The WIRED Podcast
The award-winning WIRED UK Podcast with James Temperton and the rest of the team. Listen every week for the an informed and entertaining rundown of latest technology, science, business and culture news. New episodes every Friday.
Episodes
Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling places, target election officials, and challenge voter rolls. And though their work was once fringe, its become mainstreamed in the Republican Party. Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we focus on what these groups are doing, and what...
We look back at the year in tech, science, business, and culture—through the medium of a quiz.
Amit hosts the annual WIRED podcast quiz, with Morgan, Matt R, Grace, and Matt B vying for the prestigious title.
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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Hello, WIRED podcast listeners. We’re on a short break from producing new episodes at the moment, with some big plans for next year. In the meantime, we need your help.
Tell us: What are your burning questions about the future.
The future of what? Anything. Big or small, strange or serious. We want to hear your questions.
And they may even make it into a future episode of the show.
Email us at the normal add...
Coming up today: Morgan finds out what happens when an AI company steals your face, and Matt Burgess explores the most vulnerable place on the internet
This is going to be the last episode for a little while. We’re taking a short break to work on some exciting changes to the podcast for 2023, but we’ll be back with a new episode in a few weeks. We’ll see you then!
The stories we talked about this week:
Clearview ...
Coming up today: the WIRED podcast team weighs in on Elon Musk’s dramatic Twitter takeover.
The stories we talked about this week:
Unverify Me, Daddy
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-elon-musk-verification/
Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter’s ‘Ethical AI’ Team
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-ethical-ai-team/
Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It?
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-had-a-pl...
Coming up today: the deadly viruses lurking in the permafrost, and what the Bruce Willis deepfake means for the future of Hollywood.
The stories we talked about this week:
The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem
https://www.wired.com/story/bruce-willis-deepfake-rights-law/
Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hosts
https://www.wired.com/story/arctic-spillover-risk/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produce...
Coming up today: how gig economy laws caused strip club chaos, and we assess your risk of dying in a nuclear war.
The stories we talked about this week:
The Gig Law Causing Chaos in California Strip Clubs
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gig-economy-strip-clubs
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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We look at how social media platforms have responded to the death of Molly Russell and explain why Elon Musk is wrong about depopulation.
How A British Teen's Death Changed Social Media
https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-british-teens-death-changed-social-media/
Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-population-crisis/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Jam...
Coming up today: as Elon Musk and Twitter (maybe) close in on a deal, we delve deep into the glorious, curious world of bots.
(This show was recorded before Elon Musk said he would, in fact, buy Twitter.)
The stories we talk about this week...
The Quest to Find Twitter’s Elusive Bot Team
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-find-twitters-elusive-bot-team/
The Problem With Mental Health Bots
https://www.wired....
Coming up today: the devastating impact of Iran’s internet shutdown and we find out what happened when a Danish city banned Google from its schools.
The stories we talk about this week:
A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It
https://www.wired.com/story/denmark-google-schools-data/
Iran’s Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdown
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-protests-2022-internet-shutdown-whatsa...
Coming up today: we go on the hunt for the people who’ve never caught Covid and take a look at the wild logistics of replacing the Queen’s iconography on everything from bank notes to post vans.
The stories we talk about this week:
The Mystery of Why Some People Don’t Get Covid
https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-why-some-people-dont-get-covid/
What Happens to Everything With Queen Elizabeth II’s Image?
https://www.w...
Coming up today: we talk about the juicy business of plant-based meat and the equally juicy business of Russian censorship.
The stories we talk about this week:
Plant-Based Burgers Aren’t Denting People’s Beef Addiction
Alternative proteins were meant to reduce the carbon footprint of our diets. But it doesn’t look like consumers are switching ... yet.
https://www.wired.com/story/plant-based-meat-replacing-animal-meat/
...
Coming up today: Matt Reynolds on Russian gas supplies, and Grace on why the psychedelics bubble could be about to burst.
Europe’s Plan to Wean Itself off Russian Gas Just Might Work
https://www.wired.com/story/russian-gas-europe/
Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?
https://www.wired.com/story/psychedelic-hype-bubble/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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Coming up today: the tech behind a high-school prank, and the hunt for Covid’s origins
The stories we walked about this week:
The Origins of Covid-19 Are More Complicated Than Once Thought
https://www.wired.com/story/tracing-covid-pandemic-origins/
Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll
https://www.wired.com/story/biggest-hacker-rickroll-high-school-prank/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burg...
Coming up today: how NFTs conquered football, and why captchas are getting more confusing
The stories we walked about this week:
NFTs Are Conquering Football
https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-conquering-soccer/
Smiling Dogs? Horses Made of Clouds? Captcha Has Gone Too Far
https://www.wired.com/story/smiling-dogs-horses-made-of-clouds-captcha-has-gone-too-far/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burges...
Coming up today: Grace explores the monkeypox vaccine pipeline problems and Matt Burgess looks at Facebook's European data woes.
The stories we walked about this week:
The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short
https://www.wired.com/story/monkeypox-vaccine-supply-chain/
Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-eu-us-data-transfers/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Prod...
Coming up today: Morgan explores a plan to tackle deadly heatwaves through afternoon naps, and Grace investigates the technology hoping to tap into your brain
The stories we walked about this week:
The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon
https://www.wired.com/story/synchron-brain-computer-interface/
How Siestas Might Help Europe Survive Deadly Heat Waves
https://www.wired.com/story/how-siestas-might-help-...
Coming up today: Morgan explores the global trade in abortion pills, and Matt Burgess investigates the strange case of the severed internet cables
The stories we walked about this week:
Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
https://www.wired.com/story/the-wild-abortion-pill-supply-chain/
The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris
https://www.wired.com/story/france-paris-internet-cable-c...
Coming up today: how China took control of the world’s lithium supply and we explain why your next car could be a threat to national security. Western automakers built their fortunes on the internal combustion engine. Now China has ambitions to define the electric vehicle age.
The stories we talked about this week (and more!):
China Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car?
https://www.wired.com/story/foxconn-apple-...
After a brief pause last week, the WIRED podcast returns.
Coming up today: Natasha on what it’s like working at Twitter amid Elon Musk chaos, and Matt Reynolds on a mad plan to grow plants without sunlight.
The stories we talked about this week:
As Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One’s in Charge
https://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/
Scientists Are Trying to Grow Crops in the Dark
https://www...
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