The WIRED Podcast

Coming up today, we look into a dementia detection breakthrough and find out why the cops got involved when a group of vigilante parents tried to take on their school’s broken IT system.These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Copshttps://www.wired.com/story/sweden-stockholm-school-app-open-source Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today, we delve into Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dream and look at an AI tool for verifying the age of children online.The stories we talked about this week:Look Over Here, Kids, It’s the Metaversehttps://www.wired.com/story/facebook-connect-metaverse/Inside the race to use hydrogen to heat our homeshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/hydrogen-uk-heatingThis AI Predicts How Old Children Are. Can It Keep Them Safe?https://www.wired.com/story/ai-predicts-how-old-children-are/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today, drones versus horses and Berlin versus Elon MuskThe stories we talked about this week:Elon Musk flew to Berlin to woo the locals. He failedhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/tesla-berlin-gigafactory-openingThe horse, the drone and the epic fight for gambling successhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/horse-racing-droneMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today, we ask a simple question: should we kill trillions of animals to save the planet? And try and work out why Squid Game became such a runaway success The stories we talked about this week:Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… a fun week at Facebook and the end of the zero-Covid dream.The stories we talked about this week:Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Todayhttps://www.wired.com/story/why-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-went-down-outage/Whistle-Blower Unites Democrats and Republicans in Calling for Regulation of Facebookhttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugenNew Zealand, Delta and the end of zero-Covidhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/new-zealand-zero-covidMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we profile the climate crisis innovators and find out about the race for Cornish lithiumThe stories we talked about this week:This company is reinventing the lithium-ion batteryhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-ion-batteries-sila-nanotechnologiesThe race for Cornish lithiumPublished October 5, 2021Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… big tech competition and why we need to rethink fish as foodThe stories we talked about this week:Microsoft is heading for a new antitrust showdownhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/microsoft-antitrust-dmu-dma-bundling-slackThe race to stop fish becoming the next factory farming nightmarehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/future-of-food-fishMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… vaccine passports in France, and the unique loneliness of quitting your job during Covid.The stories we talked about this week:France’s vaccine passport worked – sort ofhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/france-vaccine-passport-health-passRemote workers are trapped in a quitting nightmarehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/remote-working-quit-jobMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… the weird link between YouTube videos and a rise in Tourette’s-like symptoms in young women and we explore the fight for control of Afghanistan’s internet.The stories we talked about this week:They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’shttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/tourettes-youtube-jan-zimmermannThe battle for control of Afghanistan’s internethttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/afghanistan-taliban-internetThe Taliban’s vast propaganda machine has a new targethttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/taliban-propaganda-news-afghanistanMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real world, plus animal abuse on YouTubeThe stories we talked about this week:Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real worldhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/zoom-dysmorphiaOn YouTube, you’re never far from a dying kittenhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/youtube-animal-abuse-rescueMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… the startups selling ball boosting supplements, and is your name ruining lifeThe stories we talked about this week:Is your name ruining your life?https://www.wired.co.uk/article/name-discriminationThey wanted big balls. This startup said it could helphttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/microbiome-testicles-umzuMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome to Food People, a show from Bon Appétit made by, for, and about people who love food. Each week, BA’s editorial director Amanda Shapiro asks a serious or not-so-serious food question: What’s the best way to grill chicken? Can meal prep be less terrible? Are air fryers worth the hype? In search of answers or at least a spirited debate, she’ll bring in staffers, chefs, writers, and experts from across the culinary universe. Expect strong opinions, tons of recipe inspiration, and more food puns than we'd like to admit.Listen and subscribe at http://listen.bonappetit.com/foodpeople-trailer or wherever you get your podcasts: http://listen.bonappetit.com/foodpeople Apple Podcasts: http://listen.bonappetit.com/ba-apple Spotify: https://link.chtbl.com/ba-spotify Stitcher: http://listen.bonappetit.com/ba-stitcher Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… how Afghans are racing to erase their online lives, and the wild logistics of the Istanbul canalThe stories we talked about this week:Afghans are racing to erase their online liveshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/afghanistan-social-media-deleteThe wild logistics of the Istanbul Canal megaprojecthttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/istanbul-canal-logisticsMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… Apple’s controversial new child safety tool and we look at the rise of office tribes The stories we talked about this week:Apple Walks a Privacy Tightrope to Spot Child Abuse in iCloudhttps://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-detection-icloud-photos-encryption-privacy/Hybrid office tribes are here, and they’re a problemhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/hybrid-working-office-tribes Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we reveal the slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream and go inside the fungi renaissance The stories we talked about this week:The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dreamhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/amazon-drone-delivery-prime-airForget Impossible, the fungi renaissance is herehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/fungi-protein-meatMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… Simone Biles and the brutal pressure of elite sport and how the UK’s NHS App became an unofficial Covid passport.Simone Biles will not be the lasthttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/simone-biles-tokyo-olympicsThe NHS App has quietly become a vaccine passporthttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/nhs-app-covid-vaccine-passportMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… Germany looks to block one of the world’s biggest porn websites and we look at where cryptocurrency and bitcoin are going next. The stories we talked about this week:Germany is about to block one of the world’s biggest porn siteshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/germany-porn-laws-age-checksThe future of cryptocurrency – Cryptocurrency (WIRED guides): How Digital Money Could Transform Financehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Cryptocurrency-WIRED-guides-Digital-Transform-ebook/dp/B08LPGH9ZMMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we unveil the best day of the week to go into the office and discuss the biggest rule change in Formula 1 historyThe stories we talked about this week:The best day to go into the office is…https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-day-return-officeInside Formula 1’s biggest ever rule changehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/f1-rules-2022-carsMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we dig deep into the biometric surveillance tech boom and Natasha has a fun day out at a farm.This week James and Matt B ask whether we should ban biometric surveillance? Improvements in artificial intelligence mean it’s possible to analyse and identify people by their walk, their veins, their face, their fingers and even the shape of their ears. As a result, the biometrics industry is booming – it’s expected to grow to between $60 billion and $80bn in the coming years. However, the technology has a creepy side: it’s being used to group people by ethnicity, gender and try to predict their emotions.Read more: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/europe-ai-biometricsFor our second story, Vicki and Natasha look at the effort to build the biggest biobank of animal cells in Europe. Nature’s SAFE aims to collect 50 million genetic samples and "freeze them in time", storing cells from critically endangered species including the Amur leopard, black rhino and mountain chicken frog in cryogenic tanks. The idea is to harvest and preserve samples of semen – as well as ova and other tissue – that could one day be used to regenerate dwindling animal populations and prevent them from going extinct.Read more: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/natures-safe Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today... we revisit the idea of herd immunity for Covid-19 and consider how the Delta variant is causing travel chaos.The stories we talked about this week:The UK’s summer of travel chaoshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-green-list-travel-holidaysWe might never reach herd immunityhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/covid-19-herd-immunityMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today... we explain how the Delta variant took over and delve deep into the mysteries of the golden triangle.The stories we talked about this week:How the Delta variant took overhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/delta-variant-ukWarehouses are taking over the Earthhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/warehouses-next-day-deliveryMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today... how Apple might eat the newsletter industry, and why quantum computing could unravel some of the mysteries of the universeThe stories we talked about this week:Quantum computers are already detangling nature’s mysterieshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-computingIt looks like Apple is after Substack’s email empirehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-newsletter-trackingMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today... we explain what really went down when the internet went down and ask a big question: should you ditch Google Chrome?The stories we talked about this week:What really went down when the internet went downhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/fastly-internet-outageIt’s time to ditch Chromehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-chrome-browser-dataMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today... we look at the future of mRNA vaccine revolution and explore the use of brain training apps as a tool for tackling police brutality.The stories we talked about this week:The mRNA vaccine revolution is just beginning:https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-vaccine-revolution-katalin-karikoBrain training games are here to end police brutalityhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/brain-training-stop-police-shootingsMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today, the rise and rise of astrology apps and we delve deep into the controversies surrounding India’s faltering vaccination drive.The stories we talked about this week:India’s CoWin vaccine booking system is a nightmarehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/india-covid-vaccine-cowinLonely men are driving an online astrology boomwired.co.uk/article/online-astrology-menMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today the wild rise LadBaby and the Facebook Famous and we look at what’s cooking in the world of cultured meat.The stories we talked about this week:LadBaby and the wild rise of the Facebook Famoushttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/ladbaby-facebook-famousWhat’s cooking in the world of cultured meatPublished on 25.05.21, check WIRED.co.uk for the full storyMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… it’s Uber versus cabbies once again and we try to untangle the complex future of end-to-end encryption.The stories we talked about this week:An epic row is brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uber-soho-taxi-rankPolice caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went darkhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-encryption-child-abuseMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we talk about the weather and try to get the bottom of the weird world of dumb corporate rebrands.The stories we talked about this week:Why brands ditching vowels are rlly stpdhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/abrdn-rebrand-vowelsBad weather forecasts are a climate crisis disasterhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/solar-weather-forecastingMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we investigate football’s social media boycott and hear about how Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech. The stories we talked about this week:Māori are trying to save their language from Big Techhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-techSocial media managers are on the frontline of football’s racism problem [Available May 1, 2021]https://www.wired.co.uk/article/premier-league-social-media-boycottMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we get acquainted with the mutant rats taking over the office you abandoned a year ago and ask a seemingly simple question: robots… humans or animals?The stories we talked about this week:Your office has been taken over by an army of mutant ratshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/office-mutant-ratsRobots are animals, not humanshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/robots-animals-kate-darlingMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we delve into golf’s existential crisis and have a very serious chat about puppies.The stories we talked about this week:Golf is facing an existential crisishttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/golf-crisis-masters-bryson-dechambeauHow to stop your pandemic puppy from going loco as lockdown lifts (available from April 17, 2021)https://www.wired.co.uk/article/pandemic-puppies-loneliness-anxiety-dogsMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we go on a quest to find out how to make cheesy cheese-free cheese and we delve into New Zealand’s Covid-19 bin mystery.The quest to make genuinely cheesy dairy-free cheesehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/dairy-free-cheeseWhat the world can learn from New Zealand’s Covid-19 bin mysteryhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/new-zealand-zero-covid-transmissionMusic by Filip Hnizdo. Show produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… F1 supremo Lewis Hamilton on the science of success, activism and what comes next and we explore the future of artificial intelligence.The stories we talked about this week:Lewis Hamilton opens up about activism and life beyond F1https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lewis-hamiltonGetting AI to work in a fleshy, messy world is harder than you thinkhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-intelligence-futureMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How one of the world's largest tech trade shows still plans to go ahead this year and we explore the fascinating future of personalised medicine.MWC's biggest exhibitor is a tiny startup nobody's ever heard ofhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/mwc-2021-exhibitorsA dying child, a mother's love and the drug that changed medicinehttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/milasen-aso-gene-therapyMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… we chart the rise and fall of Football Index and explain what the hell is going on with non-fungible tokens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today… the long-term psychological impacts of surviving ICU with Covid-19 and how Slack can actually fix workplace communications. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: we explain why anecdotal benefits of microdosing might only be a placebo effect and find out how a bunch of deepfakes could one day replace the cast of The Simpsons. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Uber lawsuit feeding frenzy, how growing grapes in space can make wine better on Earth and the reality of life under Myanmar’s internet shutdown. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: What Uber’s loss in the Supreme Court means for the gig economy, why Facebook was right to ban news in Australia and we go inside the UK’s controversial Covid-19 challenge trial Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds delves into the origins of the UK Covid-19 variant, Natasha looks at how Amazon saved Deliveroo from disaster and Amit charts the strange demise of Habbo Hotel Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: we explain how QAnon took over yoga, look at Google’s plan to rewrite the rules of the web and investigate the scammers getting rich from the lockdown puppy boom. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: we delve deep into WeWork’s financials, look at what’s really happening with Covid-19 in North Korea and get moderately angry about generic startup adverts Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: a Covid crisis for sommeliers and bakers, the tragic rise of instant loan apps and that data that shows why April is going to be a tough month for everyone. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: we’re 500 today so we’re all feeling terribly old. Come celebrate Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: lucid dreams, lonely penguins and our predictions for 2021 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: it’s the final podcast of 2020, so we’re having a party... Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: How a coronavirus vaccine will affect the return to work, what we learned from F1’s biggest crash in recent history, and how will Santa deal with lockdown? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds lays on a Covid Christmas, Amit explains why Netflix is elbowing in on linear TV, and Matt Burgess explores the issue of work burnout. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds dissects China’s coronavirus strategy, Amit asks why games are getting shorter, and we discuss the security faux pas you’re probably making Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Amit and Matt Reynolds talk us through the Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and Natasha explores the weird world of pandemic office Christmas parties Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices