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.

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

Coming up today… we profile the climate crisis innovators and find out about the race for Cornish lithium


The stories we talked about this week:


This company is reinventing the lithium-ion battery
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-ion-batteries-sila-nanotechnologies


The race for Cornish lithium
Published October 5, 2021


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton

The future of lithium

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 <a href="https://listen.wired.com/politicslab_feeddrop">here</a>. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter <a href="https://www.wired.com/newsletter/politics-lab?sourceCode=PodcastPromo">here</a>.

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.

From WIRED Politics Lab: How Election Deniers Are Weaponizing Tech To Disrupt November

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

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

We look back at the year in tech, science, business, and culture—through the medium of a quiz.

The Great WIRED Quiz of 2022

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 address: podcast@wired.co.uk

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 address: podcast@wired.co.uk

We're on a short break from producing podcasts at the moment. But we need your help.

We Want Your Questions About the Future

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 Stole My Face and the EU Can’t Do Anything About Ithttps://www.wired.com/story/clearview-face-search-engine-gdpr/ The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internethttps://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by James Temperton

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 Stole My Face and the EU Can’t Do Anything About It
https://www.wired.com/story/clearview-face-search-engine-gdpr/


The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by James Temperton

Morgan finds out what happens when an AI company steals your face, and Matt Burgess explores the most vulnerable place on the internet

The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet

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, Daddyhttps://www.wired.com/story/twitter-elon-musk-verification/ Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter’s ‘Ethical AI’ Teamhttps://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-plan-to-fix-social-media-bluesky-will-elon-musk-follow-it/

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-plan-to-fix-social-media-bluesky-will-elon-musk-follow-it/

The WIRED podcast team weighs in on Elon Musk’s dramatic Twitter takeover.

Should You Ditch Twitter?

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 Problemhttps://www.wired.com/story/bruce-willis-deepfake-rights-law/ Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hostshttps://www.wired.com/story/arctic-spillover-risk/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

The deadly viruses lurking in the permafrost, and what the Bruce Willis deepfake means for the future of Hollywood

The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem

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 Clubshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/gig-economy-strip-clubs Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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

How gig economy laws caused strip club chaos, and we assess your risk of dying in a nuclear war

How Likely Are You To Die in a Nuclear War?

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 Mediahttps://www.wired.com/story/how-a-british-teens-death-changed-social-media/ Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapsehttps://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-population-crisis/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by James Temperton

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 James Temperton

We look at how social media platforms have responded to the death of Molly Russell and explain why Elon Musk is wrong about depopulation.

The Truth About Population Collapse

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 Teamhttps://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-find-twitters-elusive-bot-team/ The Problem With Mental Health Botshttps://www.wired.com/story/mental-health-chatbots/ Read all our bot coverage https://www.wired.com/tag/series-bots-run-the-internet/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by James Temperton

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.com/story/mental-health-chatbots/


Read all our bot coverage 
https://www.wired.com/tag/series-bots-run-the-internet/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by James Temperton

As Elon Musk and Twitter (maybe) close in on a deal, we delve deep into the glorious, curious world of bots.

Elon Musk and The Bots

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 Ithttps://www.wired.com/story/denmark-google-schools-data/ Iran’s Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdownhttps://www.wired.com/story/iran-protests-2022-internet-shutdown-whatsapp/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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-whatsapp/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

The devastating impact of Iran’s internet shutdown and we find out what happened when a Danish city banned Google from its schools.

A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It

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 Covidhttps://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.wired.com/story/updating-british-royal-iconography/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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.wired.com/story/updating-british-royal-iconography/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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 Mystery of Why Some People Don’t Get Covid

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 AddictionAlternative 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/ This Clever Anti-Censorship Tool Lets Russians Read Blocked NewsSamizdat Online syndicates banned news sites by hosting them on uncensored domains—allowing people to access independent reporting.https://www.wired.com/story/russia-internet-censorship-samizdat-online/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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/


This Clever Anti-Censorship Tool Lets Russians Read Blocked News
Samizdat Online syndicates banned news sites by hosting them on uncensored domains—allowing people to access independent reporting.
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-internet-censorship-samizdat-online/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

We talk about the juicy business of plant-based meat and the equally juicy business of Russian censorship.

Plant-Based Burgers Aren’t Denting People’s Beef Addiction

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 Workhttps://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

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

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

Coming up today: the tech behind a high-school prank, and the hunt for Covid’s originsThe stories we walked about this week: The Origins of Covid-19 Are More Complicated Than Once Thoughthttps://www.wired.com/story/tracing-covid-pandemic-origins/ Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickrollhttps://www.wired.com/story/biggest-hacker-rickroll-high-school-prank/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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 Burgess

The tech behind a high-school prank, and the hunt for Covid’s origins.

The Origins of Covid-19 Are More Complicated Than Once Thought

Coming up today: how NFTs conquered football, and why captchas are getting more confusing The stories we walked about this week: NFTs Are Conquering Footballhttps://www.wired.com/story/nfts-conquering-soccer/ Smiling Dogs? Horses Made of Clouds? Captcha Has Gone Too Farhttps://www.wired.com/story/smiling-dogs-horses-made-of-clouds-captcha-has-gone-too-far/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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 Burgess

How NFTs conquered football, and why captchas are getting more confusing

NFTs Are Conquering Football

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 Shorthttps://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 HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Grace explores the monkeypox vaccine pipeline problems and Matt Burgess looks at Facebook's European data woes.

The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short

Coming up today: Morgan explores a plan to tackle deadly heatwaves through afternoon naps, and Grace investigates the technology hoping to tap into your brainThe stories we walked about this week: The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizonhttps://www.wired.com/story/synchron-brain-computer-interface/ How Siestas Might Help Europe Survive Deadly Heat Waveshttps://www.wired.com/story/how-siestas-might-help-europe-survive-deadly-heat-waves/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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-europe-survive-deadly-heat-waves/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Morgan explores a plan to tackle deadly heatwaves through afternoon naps, and Grace investigates the technology hoping to tap into your brain

How Siestas Might Help Europe Survive Deadly Heat Waves

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 Networkhttps://www.wired.com/story/the-wild-abortion-pill-supply-chain/ The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Parishttps://www.wired.com/story/france-paris-internet-cable-cuts-attack/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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-cuts-attack/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Morgan explores the global trade in abortion pills, and Matt Burgess investigates the strange case of the severed internet cables

Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network

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-car-china/ The Rise and Precarious Reign of China’s Battery Kinghttps://www.wired.com/story/catl-china-battery-production-evs/ Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security?https://www.wired.com/story/china-cars-surveillance-national-security/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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-car-china/


The Rise and Precarious Reign of China’s Battery King
https://www.wired.com/story/catl-china-battery-production-evs/


Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security?
https://www.wired.com/story/china-cars-surveillance-national-security/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

How China took control of the world’s lithium supply and we explain why your next car could be a threat to national security.

China's Electric Dream

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 Chargehttps://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/ Scientists Are Trying to Grow Crops in the Darkhttps://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

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.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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

As Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One’s in Charge

Coming up today: how Covid tracking apps are pivoting for commercial profit and we talk about the future of genome sequencing. The stories we talked about this week: How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profithttps://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-switch/ How Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Liveshttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120653/genomics--wired-guides-/9781847943408.html Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: how Covid tracking apps are pivoting for commercial profit and we talk about the future of genome sequencing.


The stories we talked about this week:


How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit
https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-switch/


How Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Lives
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120653/genomics--wired-guides-/9781847943408.html


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

How Covid tracking apps are pivoting for commercial profit and we talk about the future of genome sequencing.

Covid Tracking Apps Are Changing

Coming up today: we speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names. The stories we talked about this week: The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbeshttps://www.wired.com/story/microbe-names-fight/ They Quit. Now You're Picking Up the Slackhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/they-quit-now-youre-picking-up-the-slack Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: we speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names.


The stories we talked about this week:


The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes
https://www.wired.com/story/microbe-names-fight/


They Quit. Now You're Picking Up the Slack
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/they-quit-now-youre-picking-up-the-slack


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

We speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names.

The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes

Coming up today: how Russia is remaking Ukraine’s internet in its own image and the pros and cons of Canada’s bold new drug law. The stories we talked about this week: Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugshttps://www.wired.com/story/canada-moves-to-decriminalize-possession-of-hard-drugs/ Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internethttps://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-internet-takeover/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: how Russia is remaking Ukraine’s internet in its own image and the pros and cons of Canada’s bold new drug law.


The stories we talked about this week:


Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs
https://www.wired.com/story/canada-moves-to-decriminalize-possession-of-hard-drugs/


Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-internet-takeover/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

How Russia is remaking Ukraine’s internet in its own image and the pros and cons of Canada’s bold new drug law.

Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet

Coming up today: Morgan explores the problems facing Google in Russia, and Grace tells us all about the Great Reinfection The stories we talked about this week: Welcome to the Great Reinfectionhttps://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-great-reinfection/ Google's Russian Empire Faces an Uncertain Futurehttps://www.wired.com/story/google-russia-exit/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Morgan explores the problems facing Google in Russia, and Grace tells us all about the Great Reinfection


The stories we talked about this week:


Welcome to the Great Reinfection
https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-great-reinfection/


Google's Russian Empire Faces an Uncertain Future
https://www.wired.com/story/google-russia-exit/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Morgan explores the problems facing Google in Russia, and Grace tells us all about the Great Reinfection

Welcome to the Great Reinfection

Coming up today: Natasha reveals the latest trick to lure people back to the office and Amit unmasks the many problems with the lie detector. The stories we talked about this week: Employers Are Luring Workers Back to the Office—With Plantshttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/office-plants-hybrid-working Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detectorhttps://twitter.com/amitkatwala/status/1513498832344174598 Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Natasha reveals the latest trick to lure people back to the office and Amit unmasks the many problems with the lie detector.


The stories we talked about this week:


Employers Are Luring Workers Back to the Office—With Plants
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/office-plants-hybrid-working


Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector
https://twitter.com/amitkatwala/status/1513498832344174598


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Natasha reveals the latest trick to lure people back to the office and Amit unmasks the many problems with the lie detector.

All The Problems With Lie Detector Tests

Coming up today: the fallout from the impending fall of Roe v Wade and we look back at four years of Europe’s landmark data privacy law. The stories we talked about this week: Patients May Not Receive Miscarriage Care in a Post-Roe Americahttps://www.wired.com/story/miscarriage-care-roe-versus-wade/ The Ramifications of Roe v. Wade’s Fall Won’t Stop at Abortion Banshttps://www.wired.com/story/ramifications-of-post-roe-world/ All of WIRED's coverage on a Post-Roe Americahttps://www.wired.com/tag/reproductive-rights/ How GDPR Is Failinghttps://www.wired.com/story/gdpr-2022/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: the fallout from the impending fall of Roe v Wade and we look back at four years of Europe’s landmark data privacy law.


The stories we talked about this week:


Patients May Not Receive Miscarriage Care in a Post-Roe America
https://www.wired.com/story/miscarriage-care-roe-versus-wade/


The Ramifications of Roe v. Wade’s Fall Won’t Stop at Abortion Bans
https://www.wired.com/story/ramifications-of-post-roe-world/


All of WIRED's coverage on a Post-Roe America
https://www.wired.com/tag/reproductive-rights/


How GDPR Is Failing
https://www.wired.com/story/gdpr-2022/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

The fallout from the impending fall of Roe v Wade and we look back at four years of Europe’s landmark data privacy law.

The Ramifications of Roe v. Wade's Fall

Coming up today: a potential roadblock on the route to nuclear fusion and how the Kremlin infiltrated Russia’s biggest social media network. The stories we talked about this week:Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisishttps://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-fusion-is-already-facing-a-fuel-crisis/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: a potential roadblock on the route to nuclear fusion and how the Kremlin infiltrated Russia’s biggest social media network.


The stories we talked about this week:
Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis
https://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-fusion-is-already-facing-a-fuel-crisis/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

A potential roadblock on the route to nuclear fusion and how the Kremlin infiltrated Russia’s biggest social media network.

Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis

Coming up today: we explain why the crypto world may be crumbling and look at the flaws in the European Union’s new plan to crack down on child sexual abuse images.  The stories we talked about this week:The EU Wants Big Tech to Scan Your Private Chats for Child Abusehttps://www.wired.com/story/europe-csam-scanning-law-chat-encryption/Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: we explain why the crypto world may be crumbling and look at the flaws in the European Union’s new plan to crack down on child sexual abuse images. 


The stories we talked about this week:
The EU Wants Big Tech to Scan Your Private Chats for Child Abuse
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-csam-scanning-law-chat-encryption/
Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

We explain why the crypto world may be crumbling and look at the flaws in the European Union’s new plan to crack down on child sexual abuse images.

Why The Crypto World May be Crumbling

Coming up today: how Shanghai is rewriting the rules of Chinese censorship and we explain why Americans need to eat less cows. The stories we talked about this week: You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planethttps://www.wired.com/story/beef-eating-deforestation/ Shanghai Is Rewriting Chinese Censorship Amid Lockdownhttps://www.wired.com/story/shanghai-lockdown-china-censorship/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: how Shanghai is rewriting the rules of Chinese censorship and we explain why Americans need to eat less cows.


The stories we talked about this week:


You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet
https://www.wired.com/story/beef-eating-deforestation/


Shanghai Is Rewriting Chinese Censorship Amid Lockdown
https://www.wired.com/story/shanghai-lockdown-china-censorship/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

How Shanghai is rewriting the rules of Chinese censorship and we explain why Americans need to eat less cows.

You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet

Coming up today: we delve into the latest European Big Tech regulation thriller and find out why a spike in hepatitis cases in kids has scientists hunting for answers. The stories we talked about this week: Ukraine War Prompts Europe's New Emergency Rules for the Internethttps://www.wired.com/story/europe-digital-services-act/ Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Lawhttps://www.wired.com/story/digital-services-act-deepfake-porn/ Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answershttps://www.wired.com/story/hepatitis-cases-in-kids-have-scientists-hunting-for-answers/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: we delve into the latest European Big Tech regulation thriller and find out why a spike in hepatitis cases in kids has scientists hunting for answers.


The stories we talked about this week:


Ukraine War Prompts Europe's New Emergency Rules for the Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-digital-services-act/


Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Law
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-services-act-deepfake-porn/


Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers
https://www.wired.com/story/hepatitis-cases-in-kids-have-scientists-hunting-for-answers/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

We delve into the latest European Big Tech regulation thriller and find out why a spike in hepatitis cases in kids has scientists hunting for answers.

Europe Takes on Big Tech (Again)

Coming up today: the future of mRNA vaccines, and how the gas crisis is creating a two-tier energy system in the UK. The Energy Crisis Is Pushing Solar Adoption—for Those Who Can Payhttps://www.wired.com/story/uk-energy-crisis-solar/ For mRNA, Covid Vaccines Are Just the Beginninghttps://www.wired.com/story/for-mrna-vaccines-covid-was-just-the-beginning/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: the future of mRNA vaccines, and how the gas crisis is creating a two-tier energy system in the UK.


The Energy Crisis Is Pushing Solar Adoption—for Those Who Can Pay
https://www.wired.com/story/uk-energy-crisis-solar/


For mRNA, Covid Vaccines Are Just the Beginning
https://www.wired.com/story/for-mrna-vaccines-covid-was-just-the-beginning/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

The future of mRNA vaccines, and how the gas crisis is creating a two-tier energy system in the UK.

The Energy Crisis Is Pushing Solar Adoption—for Those Who Can Pay

Coming up today: Matt Burgess dives into Ukraine’s information war, and Grace meets a woman who was born without her temporal lobe. She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matterhttps://www.wired.com/story/she-was-missing-a-chunk-of-her-brain-it-didnt-matter/ Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sievehttps://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-data/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Matt Burgess dives into Ukraine’s information war, and Grace meets a woman who was born without her temporal lobe.


She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matter
https://www.wired.com/story/she-was-missing-a-chunk-of-her-brain-it-didnt-matter/


Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-data/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

We dive into Ukraine’s information war, and meet a woman who was born without her temporal lobe.

She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matter

Coming up today: we explain what Twitter’s future holds now Elon Musk is on its board and look at how a lithium mine in Serbia has become a key battleground for Europe’s green future. The stories we talked about this week: Elon Musk Is on Twitter's Board. What Could Go Wrong?https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-twitter-board-future/ What Twitter Is Really Planning for Cryptohttps://www.wired.com/story/twitter-crypto-strategy/ Europe’s Biggest Lithium Mine Is Caught in a Political Maelstromhttps://www.wired.com/story/serbia-europe-lithium-mining-electric-cars/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: we explain what Twitter’s future holds now Elon Musk is on its board and look at how a lithium mine in Serbia has become a key battleground for Europe’s green future.


The stories we talked about this week:


Elon Musk Is on Twitter's Board. What Could Go Wrong?
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-twitter-board-future/


What Twitter Is Really Planning for Crypto
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-crypto-strategy/


Europe’s Biggest Lithium Mine Is Caught in a Political Maelstrom
https://www.wired.com/story/serbia-europe-lithium-mining-electric-cars/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

We explain what Twitter’s future holds now Elon Musk is on its board and look at how a lithium mine in Serbia has become a key battleground for Europe’s green future.

Elon Musk Is on Twitter's Board. What Could Go Wrong?

Coming up today: We delve into the details of the EU’s big move against Big Tech power and tell the harrowing story of the destruction of Mariupol’s communications infrastructure. The stories we talked about this week: Europe's Digital Markets Act Takes a Hammer to Big Techhttps://www.wired.com/story/digital-markets-act-messaging/ Forcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to Failhttps://www.wired.com/story/dma-interoperability-messaging-imessage-whatsapp/ The Last Cell Tower in Mariupolhttps://www.wired.com/story/mariupol-ukraine-war/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: We delve into the details of the EU’s big move against Big Tech power and tell the harrowing story of the destruction of Mariupol’s communications infrastructure.


The stories we talked about this week:


Europe's Digital Markets Act Takes a Hammer to Big Tech
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-markets-act-messaging/


Forcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to Fail
https://www.wired.com/story/dma-interoperability-messaging-imessage-whatsapp/


The Last Cell Tower in Mariupol
https://www.wired.com/story/mariupol-ukraine-war/


Music by Filip Hnizdo


Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

We delve into the details of the EU’s big move against Big Tech power and tell the harrowing story of the destruction of Mariupol’s communications infrastructure.

Europe's New Law Takes a Hammer to Big Tech

Coming up today: Matt Burgess investigates a mysterious satellite hack and Matt Reynolds reinvents the humble tree. The stories we talked about this week: A Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims Far Beyond Ukrainehttps://www.wired.com/story/viasat-internet-hack-ukraine-russia/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Matt Burgess investigates a mysterious satellite hack and Matt Reynolds reinvents the humble tree.


The stories we talked about this week:


A Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims Far Beyond Ukraine
https://www.wired.com/story/viasat-internet-hack-ukraine-russia/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

We investigate a mysterious satellite hack and reinvent the humble tree.

A Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims All Across Europe

Coming up today: Matt Burgess analyses the crypto dreams of a $180m ransomware gang, and Grace looks at how the war in Ukraine is affecting medical trials The War Puts Ukraine's Clinical Trials—and Patients—in Jeopardyhttps://www.wired.com/story/war-ukraine-clinical-trials-jeopardy/ The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Ganghttps://www.wired.com/story/conti-leaks-ransomware-work-life/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Matt Burgess analyses the crypto dreams of a $180m ransomware gang, and Grace looks at how the war in Ukraine is affecting medical trials


The War Puts Ukraine's Clinical Trials—and Patients—in Jeopardy
https://www.wired.com/story/war-ukraine-clinical-trials-jeopardy/


The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang
https://www.wired.com/story/conti-leaks-ransomware-work-life/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

We analyse the crypto dreams of a $180m ransomware gang, and look at how the war in Ukraine is affecting medical trials

The War Puts Ukraine's Clinical Trials in Jeopardy

Coming up today: Matt Burgess goes to the battlefront of Ukraine’s cyber war, and Grace explores the whitewashing problem within genetic research. The stories we talked about this week: Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territoryhttps://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-it-army-russia-war-cyberattacks-ddos/ Genetic Databases Are Too White. Here’s What It’ll Take to Fix Ithttps://www.wired.com/story/genetic-research-is-too-white/

Coming up today: Matt Burgess goes to the battlefront of Ukraine’s cyber war, and Grace explores the whitewashing problem within genetic research.


The stories we talked about this week:


Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-it-army-russia-war-cyberattacks-ddos/


Genetic Databases Are Too White. Here’s What It’ll Take to Fix It
https://www.wired.com/story/genetic-research-is-too-white/

Ukraine’s cyber war, and Grace explores the whitewashing problem within genetic research.

Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds goes on a denture adventure and we explain how the war in Ukraine could spur another global chip shortage. The stories we talked about this week: Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Global Chip Shortagehttps://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-chip-shortage-neon/ The True Story of the Viral False Teeth That Fooled the Worldhttps://www.wired.com/story/false-teeth-viral-story/ Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds goes on a denture adventure and we explain how the war in Ukraine could spur another global chip shortage.


The stories we talked about this week:


Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Global Chip Shortage
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-chip-shortage-neon/


The True Story of the Viral False Teeth That Fooled the World
https://www.wired.com/story/false-teeth-viral-story/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Matt Reynolds goes on a denture adventure and we explain how the war in Ukraine could spur another global chip shortage.

Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Global Chip Shortage

Coming up today: Matt Burgess explains why all is not well at Firefox and we find out about the quest to make a digital replica of your brain.Is Firefox OK?https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-make-a-digital-replica-of-your-brain/Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: Matt Burgess explains why all is not well at Firefox and we find out about the quest to make a digital replica of your brain.
Is Firefox OK?
https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/
The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain 
https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-make-a-digital-replica-of-your-brain/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

We explain why all is not well at Firefox and we find out about the quest to make a digital replica of your brain.

Is Firefox OK?

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

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 Mammoth
https://www.wired.com/story/de-extinction-patents/


Why OpenSea’s NFT Marketplace Can’t Win
https://www.wired.com/story/opensea-nfts-twitter/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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 Mammoth

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

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 Evolution
https://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

The latest on the porn block and why evolution is happening faster than anyone thought possible.

How Humans Are Messing With Evolution

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

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 Telegram
https://www.wired.com/story/germany-telegram-covid/


Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang
https://www.wired.com/story/trickbot-malware-group-internal-messages/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Germany takes on Telegram and we dive deep inside a Russian ransomware gang.

Inside a Notorious Russian Ransomware Gang

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

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 Drawback
https://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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.

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

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 Matt Burgess

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 Results
https://www.wired.com/story/uk-climate-change-deaths/


Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced
https://www.wired.com/story/gig-economy-outsourcing-uk/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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.

A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results

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

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

It’s the final WIRED podcast of 2021. That can only mean one thing: it’s quiz time.

The great WIRED quiz of 2021

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-germany The Omicron Variant Is a Mystery. Here’s How Science Will Solve Ithttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/omicron-variant-facts Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today, the big problem with Gorillas, and everything you need to know about the Omicron variant
The stories we talked about this week:


Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Up
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gorillas-gig-economy-unions-germany


The Omicron Variant Is a Mystery. Here’s How Science Will Solve It
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/omicron-variant-facts


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

The big problem with Gorillas, and everything you need to know about the Omicron variant

What we need to know about the Omicron variant

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

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 Ocean
https://www.wired.com/story/humans-broken-fundamental-law-ocean/
The UK Government Wants to Sequence Your Baby’s Genome
https://www.wired.com/story/whole-genome-sequencing-newborn-screening/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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.

Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean

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-fusion Music by Filip HnizdoProduced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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 Tax
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/norway-electric-vehicle-tax
Locked Out of ‘God Mode,’ Runners Are Hacking Their Treadmills
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nordictrack-ifit-treadmill-privilege-mode
Finally, a Practical Use for Nuclear Fusion
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/finally-a-practical-use-for-nuclear-fusion


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Nuclear fusion, treadmill hacking and Norway’s electric vehicle headache

Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax

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

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 Food
https://www.wired.com/story/rna-crop-sprays-presticides/
Salt Bae’s Next Great Act? Endless Content
https://www.wired.com/story/salt-bae-restaurant-viral-videos/


Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

How RNA could help keep food fresh for longer and we explain why Salt Bae is the ultimate content machine.

The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Food

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

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 Cops
https://www.wired.com/story/sweden-stockholm-school-app-open-source

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.