The man behind Bitcoin and the return of 'Shaq Fu'

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 7 March 2014

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The Vergecast is a discussion of all things relevant and irreverent in the worlds of art, culture, science, and technology — and anything else that pops into the twisted minds of this week's hosts. Join Joshua Topolsky, Katie Drummond, and T.C. Sottek for a discussion on the reported uncovering of the man behind Bitcoin, LSD therapy, and the return of Shaq Fu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, and welcome to the Verge cast for the week of March 3rd, 2014, I'm Josh
0:25.9	De Polesky. I'm T.C. Sotic and I've been forced here against my will. I'm Katie Drummond
0:32.2	and same thing. Yeah, I did not volunteer for this. I say this was the Verge cast. I meant
0:36.3	it's the prisoner cast. Please help. Seriously, this hair is out of control today. It's
0:40.4	fine. This is the first time I've seen it, and it sucks. Look at this. It's like 1988. It's
0:47.3	the year is 1988. Michael Keaton is preparing for his role in Batman, Tim Burton's Batman,
0:54.0	and this is my hair. You know, we'll fix that hair. Hey, yeah, this is the Verge cast where
0:57.8	we discussed the weekend topics of interest to you. Maybe or maybe not. At the end of
1:04.3	the day, it doesn't matter because we're going to talk about it anyhow. You can't stop us.
1:08.4	T.C. and Katie are here, which I'm very excited about. Katie doesn't want to be here against
1:13.0	her wishes. I'm happy to do it. Oh, and we're classing it up. These guys got had a plan.
1:17.5	I came in and they're like, we're going to class it up with a bottle of wine. What is that?
1:21.5	Tell us about this. It's an Avalon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011. Do you hear that
1:26.4	pronunciation? That's because that's someone drinks a lot of wine. It's because Katie is not only
1:31.1	a wine drinker, but a Canadian, but a Canadian who is a native French speaker. True. Is that
1:37.2	true? Save that. Yes. Of course, the, of course, the, of course, the, as we know, the Canadian
1:44.3	variation of French is quite guttural in its sound, but no, I'm kidding. Animal. It's like an animal,
1:50.7	it's like animal grunting. No, it's, it's a beautiful language and a beautiful people and
1:55.0	thank you. I'm so wonderful that we have one of them on the show today. Thank you so much.
1:59.1	I just, I'm riffing. I came from a doctor's appointment, a baby doctor appointment. Let me tell you
2:03.4	about the baby. Yeah, definitely. Baby's great. Baby's great. It's confirmed today. Did I talk it?
2:09.3	I don't know what that, those sounds I just made were. We're not actual sounds. Did I tell everybody
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