The WIRED Podcast
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.
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Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis
A potential roadblock on the route to nuclear fusion and how the Kremlin infiltrated Russia’s biggest social media network.
40 min
27
Why The Crypto World May be Crumbling
We explain why the crypto world may be crumbling and look at the flaws in the European Union’s new plan to crack down on child sexual abuse images.
41 min
28
You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet
How Shanghai is rewriting the rules of Chinese censorship and we explain why Americans need to eat less cows.
53 min
29
Europe Takes on Big Tech (Again)
We delve into the latest European Big Tech regulation thriller and find out why a spike in hepatitis cases in kids has scientists hunting for answers.
36 min
30
The Energy Crisis Is Pushing Solar Adoption—for...
The future of mRNA vaccines, and how the gas crisis is creating a two-tier energy system in the UK.
36 min
31
She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t...
We dive into Ukraine’s information war, and meet a woman who was born without her temporal lobe.
34 min
32
Elon Musk Is on Twitter's Board. What Could Go ...
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.
47 min
33
Europe's New Law Takes a Hammer to Big Tech
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.
37 min
34
A Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims All Acr...
We investigate a mysterious satellite hack and reinvent the humble tree.
49 min
35
The War Puts Ukraine's Clinical Trials in Jeopardy
We analyse the crypto dreams of a $180m ransomware gang, and look at how the war in Ukraine is affecting medical trials
32 min
36
Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Unc...
Ukraine’s cyber war, and Grace explores the whitewashing problem within genetic research.
35 min
37
Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Glob...
Matt Reynolds goes on a denture adventure and we explain how the war in Ukraine could spur another global chip shortage.
37 min
38
Is Firefox OK?
We explain why all is not well at Firefox and we find out about the quest to make a digital replica of your brain.
38 min
39
You're (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woo...
Why NFT marketplace OpenSea can’t win and we look at the wild, woolly world of mammoth patents.
49 min
40
How Humans Are Messing With Evolution
The latest on the porn block and why evolution is happening faster than anyone thought possible.
43 min
41
Inside a Notorious Russian Ransomware Gang
Germany takes on Telegram and we dive deep inside a Russian ransomware gang.
40 min
42
Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. A...
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.
54 min
43
A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Su...
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.
50 min
44
The great WIRED quiz of 2021
It’s the final WIRED podcast of 2021. That can only mean one thing: it’s quiz time.
46 min
45
What we need to know about the Omicron variant
The big problem with Gorillas, and everything you need to know about the Omicron variant
33 min
46
Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean
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.
42 min
47
Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax
Nuclear fusion, treadmill hacking and Norway’s electric vehicle headache
46 min
48
The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Food
How RNA could help keep food fresh for longer and we explain why Salt Bae is the ultimate content machine.
40 min
49
These Parents Built a School App. Then the City...
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.
48 min
50
Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dream
We delve into Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dream and look at an AI tool for verifying the age of children online.
53 min