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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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49:47

You're (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woolly...

The WIRED Podcast ·

2022/02/18

Coming up today: why NFT marketplace OpenSea can’t win and we look at the wild, woolly world of mammoth patents.You're (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woolly Mammothhttps://www.wired.com/story/de-extinction-patents/Why OpenSea’s NFT Marketplace Can’t Winhttps://www.wired.com/story/opensea-nfts-twitter/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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43:40

How Humans Are Messing With Evolution

The WIRED Podcast ·

2022/02/11

The latest on the porn block and why evolution is happening faster than anyone thought possible.The stories we talked about this week:A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolutionhttps://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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40:30

Inside a Notorious Russian Ransomware Gang

The WIRED Podcast ·

2022/02/04

Coming up today: Germany takes on Telegram and Matt Burgess dives deep inside a Russian ransomware gang.The stories we talked about this week:Germany Has Picked a Fight With Telegramhttps://www.wired.com/story/germany-telegram-covid/Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Ganghttps://www.wired.com/story/trickbot-malware-group-internal-messages/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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54:48

Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You...

The WIRED Podcast ·

2022/01/28

Coming up today: the agony and ecstasy of learning to live with Covid and we look at how gravity storage could help in the fight against the climate crisis.The stories we talked about this week:Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready?https://www.wired.com/story/living-with-covid-new-normal/Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawbackhttps://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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50:22

A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has...

The WIRED Podcast ·

2022/01/21

Coming up today: we look at how countries can best count deaths caused by the climate crisis and look at the latest twist in the gig economy workers’ rights saga.The stories we talked about this week:A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Resultshttps://www.wired.com/story/uk-climate-change-deaths/Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourcedhttps://www.wired.com/story/gig-economy-outsourcing-uk/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by

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46:20

The great WIRED quiz of 2021

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/12/10

Coming up today it’s the final WIRED podcast of 2021. That can only mean one thing: it’s quiz time.Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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33:53

What we need to know about the Omicron variant

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/12/03

Coming up today, the big problem with Gorillas, and everything you need to know about the Omicron variantThe stories we talked about this week:Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Uphttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/gorillas-gig-economy-unions-germanyThe Omicron Variant Is a Mystery. Here’s How Science Will Solve Ithttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/omicron-variant-factsMusic by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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42:31

Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/11/26

Coming up today, how humans have broken a fundamental law of the ocean and we look into the UK’s plan to sequence the genomes of up to 200,000 babies.The stories we talked about this week:Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Oceanhttps://www.wired.com/story/humans-broken-fundamental-law-ocean/The UK Government Wants to Sequence Your Baby’s Genomehttps://www.wired.com/story/whole-genome-sequencing-newborn-screening/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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46:01

Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/11/19

Coming up today, nuclear fusion, treadmill hacking and Norway’s electric vehicle headache. The stories we talked about this week:Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Taxhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/norway-electric-vehicle-taxLocked Out of ‘God Mode,’ Runners Are Hacking Their Treadmillshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/nordictrack-ifit-treadmill-privilege-modeFinally, a Practical Use for Nuclear Fusionhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/finally-a-practical-use-for-nuclear-fusionMusic

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40:07

The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Food

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/11/12

Coming up today, how RNA could help keep food fresh for longer and we explain why Salt Bae is the ultimate content machine.The stories we talked about this week:The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Foodhttps://www.wired.com/story/rna-crop-sprays-presticides/Salt Bae’s Next Great Act? Endless Contenthttps://www.wired.com/story/salt-bae-restaurant-viral-videos/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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48:50

These Parents Built a School App. Then the City...

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/11/05

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

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53:36

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dream

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/10/29

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

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47:51

Elon Musk flew to Berlin to woo the locals. He failed

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/10/22

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

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45:43

Should we kill trillions of animals to save the planet?

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/10/15

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

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46:12

How to fix Facebook

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/10/08

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

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42:25

The future of lithium

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/10/01

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

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41:33

The race to stop fish becoming the next factory...

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/09/24

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

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39:54

Remote workers are trapped in a quitting nightmare

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/09/17

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

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31:32

They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/09/10

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

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44:36

YouTube's dead cat problem

The WIRED Podcast ·

2021/09/03

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

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