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, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2021•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Coming up today: lucid dreams, lonely penguins and our predictions for 2021 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 08, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast How to recycle your pee, astronaut selection, and the great revival of the home printer Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oct 09, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast