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.
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Show overview
The WIRED Podcast has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 151 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 39 min and 50 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 17 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 50 episodes published. Published by WIRED UK.
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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.
Latest Episodes
View all 151 episodesFrom The Big Story: You Finally Got a Wikipedia Page. Then It Vanished
The Big Fight Over 403 Very Small Wasps
From The Big Story: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran
From The Big Story: She Was the DEA’s Premier Crypto Detective. The Clues Led Straight to Her Own Family
From The Big Story: Inside the Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web's Biggest Child Abuse Site
From The Big Story: Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened
From The Big Story: Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything
From The Big Story: A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
From The Big Story: The Accidental Zillionaire
From The Big Story: In Search of the Heart of the Online-Cat Industrial Complex
From The Big Story: The Internet Runs on Cats and Porn. It’s About to Get Cattier and Pornier
From The Big Story: Billions Registered
From The Big Story: Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
From The Big Story: Choke Points
From The Big Story: How a Research Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won
From The Big Story: Greetings From Burning Man!
From The Big Story: She's 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can't Have Kids
From In The Dark: Blood Relatives Trailer
bonusFive family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from In the Dark, is coming on October 28th.New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access to “Blood Relatives.” In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app.In the Dark has merch! Buy specially designed hats, T-shirts, and totes for yourself or a loved one at store.newyorker.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
From WIRED Politics Lab: How Election Deniers Are Weaponizing Tech To Disrupt November
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 this means for voters and the election workers already facing threats and harassment.Listen to and follow WIRED Politics Lab here.Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 589The Great WIRED Quiz of 2022
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 HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices