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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Why brands ditching vowels are rlly stpd
We talk about the weather and try to get the bottom of the weird world of dumb corporate rebrands
36 min
77
Will football's social media boycott work?
We investigate football’s social media boycott and hear about how Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech
39 min
78
Mutant rats are taking over your office
We get acquainted with the mutant rats taking over the office you abandoned a year ago and ask a seemingly simple question: robots… humans or animals?
38 min
79
Golf is facing an existential crisis
We delve into golf’s existential crisis and have a very serious chat about puppies.
42 min
80
The quest to make cheesy cheese-free cheese
We go on a quest to find out how to make vegan cheese and we delve into New Zealand’s Covid-19 bin mystery
39 min
81
Lewis Hamilton opens up about activism and life...
F1 supremo Lewis Hamilton on the science of success, activism and what comes next and we explore the future of artificial intelligence
47 min
82
The drug that changed medicine
The fascinating future of personalised medicine and how one of the world's largest tech trade shows still plans to go ahead
36 min
83
What’s the deal with NFTs?
Coming up today… we chart the rise and fall of Football Index and explain what the hell is going on with non-fungible tokens.
42 min
84
The terror and trauma of surviving ICU with Cov...
Coming up today… the long-term psychological impacts of surviving ICU with Covid-19 and how Slack can actually fix workplace communications.
45 min
85
Can deepfakes replace The Simpsons?
Coming up today: we explain why anecdotal benefits of microdosing might only be a placebo effect and find out how a bunch of deepfakes could one day replace the cast of The Simpsons.
41 min
86
Why grow grapes in space?
The Uber lawsuit feeding frenzy, how growing grapes in space can make wine better on Earth and the reality of life under Myanmar’s internet shutdown.
46 min
87
Uber has lost. What happens next?
Coming up today: What Uber’s loss in the Supreme Court means for the gig economy, why Facebook was right to ban news in Australia and we go inside the UK’s controversial Covid-19 challenge trial
53 min
88
The origin of the UK variant
Coming up today: Matt Reynolds delves into the origins of the UK Covid-19 variant, Natasha looks at how Amazon saved Deliveroo from disaster and Amit charts the strange demise of Habbo Hotel
52 min
89
How QAnon took over yoga
Coming up today: we explain how QAnon took over yoga, look at Google’s plan to rewrite the rules of the web and investigate the scammers getting rich from the lockdown puppy boom.
57 min
90
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
52 min
91
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.
44 min
92
The last days of Parler
Coming up today: we’re 500 today so we’re all feeling terribly old. Come celebrate
55 min
93
Our (optimistic) predictions for 2021
Coming up today: lucid dreams, lonely penguins and our predictions for 2021
57 min
94
The great WIRED quiz of 2020
Coming up today: it’s the final podcast of 2020, so we’re having a party...
54 min
95
What the Covid-19 vaccines mean for returning t...
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?
48 min
96
How to make sure Christmas isn't a Covid-19 dis...
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.
55 min
97
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
57 min
98
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
51 min
99
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
56 min
100
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
48 min