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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Apr 22, 2022•36 min•Ep 561•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Apr 15, 2022•35 min•Ep 560•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ht...
Apr 08, 2022•48 min•Ep 559•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Apr 01, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 25, 2022•50 min•Ep 557•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad ...
Mar 18, 2022•33 min•Ep 556•Transcript available on Metacast 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/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-ch...
Mar 11, 2022•36 min•Ep 555•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad...
Mar 04, 2022•37 min•Ep 554•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 25, 2022•39 min•Ep 553•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 18, 2022•50 min•Ep 552•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 11, 2022•44 min•Ep 551•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 04, 2022•41 min•Ep 550•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Lear...
Jan 28, 2022•55 min•Ep 549•Transcript available on Metacast 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 M...
Jan 21, 2022•50 min•Ep 548•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 10, 2021•46 min•Ep 547•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail....
Dec 03, 2021•34 min•Ep 546•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Nov 26, 2021•43 min•Ep 545•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Musi...
Nov 19, 2021•46 min•Ep 544•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Nov 12, 2021•40 min•Ep 543•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 05, 2021•49 min•Ep 542•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today, we delve into Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dream and look at an AI tool for verifying the age of children online. The stories we talked about this week: Look Over Here, Kids, It’s the Metaverse https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-connect-metaverse/ Inside the race to use hydrogen to heat our homes https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hydrogen-uk-heating This AI Predicts How Old Children Are. Can It Keep Them Safe? https://www.wired.com/story/ai-predicts-how-old-children-are/ Music by...
Oct 29, 2021•54 min•Ep 541•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today, drones versus horses and Berlin versus Elon Musk The stories we talked about this week: Elon Musk flew to Berlin to woo the locals. He failed https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tesla-berlin-gigafactory-opening The horse, the drone and the epic fight for gambling success https://www.wired.co.uk/article/horse-racing-drone Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Oct 22, 2021•48 min•Ep 540•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today, we ask a simple question: should we kill trillions of animals to save the planet? And try and work out why Squid Game became such a runaway success The stories we talked about this week: Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oct 15, 2021•46 min•Ep 536•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today… a fun week at Facebook and the end of the zero-Covid dream. The stories we talked about this week: Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today https://www.wired.com/story/why-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-went-down-outage/ Whistle-Blower Unites Democrats and Republicans in Calling for Regulation of Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen New Zealand, Delta and the end of zero-Covid https://www.wired.co.uk/arti...
Oct 08, 2021•46 min•Ep 538•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Oct 01, 2021•42 min•Ep 537•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today… big tech competition and why we need to rethink fish as food The stories we talked about this week: Microsoft is heading for a new antitrust showdown https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microsoft-antitrust-dmu-dma-bundling-slack The race to stop fish becoming the next factory farming nightmare https://www.wired.co.uk/article/future-of-food-fish Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 24, 2021•42 min•Ep 536•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today… vaccine passports in France, and the unique loneliness of quitting your job during Covid. The stories we talked about this week: France’s vaccine passport worked – sort of https://www.wired.co.uk/article/france-vaccine-passport-health-pass Remote workers are trapped in a quitting nightmare https://www.wired.co.uk/article/remote-working-quit-job Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 17, 2021•40 min•Ep 435•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today… the weird link between YouTube videos and a rise in Tourette’s-like symptoms in young women and we explore the fight for control of Afghanistan’s internet. The stories we talked about this week: They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tourettes-youtube-jan-zimmermann The battle for control of Afghanistan’s internet https://www.wired.co.uk/article/afghanistan-taliban-internet The Taliban’s vast propaganda machine has a new target https:/...
Sep 10, 2021•32 min•Ep 534•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today… Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real world, plus animal abuse on YouTube The stories we talked about this week: Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real world https://www.wired.co.uk/article/zoom-dysmorphia On YouTube, you’re never far from a dying kitten https://www.wired.co.uk/article/youtube-animal-abuse-rescue Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 03, 2021•45 min•Ep 533•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today… the startups selling ball boosting supplements, and is your name ruining life The stories we talked about this week: Is your name ruining your life? https://www.wired.co.uk/article/name-discrimination They wanted big balls. This startup said it could help https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microbiome-testicles-umzu Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Aug 27, 2021•44 min•Ep 532•Transcript available on Metacast 
