sci-Fi Author
July 20, 2012 16:00 - 33 minutes - 19.8 MBAuthor Paolo Bacigalupi talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about dystopian futures, political sci-fi, and writing for young adults.
Storyboard: Episode 87: Vince Gilligan, 'Breaking Bad' Showrunner
July 03, 2012 16:00 - 27 minutes - 19.8 MBVince 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.
Storyboard: Episode 86: Amy Berg, TV Writer, Talks About the Challenges of Genre Writing
June 22, 2012 16:00 - 49 minutes - 19.8 MBAmy 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.
Storyboard: Episode 85: Ted Greenwald, former Wired Senior Editor, talks about how Wired was launched.
June 14, 2012 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBTed Greenwald, former Wired Senior Editor, talks about how Wired was launched.
Storyboard: Episode 84: Jennifer Devlin, San Francisco Architect, on Urban Buildings and Architecture
May 25, 2012 16:00 - 49 minutes - 19.8 MBArchitect Jennifer Devlin talks to Wired Senior Editor Adam Rogers about the role of the building in the urban landscape.
Storyboard: Episode 83: Shoshana Berger, Curator of Wired Design, on how "We're all designers now"
May 11, 2012 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBWired'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.
Storyboard: Episode 82: Kim Stanley Robinson, sci-fi author, on his latest book, '2312'
May 02, 2012 16:00 - 54 minutes - 19.8 MBLegendary 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.
Storyboard: Episode 81: James Bamford, author, on the NSA's new data center
April 24, 2012 16:00 - 29 minutes - 19.8 MBThe 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.
Storyboard: Episode 80: Erik Martin, General Manager of Reddit, explains how a Redditor's post nabbed a Hollywood screenwriting job
April 17, 2012 16:00 - 27 minutes - 19.8 MBErik Martin talks about the Reddit phenomenon; specifically, how user James Erwin's post piqued Hollywood's interest. Senior Editor Adam Rogers hosts.
Storyboard: Episode 79: Matthew Rowley, author of the Whiskey Forge blog, talks about moonshine
March 27, 2012 16:00 - 38 minutes - 19.8 MBMatthew Rowley talks about the culture and creation of moonshine to Wired senior editor Adam Rogers and contributor Nathan Mattise.
Storyboard: Episode 78: Joanna Pearlstein, Wired Senior Editor of Research, on the importance of fact-checking in journalism
March 13, 2012 16:00 - 38 minutes - 19.8 MBJoanna Pearlstein talks to Wired senior editor Adam Rogers about accuracy in journalism.
Storyboard: Episode 77: Brian K. Vaughan, comic book writer, talks about his new series Saga
March 05, 2012 16:00 - 32 minutes - 19.8 MBBrian K. Vaughan talks to Wired senior editor Adam Rogers about a new comic book series.
Storyboard: Episode 76 – Steven Leckart on the Grueling World of Hackathons
February 27, 2012 16:00 - 38 minutes - 19.8 MBSilicon 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.
Storyboard: Episode 75 – Jim Meehan On Bar and Cocktail Philosophy. Please, do tell.
February 06, 2012 16:17 - 37 minutes - 19.8 MBNYC 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.
Storyboard: Episode 74 – A Podcast on Podcasting (Writing too!) with Acker and Blacker
February 02, 2012 12:00 - 48 minutes - 19.8 MBTelevision 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).
Storyboard: Episode 73 – Inside Irish Whiskey with Cooley Distillery
January 24, 2012 02:17 - 39 minutes - 19.8 MBCooley Distillery wants you to lose your preconceived notions of Irish Whiskey. Global Brand Ambassador John Cashman joins Storyboard Engineer Nathan Mattise to discuss the marketplace and what distinguishes the distillery.
Storyboard: Episode 72 – The Curse of Cow Clicker
January 03, 2012 02:17 - 46 minutes - 19.8 MBNew York Editor Jason Tanz joins the podcast to discuss his January feature on Cow Clicker, Ian Bogost’s satire of a social game… that ended up becoming a major social game.
Storyboard: Episode 71 – The Unbelievable Tale of Dave Sanders
December 21, 2011 02:17 - 38 minutes - 19.8 MBDave Sanders was a fiber optics salesman who moonlit as a bouncer. Then he decided to take up some work as an executive protection agent. Writer Josh Davis discusses one of the wildest stories of the Wired year.
Storyboard: Episode 70 – Behind The Scenes: Wired’s Wishlist
December 12, 2011 07:17 - 20 minutes - 19.8 MBSenior Editor John Bradley returns to the Storyboard as guest. He and Adam discuss what went into the Wired wishlist and more about the year in gear.
Storyboard: Episode 69 – Go West
December 06, 2011 07:17 - 38 minutes - 19.8 MBJon Christensen, the Executive Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford, stops by to discuss the cultural significance of the region.
Storyboard: Episode 68 - Behind the scenes with the director of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
November 29, 2011 07:17 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBDirector David Fincher is notorious for precise visuals and bleak stories, also a bit of press-shyness. Contributing Editor Brian Raftery got a rare opportunity to spend time with him, the people he’s worked with and the set of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Storyboard: Episode 67 – Richard Hammond Drives On The Right Side Of The Road
November 23, 2011 02:17 - 20 minutes - 19.8 MBBBC America recently announced Top Gear’s Richard Hammond has a new show for Spring 2012. “Crash Course” finds Hammond coming to the US and trading speed for power. He joined Storyboard Engineer Nathan Mattise to discuss.
Storyboard: Episode 66 – WiReD and tUnE-yArDs
November 14, 2011 02:17 - 1 hour - 19.8 MBMerrill Garbus combines unique compositions, interesting looping combinations and dance rhythms in each tUnE-yArDs track. She joined the Storyboard to discuss her latest album and more.
Storyboard: Episode 65 – Learning The Nerdist Way
November 07, 2011 02:17 - 1 hour - 19.8 MBTV personality, podcast host and author Chris Hardwick’s latest book, The Nerdist Way, offers advice from his experiences of hitting rock bottom then looking to his nerd roots to get out. He talked that and more on this week’s Storyboard
Storyboard: Episode 64 – Time Travel with the King
October 31, 2011 02:17 - 25 minutes - 19.8 MBEven for a master, time travel is tricky business. That didn’t stop Stephen King in his new novel, 11/22/63. He joined Story Editor Sarah Fallon to discuss.
Storyboard: Episode 63 – How To Cook A Dinosaur
October 25, 2011 02:17 - 41 minutes - 19.8 MBNo one is going to eat it, but famed paleontologist Jack Horner hopes to make one. He joined Adam Rogers to discuss his latest research highlighted in the October issue of Wired. div
Storyboard: Episode 62 – Single Malt Science
October 17, 2011 02:17 - 34 minutes - 19.8 MBWhisky’s been seeping into the Wired consciousness more and more lately. Glenmorangie’s Head of Distilling and Whisky Creation, Dr. Bill Lumsden, was in town for SF Whisky Fest and stopped by to discuss. div
Storyboard: Episode 61 – How Much Does A Kilogram Weigh, Again?
October 10, 2011 01:17 - 37 minutes - 19.8 MBStop your diet. We’re all losing weight, literally. Just not the way you think. The standard much of the world uses to measure it is mysteriously getting lighter. Writer Jonathon Keats explores that and the related quest to create a constant kilogram in Wired’s October issue. He joins the Storyboard to discuss. div
Storyboard: Episode 60 – Listen To This Before, Not During, Your Next Flight
September 26, 2011 02:17 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBWired’s October issue set out to help you move through time and space better. Lead editor of Wired’s Travel Optimizer, Sarah Fallon, joins this week’s Storyboard podcast to discuss. div
Storyboard: Episode 59 - This Episode Knows You Better Than You Think
September 21, 2011 02:17 - 34 minutes - 19.8 MBRyan Singel, the new editor of Wired.com’s Threat Level blog, stops by to talk privacy in the digital age. div
Storyboard: Episode 58 - Digging Up Pop Culture’s Buried Treasure
September 13, 2011 02:17 - 24 minutes - 19.8 MBPop Culture’s hidden treasures were unearthed in Wired’s September issue. Senior Editor Chris Baker led the project and joins Adam to discuss. div
Storyboard: Episode 57 – Get To Know Mr. Know-It-All
September 06, 2011 02:17 - 12 minutes - 19.8 MBSenior Associate Editor Caitlin Roper fills in for Adam this week. She invites Mr. Know-It-All (Brendan Koerner) in for a behind the scenes look at his column.
Storyboard: Episode 56 – Climate Change and The Wine Industry
August 26, 2011 02:17 - 30 minutes - 19.8 MBAdam is joined by Stanford University climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh to discuss his research on how climate change will impact the west coast wine industry.
Storyboard: Episode 55 – Innovation on the Open Sea
August 19, 2011 02:17 - 26 minutes - 19.8 MBAdam discusses September’s America’s Cup story with Articles Editor Robb Capps and contributor writer Adam Fisher.
Storyboard: Episode 54 – Extreme Science
August 12, 2011 02:17 - 22 minutes - 19.8 MBAdam discusses August’s Extreme Science story with Senior Editor Bill Wasik and contributing writer Erin Biba.
Storyboard: Episode 53 – Penn & Teller at Comic Con
August 04, 2011 02:17 - 29 minutes - 19.8 MBThe masters of deception sat down with host Adam Rogers to discuss deception as an art form, composition versus performance and their upcoming Discovery series, Penn & Teller: Tell A Lie.
Storyboard: Episode 52 – Marti Noxon at San Diego Comic Con
July 27, 2011 17:11 - 20 minutes - 19.8 MBFilm/TV writer Marti Noxon talks vampires, Buffy, women in genre writing and the lure of Don Draper with host Adam Rogers. Keep the garlic cloves nearby just in case as you sink your teeth into this one. .
Storyboard: Episode 51 - Bonus Episode: Doctor Who
July 01, 2011 20:58 - 22 minutes - 21 MBIn the July issue of Wired, host Adam Rogers has a Q&A with the main writer of the BBC scifi show Doctor Who. Here we bring you the full, uncut interview, Adam's silly jokes and all. Enjoy the magic - and the fantastic British accent.
Storyboard: Episode 50 – Liquid Gold
June 10, 2011 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBWriter Judy Dutton was running out of room in her freezer. Extra breast milk crowded out family staples like hotdogs and hamburgers. So she did what many mothers are doing: she turned to the Internet to get rid of it. Dutton found a new crop of websites that cater to women in just her situation. But she didn’t stop at trying to sell her own milk. Instead, she began investigating the world of breast milk as a commodity, and discovered an emerging niche market with its own factions and contro...