The WIRED Podcast

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 Famous https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ladbaby-facebook-famous What’s cooking in the world of cultured meat Published on 25.05.21, check WIRED.co.uk for the full story Music by Filip Hnizdo Produc...

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-rank Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-encryption...

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 stpd https://www.wired.co.uk/article/abrdn-rebrand-vowels Bad weather forecasts are a climate crisis disaster https://www.wired.co.uk/article/solar-weather-forecasting Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited...

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 Tech https://www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-tech Social media managers are on the frontline of football’s racism problem [Available May 1, 2021] https://www.wired.co...

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 rats https://www.wired.co.uk/article/office-mutant-rats Robots are animals, not humans https://www.wired.co.uk/article/robots-animals-kate-d...

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 crisis https://www.wired.co.uk/article/golf-crisis-masters-bryson-dechambeau How to stop your pandemic puppy from going loco as lockdown lifts (available from April 17, 2021) https://www.wired.co.uk/article/pandemic-puppies-loneli...

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 cheese https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dairy-free-cheese What the world can learn from New Zealand’s Covid-19 bin mystery https://www.wired.co.uk/article/new-zealand-zero-covid-transmission Music by Filip Hnizdo. Sho...

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 F1 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lewis-hamilton Getting AI to work in a fleshy, messy world is harder than you think https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ar...

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 of https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mwc-2021-exhibitors A dying child, a mother's love and the drug that changed medicine https://www.wired.co.uk/article/milasen-aso-gene-therapy Music by Filip...

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today… the long-term psychological impacts of surviving ICU with Covid-19 and how Slack can actually fix workplace communications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: we’re 500 today so we’re all feeling terribly old. Come celebrate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: lucid dreams, lonely penguins and our predictions for 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: it’s the final podcast of 2020, so we’re having a party... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amit and Matt Reynolds talk us through the Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and Natasha explores the weird world of pandemic office Christmas parties Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices