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Liz and Emily discuss a disheartening week in national news, The Purge and violence in entertainment, and Beyonce’s very awesome headphones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Season of the Shark: The Shallows, Game of Thrones, and Jupiter by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alternative weight loss, alternative music, and the best YouTube account ever by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taylor Swift: 00:50 Space news: 05:06 Astronaut health care: 09:48 Audible: 17:26 Yoshiaki Nishimura: 19:38 Lemmy: 32:24 Recommendations: 38:41 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

05:23 - Prince 07:50 - Elon Musk 23:19 - X-Men Apocalypse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14:02- Game of Thrones discussion 24:58 - algorithms 35:11 - Neighbors 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ghostbusters Twitter, Brazil, and other failed states by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Captain America Civil War, the genetics of education, and other disappointments by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microbiomes, Biggest Losers, and other gut-related tragedies/interview with Arielle Duhaime-Ross by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quantum Break, band reunions, and other forms of time travel by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time passes and the internet evolves — as everything does, really. ocial norms, minimal genomes, and the changing nature of celebrity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liz and Emily discuss SXSW, genetic testing, and getting the chills from songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Share on Facebook Tweet Share Pin This week on Verge ESP: Emily chats with food critic Jonathan Gold about the forthcoming documentary City of Gold, a movie about his approach to LA's food. In fact, we discuss a glut of movies this week, including the genre-benders The Witch, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and Midnight Special. Liz and Emily revisit the topic of spoilers — are there some cases where a lack of expectation is to be encouraged? Also: Sunday is the start of Daylight Saving Time in the US, a stupid practice Liz feels ought to be discouraged. Not only does it interrupt her morning schedule — the sun's only just started rising when she gets up and she'd like that to continue — it also leads to sleep deprivation. And everyone is worse when they don't get enough sleep! Meanwhile, Maria Sharapova, the most highly-paid female athlete in the world, was taking performance-enhancing drugs and still couldn't beat Venus Williams. What's even weirder is the history of those drugs: they were originally meant for Soviet super-soldiers. Anyway the moral of this story is that Venus Williams is an incredible athlete, and we all ought to admire her. (In fact, both Williams sisters are remarkable athletes — Sharapova lost to Serena Williams the same day Sharapova tested positive for PEDs.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mermaids, Fad Diets, and #FreeKesha by The Verge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices