The WIRED Podcast

Latest Episodes:

All you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine Nov 13, 2020

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Amit and Matt Reynolds talk us through the Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and Natasha explores the weird world of pandemic office Christmas parties

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What we can learn from Africa’s pandemic response Nov 06, 2020

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Coming up today: Matt Reynolds explains why Africa has been spared the worst of the pandemic, Natasha reveals the middle-class private jet boom and Matt Burgess looks at the worrying rise of police fingerprint scanners

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The nasty rise of stalkerware Oct 30, 2020

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Coming up today: Natasha looks into Uber’s robo-firings, Matt Burgess charts the grim rise of stalkerware and Vicki explains why there might not be signs of life on Venus after all

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Did Sweden's Covid-19 experiment work? Oct 23, 2020

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Coming up today: Sweden’s pandemic gamble; the deepfake bot being weaponised against women; and Natasha tries to put the ‘interesting’ in negative interest rates

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The grim demise of the cinema industry Oct 16, 2020

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Coming up today: Natasha investigates the UK’s broken housing algorithm, Matt Burgess reveals how universities are snooping on students and Amit witnesses The grim demise of the cinema industry.

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The wild quest to feed the world using your pee Oct 09, 2020

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How to recycle your pee, astronaut selection, and the great revival of the home printer

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How Italy got on top of Covid-19 Oct 02, 2020

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Coming up today: Natasha talks to Deliveroo’s struggling ‘heroes’, Amit explains why historians are annoyed at YouTube and Matt Reynolds looks at how Italy got to grips with Covid-19

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How to think about risk in a pandemic Sep 27, 2020

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Coming up today: Vicki tries to make sense of Trump versus TikTok, Natasha tries to make business liability interesting and Matt Reynolds explains why humans are so bad at understanding risk

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Have we found evidence of alien life? Sep 18, 2020

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Coming up today: Have we found evidence of alien life? Plus how banks are tackling financial abuse, and holidays in the time of Covid

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The living hell of Covid-19 long-haulers Sep 11, 2020

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Coming up today: Matt Reynolds meets the coronavirus long-haulers, Matt Burgess tracks the rise and fall of Pret and Amit explains why lie detectors are creeping into British policing.

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