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Politics has never been stranger – or more online. Each week on WIRED Politics Lab, our reporters guide you through the exciting, challenging and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation. Expect in-depth analysis and conversations based on facts and research. Plus, we’ll give you information you can actually use to lift the fog of disinformation we find ourselves in today.

Politics has never been stranger – or more online. Each week on WIRED Politics Lab, our reporters guide you through the exciting, challenging and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation. Expect in-depth analysis and conversations based on facts and research. Plus, we’ll give you information you can actually use to lift the fog of disinformation we find ourselves in today.

18hr 43min
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September 5, 202435min 51sec34.42 MB
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December 5, 202444min 14sec42.47 MB
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November 21, 202443min 30sec41.78 MB
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November 14, 202441min 29sec39.84 MB
Thumbnail for "Did Elon Musk Win the Election for Trump?".
November 7, 202437min 59sec36.47 MB
Thumbnail for "Stacey Abrams on Outworking Elon Musk and the Far Right in Georgia".
October 31, 202439min 48sec38.22 MB
Thumbnail for "The Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs Gearing Up to Challenge the 2024 Election".
October 24, 202441min 49sec40.15 MB
Thumbnail for "WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs".
October 17, 202431min 12sec29.96 MB
Thumbnail for "Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?".
October 10, 202438min 15sec36.72 MB
Thumbnail for "VP Debate Night: Vance Sanitized Trumpism, Walz Called Himself a Knucklehead".
October 2, 202432min 1sec30.78 MB
Thumbnail for "From Endless Thread: Gen Z wants you to take political action, one TikTok at a time".
September 26, 202432min 18sec31.01 MB
Thumbnail for "Laura Loomer: The ‘Free Spirit’ Whispering in Trump’s Ear".
September 19, 202431min 49sec30.56 MB
Thumbnail for "No Dogs or Cats Were Harmed In the Making of This Post-Debate Podcast".
September 11, 202432min 6sec30.83 MB
Thumbnail for "Influencers Take Over the DNC".
August 22, 202431min 17sec30.05 MB
Thumbnail for "Kamala Harris' Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What's Next?".
August 15, 202431min29.77 MB
Thumbnail for "The Right is Still Pushing Election Denial — and Pillows".
August 8, 202441min 16sec39.63 MB
Thumbnail for "How QAnon Destroys American Families".
August 1, 202431min 54sec30.63 MB
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July 30, 202410min 44sec10.31 MB
Thumbnail for "Silicon Valley is Coconuts for Kamala Harris".
July 23, 202437min 54sec36.39 MB
Thumbnail for "The Trump Shooting, Conspiracies, and Calls for War".
July 17, 202428min 31sec27.39 MB
Thumbnail for "The Kamala Harris Conspiracies Are Here".
July 11, 202432min 8sec30.85 MB
Thumbnail for "From Marketplace: Breaking New Ground".
July 4, 202426min 25sec25.36 MB
Thumbnail for "Pod Save America Comes to WIRED".
June 27, 202428min 15sec27.13 MB
Thumbnail for "Far Right Militias Are Back".
June 20, 202424min 6sec23.14 MB
Thumbnail for "AI Chatbots Are Running for Office Now".
June 13, 202431min 7sec29.88 MB
Thumbnail for "From The New Yorker Radio Hour: The TikTok Ban Is “Rooted in Hypocrisy” with Katie Drummond".
June 6, 202421min 42sec20.83 MB
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May 30, 202435min 16sec33.86 MB
Thumbnail for "Twitter Is Dead, Long Live the Portal".
May 23, 202431min 46sec30.51 MB
Thumbnail for "Hasan Piker Won't Tell You to Vote for Joe Biden".
May 16, 202438min 30sec36.97 MB
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May 9, 202432min 46sec31.46 MB
Thumbnail for "How Far-Right, Extremist Militias Organize On Facebook".
May 2, 202430min 36sec29.38 MB
Thumbnail for "The TikTok Ultimatum Is Here".
April 25, 202434min 33sec33.18 MB
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April 18, 202429min 27sec28.27 MB
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April 11, 202430min 16sec29.06 MB
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April 4, 202430sec480.1 kB
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March 20, 202438sec621.04 kB

The AI Porn Episode

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September 5, 202435min 51sec

A few months ago, everyone seemed worried about how AI would impact the 2024 election. Lately, it seems like some of the panic has dissipated, but political deepfakes — including pornographic images and video —  are still everywhere. Today on the show, WIRED reporters Vittoria Elliott and Will Knight on what has changed with AI and what we should worry about.


Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Vittoria Elliott is @telliotter. Will Knight is @willknight to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.


Mentioned this week:

OpenAI Is Testing Its Powers of Persuasion by Will Knight

AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South by Vittoria Elliott

2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election by Vittoria Elliott

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