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The WIRED Podcast

WIRED UKwww.wired.co.uk

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.

Episodes

Is this the end of WeWork?

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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jan 29, 202153 min

The Covid-19 nose disaster

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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jan 22, 202145 min

The last days of Parler

Coming up today: we’re 500 today so we’re all feeling terribly old. Come celebrate Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jan 15, 202156 min

Our (optimistic) predictions for 2021

Coming up today: lucid dreams, lonely penguins and our predictions for 2021 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jan 08, 202158 min

The great WIRED quiz of 2020

Coming up today: it’s the final podcast of 2020, so we’re having a party... Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Dec 11, 202054 min

What the Covid-19 vaccines mean for returning to work

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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Dec 04, 202049 min

How to make sure Christmas isn't a Covid-19 disaster

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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nov 27, 202055 min

How China crushed Covid-19

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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nov 20, 202058 min

All you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine

Amit and Matt Reynolds talk us through the Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and Natasha explores the weird world of pandemic office Christmas parties Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nov 13, 202051 min

What we can learn from Africa’s pandemic response

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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nov 06, 202057 min

The nasty rise of stalkerware

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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oct 30, 202048 min

Did Sweden's Covid-19 experiment work?

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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oct 23, 202052 min

The grim demise of the cinema industry

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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oct 16, 202046 min

How Italy got on top of Covid-19

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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oct 02, 202050 min

How to think about risk in a pandemic

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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sep 27, 202047 min

Have we found evidence of alien life?

Coming up today: Have we found evidence of alien life? Plus how banks are tackling financial abuse, and holidays in the time of Covid Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sep 18, 202047 min

The living hell of Covid-19 long-haulers

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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sep 11, 202056 min

Coronavirus shows why we need a four-day working week

Natasha explains the rise of the four-day working week, Matt Burgess on the return of ID cards and Matt Reynolds on what the animal kingdom can teach us about social distancing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sep 04, 202048 min

Office lifts are a coronavirus logistics nightmare

Natasha looks at two of the big problems with people returning to offices, Matt Reynolds examines how artificial snow is being used to save a glacier and Matt Burgess explores the troubling rise of deepfake pornography videos Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 28, 202055 min

England’s exam algorithm shambles

Coming up today: Matt Burgess picks over the fallout from the A-level algorithm debacle, Matt Reynolds explains how breast milk is being grown in the lab Natasha meets the digital nomads swapping office life for paradise Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 21, 202052 min

How your boss is spying on you

Coming up today: exam chaos, how your boss is spying on you and the great QR code revival Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 14, 202048 min

Where Zoom goes next

Coming up today: Vicki takes a look at the wild rise of Zoom, Amit fills up on discount fast food and Natasha explains the hygiene theatre coming to a workplace near you soon Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 07, 202052 min

These coronavirus vaccines are the closest to becoming reality

Coming up today: Matt Burgess advises on how to up your lockdown running game, I examine the latest covid vaccine progress, and Matt Reynolds tackles the UK’s big cat mystery Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jul 31, 202051 min

We’re stuck in a lockdown work from home purgatory

Coming up today: Matt Burgess on Covid-19 hackers, Amit looks at how musicians are taking on Spotify (again) and Natasha explains why we’re all stuck in a work from home purgatory. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jul 24, 202048 min

Is coronavirus airborne?

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds explains how coronavirus may actually be airborne, Matt Burgess looks at a grim future for Huawei and Vicki tells us all to wear face masks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jul 17, 202056 min

The failure of antibody tests

Matt delves into the failed promise of antibody tests, Amit explains how to eat lots of hot dogs and Vicki reminds us all what a train is Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jul 10, 202051 min

Has Covid-19 created more plastic waste?

Coming up today: the plight of museums, the surge in plastic and why cinemas are engaged in an elaborate game of post-lockdown chicken Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jul 03, 202049 min

Why mask shaming is a big deal

Coming up today: the rise of mask shaming, the hunt for coronavirus heads to the sewers and how climbing became the next big competitive sport Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jun 26, 202049 min

The era of the coronavirus super-spreader

Coming up today: coronavirus super-spreaders, how Beijing crushed a spike in cases and the death of the great British office sandwich Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jun 19, 202047 min