Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) and Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) discuss a mysterious story about a man in Fairfax County Virginia who was hired by the “CIA” and paid $25,000 to rob banks. The massive scheme including Target, hacking and a sugar daddy is laid out and discussed by The Young Turks. Read …

Bend it like Mao! I mean the Spice Girls. I mean David Beckham! Football, aka soccer, is hugely popular in China. There’s just one problem. The Chinese Soccer Federation is completely corrupt. Fortunately, soccer superstar David Beckham has been hired to clean up the image of Chinese soccer. On this …

North Korea is saying it will launch a preemptive nuclear strike on the United States! I mean, who does preemptive strikes anymore?! That’s soooo 2001. On this episode of China Uncensored, Chris Chappell takes a look at the new United Nations Security Council regulation that’s made Kim Jong-Un such an …

Has the Syrian regime used chemical weapons and therefore crossed a “red line”? Reports are coming out that chemical agent sarin has been used in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel confirmed those reports. Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) speculates on how President Barack Obama and the U.S. government will react …

A legal loophole is letting the Chinese Communist Party butter up US Congressional staffers with extravagant, all expense paid trips to China. Sounds like a conflict of interest? You bet it is! On this episode of China Uncensored, Chris Chappell reveals how US officials are secretly ending up in the …

There’s a price to pay for selling your soul for money and power. RARE FOOTAGE of Hu Jintao from 1984! What happened to him?! A TOTAL TRANSFORMATION from who he is today. On this episode of China Uncensored, Hu Jintao is about to vanish into obscurity after the National Peoples …

Hello, S Relations! Welcome to Top Shelf, a weekly show from The Verge that takes a deeper dive into the products and experiences of the technology that shapes our lives. Join David Pierce and a veritable gaggle of (mostly organic) friends as they showcase the best, brightest, craziest, and pixel-dense-iest …

Did you catch Nat Geo’s new hit show, Brain Games? See what all the buzz is about and challenge your brain to defy its hard-wired perceptions. Brain Games explores the inner workings of your brain with interactive games you can play at home. Get in touch with your inner super-computer …

The short-tail shrew is the only North American mammal with a poisonous bite. That’s a cool fact, but too bad for an unfortunate snake… ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, …

“Magical.” “Revolutionary.” “Stunning.” “Awe-inspiring.” “Stupendous.” “Tubular.” “Gnarly.” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” With so many events now confirmed on our calendar, it feels like a good time to brush up on our hyperboles. After all, here’s the list as we see it: Google I/O, CTIA, Xbox, WWDC, E3 (which includes Microsoft and Sony press …