Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly podcast that looks at technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We tell the untold tech stories from Somewhere on Earth. We don’t do new toys and gadgets, but look at new trends, new tech and new ways we use that tech in our everyday lives. We discuss how the ever evolving digital world is changing our culture and our societies, but we don’t shy away from the news of the day, looking at the tech behind the top stories affecting our world. Find a story + Make it News = Change the World.
Episodes
October 7, 2025 • 34 mins
Artificial intelligence isn’t just coding our future - it’s saving lives right now on Ukraine’s frontlines. New research that’s being presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2025 in 2025 shows how AI-driven evacuation systems, real-time medical data streaming, and autonomous rescue vehicles are reshaping combat medicine amid more than 390,000 reported injuries since Russia’s invasion began. From triage algor...
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October 5, 2025 • 2 mins
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast explores how innovation shapes real lives worldwide. In this episode, we uncover how AI is helping Ukrainian medics evacuate and treat wounded soldiers from the frontline - technology in action where every second matters. Plus, Dr. Julia Shaw joins us to discuss her new book Green Crime, and how tech is being used to expose crimes against our planet.
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September 30, 2025 • 28 mins
🌐 Crisis of Social Media Moderation - 16m in EU without checks online
14% of EU based X users have no human content moderators in their languages, according to new research from the Oxford Internet Institute. 16 million EU-based users of X don’t have moderators for their national language. Hate speech in English is often flagged and removed quickly. But in many other languages - including Italian, Portuguese, Arabic and Spanish...
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September 28, 2025 • 2 mins
🌍The Crisis of Social Media Moderation
Moderation isn’t equal. New research shows social media
platforms fail non-English speakers — with dangerous consequences.”
📵 Sudan’s WhatsApp Ban
Sudan has blocked WhatsApp calls. For families in war, aid workers, and
journalists, that’s more than inconvenient — it’s survival cut off.
All this and more on Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast - out every Tuesday at 2100BST.
The...
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September 23, 2025 • 34 mins
A Ceasefire for the Digital Age
When war moves online, civilians and critical infrastructure become targets in new ways. In this episode, we unpack Access Now’s call for a digital ceasefire — a bold demand to protect human rights in cyberspace. What would it mean to declare peace in networks, servers, and code? And how do we hold governments and companies accountable in this invisible but devastating battlefield? Giulio Coppi, sen...
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September 21, 2025 • 2 mins
Coming up this week on Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast:
🔌 War has gone digital. So must peace.What does it look like to demand a #DigitalCeasefire—not on the ground, but in the code, networks, and servers where conflict now spreads?
🧠 Meanwhile in China: a small AI lab just schooled the giants.DeepSeek’s R1 model made waves globally—not with limitless funds, but with clever, efficient science. No supercomputers. N...
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September 16, 2025 • 31 mins
Artificial Intelligence isn’t coming — it’s already here. In Episode 102 of Somewhere on Earth – The Global Tech Podcast, host Ghislaine Boddington explores how AI is transforming the workplace, what it means for Africa’s young population, and who’s winning the global race for AI supremacy.
🤖 The Future of Work: Why AI Assistants Are Here to Stay
Alex Farrell, CEO of Autometry, believes AI assistants will soon be our digital...
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September 14, 2025 • 2 mins
In our next episode:
🚨 AI isn’t just the future — it’s already here.
From the workplace to Africa’s digital youth to the global AI race, the world is changing fast.
In this week’s Somewhere on Earth – The Global Tech
Podcast, host Ghislaine Boddington dives deep with:
🤖 Alex Farrell — why AI assistants could soon sit next to us at work.
🌍 Dr. Wambui Kahara — how Africa’s young generation can shape AI that truly speaks their ...
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September 9, 2025 • 22 mins
From underserved African languages to a revolutionary Braille
display — the latest Somewhere on Earth podcast covers stories that
matter.
Story 1 – AI and African LanguagesHausa, spoken by 94 million people, is understood by ChatGPT only 10-20% of the time. The issue? Lack of training data. A team behind African Next Voices has recorded 9,000 hours of speech across eighteen African languages, creating datasets to train AI and fi...
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September 7, 2025 • 2 mins
🌍✨ Somewhere on Earth is back!
This week:🔹Why AI fails 94M Hausa speakers — and the project fixing it.🔹The explosive new Braille tech changing classrooms forever.
🎧 Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
|New episodes every Tuesday 21:00 BST.
#Podcast #AI #Africa #Braille #TechForGood
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September 2, 2025 • 30 mins
The Internet is unsafe if you’re LGBTQ+ in Africa – and Big Tech isn’t helping
Being online should be empowering - but for LGBTQ+ communities across Africa, it’s often dangerous. A new survey from digital rights group Access Now reveals how queer people are suffering harassment, threats, and abuse across social platforms. Instead of offering protection, major tech companies are turning a blind eye, leaving millions vulnerable. On ...
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August 31, 2025 • 2 mins
This week on Somewhere on Earth; The Global Tech
Podcast…
When the Internet turns against you. We hear how LGBTQ+
communities across Africa are being targeted with horrific abuse on social
platforms – while Big Tech looks the other way. We speak to Access Now’s Jaimee Kokonya on why being online is an act of bravery.
And… is your AI assistant spying on you? Research from University College London shows some popular browser extens...
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August 26, 2025 • 30 mins
Brazil Declared War on Phone Theft — Should the UK Do the Same?
The UK’s battle against mobile phone theft is being hindered by a standoff between law enforcement and major handset manufacturers. Police want to use IMEI blocking to quickly disable stolen devices, but Apple and Google disagree on the approach. The deadlock raises questions about privacy, data access, and the most effective way to render stolen phones useless. While...
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August 19, 2025 • 36 mins
GigU: Empowering ride-hailing and delivery drivers to take back control
In Brazil, many ride-hailing and food delivery drivers face the harsh reality of low earnings — sometimes even paying to work. GigU is changing that. The startup’s app acts as a “smart co-pilot,” showing drivers whether a job will actually be profitable before they accept it. Co-founder Luiz Neves shares how this technology is helping gig workers earn more, gai...
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August 12, 2025 • 37 mins
Medsi AI: The selfie and voice scan revolutionizing healthcare in Mexico
In this week’s episode, we explore an innovative health platform called Medsi AI that can measure your heart rate and assess mental well-being - just from a one-minute selfie and a short voice recording. Developed in Mexico to address a health system struggling to meet the needs of an ageing population, Medsi AI is working alongside the government to expand a...
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August 5, 2025 • 25 mins
Blockchain Revolution: How the Hive community is bringing clean water to villages in Ghana
This week we meet McSamm who fell violently ill from contaminated water in rural Ghana. He didn’t just recover though, he revolutionized access to clean water. Partnering with Hive’s blockchain community, he raised funds to install 22 boreholes in remote villages. These often solar-powered systems (minimizing electricity costs) now deliver s...
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July 29, 2025 • 30 mins
No Internet for a year: Why Equatorial Guinea has kept Annobón island offline
For 12 months, the people of Annobón, an island province of Equatorial Guinea, have lived in a digital blackout - cut off from the world with no explanation. Why would a government deliberately silence its own citizens? In this episode of Somewhere on Earth, we speak with Tutu Alicante (EG Justice) and Felicia Anthonio (Access Now) about the shocking rea...
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Bridechilla x Somewhere on Earth - Episode 2
What happens when Bridechilla meets Somewhere on Earth? Tech, tradition, and a touch of tulle collide in the second of two special crossover episodes, exploring how technology is transforming weddings around the world.
In Episode 2, hosts Gareth Mitchell and Leah Haslage dive into intimacy tech, virtual reality ceremonies and even hologram guests with award-winning body-tech pioneer a...
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What happens when one of the world’s top wedding podcasts teams up with a global tech show? Magic. Or at least a stress-free wedding planned with #AI.
In this special crossover episode of Bridechilla and Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast, hosts Leah Haslage and Gareth Mitchell join forces to explore how artificial intelligence and tech tools are revolutionizing the wedding experience.
From AI-assisted guest lists to Ch...
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Meta’s Submarine Cable Megaproject
Meta’s Project Waterworth isn’t just another undersea cable - it’s an 50,000km+ behemoth set to link continents, with India’s data centres as a key hub. Doctoral researcher Anniki Mikelsaar from the Oxford Internet Institute breaks down its geopolitical stakes: Will it dodge regulatory battles? The project also raises questions about regulation and security. Who controls these underwater data hig...
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