{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6dab3ca4-41f5-4fd4-bba6-224ab53f5113/62f3c5e65dc1ea0013632a2a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Listen to a Story from Motherboard’s First Ever Short Story Collection","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b79eac169562946fe952a8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Some days, it feels like all you can do is watch worlds burn.</p><p><br></p><p>This is especially true in the desperate small towns that pocket the parts of America some derisively call ‘Flyover Country.’</p><p><br></p><p>Today on Cyber, we’ve got something special. Motherboard is publishing a book! It’s called Terraform and it drops on August 16. It’s a collection of short stories about the near future and the dystopian present. With me today on the show are the book’s editors, Claire L. Evans and Brian Merchant as well as special guest Tim Maughan. He’s the author of the novel <em>Infinite Detail</em> and … the <em>Terraform </em>story Flyover Country.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Terraform’s</em> stories are all about possible futures. <em>Flyover Country</em> is a window into one of those worlds. One that may seem unpleasantly familiar.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Terraform</em> is out on August 16. <a href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374602666/terraform\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy it here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Stories discussed on this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/78kqkd/flyover-country\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Flyover Country</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p>","author_name":"VICE"}