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Tipping PitchesBaseball, In A Vacuum (feat. Micah Johnson)After taking a couple weeks off, Alex and Bobby return to discuss how baseball is engaging with the social unrest around police brutality. They bring on Micah Johnson, former major league second baseman, to talk about the 2015 Orioles-White Sox game played in front of no fans due to protests in Baltimore, what it was like being in that atmosphere, and how baseball’s relationship with activism has shifted since then. Then they do a deep dive into protests and politics in baseball history, and probe why those stories seem few and far between.Here are the places we...2020-06-151h 14
Alien MinuteAliens Episode 20: Look Into My EyeTasha Robinson and Kwame Opam return one last time to talk about the lack of military decorum among the Colonial Marines, Apone's creative bird flip, and issues of appropriate racial representation.2017-07-0740 min
Alien MinuteAliens Episode 19: A Fine Mist of BinacaOn today's episode, Kwame Opam and Tasha Robinson are back to talk about the nature of cryosleep, our mutual love of Apone, and military issue underwear.2017-07-0619 min
Alien MinuteAliens Episode 18: A Giant Rifle Floating Through SpaceThe Verge's Tasha Robinson and Kwame Opam are back to talk about front loading logic cards, Jones' indifference to everything, and the intriguing design of The Sulaco.2017-07-0521 min
Alien MinuteAliens Episode 17: Three Monkeys and the Beach Ball From Dark StarTasha Robinson and Kwame Opam return to talk about Ripley's motivation for returning to LV-426, Adrian Biddle's cinematography, and Burke's possibly strange sexual habits.2017-07-0432 min
Alien MinuteAliens Episode 16: Putting a Name to the CompanyOn today's episode, John welcomes The Next Picture Show's Tasha Robinson as guest host and The Verge's Kwame Opam as guest to talk about nicotine-free cigarettes, the value of giving a name to Weyland-Yutani, and the disheveled condition of Ripley's apartment.2017-07-0335 min
What's Tech?What is the Marvel Universe?If you watched Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend, you're in good company. The film had one of the strongest openings of all time. As the credits rolled, though, I wondered about the sustainability of this behemoth franchise.
I invited The Verge's Kwame Opam to explain the rise of the Marvel film universe, and where its characters — which span a variety of multimedia — will go in the next decade, with or without the actors who play them.
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The VergecastThe Force NapsIt's a veritable who's who of podcasting today, as Dieter Bohn takes the Vergecast reigns, and invites Chris Ziegler, Sam Sheffer, Emily Yoshida, and Kwame Opam to The Vergecast. We've got the gold MacBook, the Surface 3, the new Star Wars trailer, and Ryan Gosling's rumored presence in a Blade Runner sequel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2015-04-171h 08
The VergecastNetflix BedtimeWhat ever happened to predictability? Well, we're throwing it out the window today, as special guests Liz Lopatto and Kwame Opam join Nilay and Sam, with a very special crossover cameo at the top of the show. It's a rare condition, this day and age, to read any good news on the newspaper page, so it's a mixed bag of topics this week. We've got Furious 7, Microsoft's newest Surface, the ongoing Californian drought, Amazon Dash and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. Only time will tell if all these dreams fit under one umbrella, but we hope you enjoy. 2015-04-031h 12
Verge ExtrasThe Verge at SXSW 2015Emily Yoshida, Dieter Bohn, Kwame Opam, and Casey Newton are on the ground in Austin, TX for SXSW 2015. They're here to talk about movies, Meerkat, brand activations, and waiting in lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2015-03-1743 min