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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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Podcast episodes:

03.19.2021
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.
03.12.2021
The terror and trauma of surviving ICU with Covid-19
Coming up today… the long-term psychological impacts of surviving ICU with Covid-19 and how Slack can actually fix workplace communications.
03.05.2021
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.
02.26.2021
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.
02.19.2021
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
02.12.2021
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
02.05.2021
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.
01.29.2021
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
01.22.2021
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.
01.15.2021
The last days of Parler
Coming up today: we’re 500 today so we’re all feeling terribly old. Come celebrate
01.08.2021
Our (optimistic) predictions for 2021
Coming up today: lucid dreams, lonely penguins and our predictions for 2021
12.11.2020
The great WIRED quiz of 2020
Coming up today: it’s the final podcast of 2020, so we’re having a party...
12.04.2020
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?
11.27.2020
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.
11.20.2020
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
11.13.2020
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
11.06.2020
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
10.30.2020
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
10.23.2020
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
10.16.2020
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.
10.09.2020
The wild quest to feed the world using your pee
How to recycle your pee, astronaut selection, and the great revival of the home printer
10.02.2020
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
09.27.2020
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
09.18.2020
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
09.11.2020
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.
09.04.2020
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.
08.28.2020
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
08.21.2020
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
08.14.2020
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
08.07.2020
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
07.31.2020
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
07.24.2020
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.
07.17.2020
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
07.10.2020
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
07.03.2020
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
06.26.2020
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
06.19.2020
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
06.12.2020
DuckDuckGo takes on Google
Coming up today: ducks, eels and simulated shouting.
06.05.2020
How Sweden bungled its coronavirus response
Sweden's coronavirus response, anti-vaxxers and the pandemic collide and we explain how pubs can reopen safely
05.29.2020
Your weird coronavirus summer holidays
The case for infecting healthy people with coronavirus, a big week for SpaceX and we explain how weird your summer holidays are going to be.
05.22.2020
How coronavirus attacks your body
What we now know about how coronavirus attacks your body, how the school shutdown will affect kids for years and why we’re entering the golden era of nepotism
05.15.2020
The WIRED podcast pub quiz
Coming up today: the first ever WIRED podcast pub quiz. Fun not guaranteed.
05.07.2020
The big coronavirus contact tracing app debate
Coming up today: coronavirus treatments, we dig deeper into contact tracing apps and look at the surprising science of playing sport behind closed doors
05.01.2020
Coronavirus is making you hungry for skin
Coming up today: why we’re all hungry for skin, why everyone is getting in a flap over apps and some depressing economic news
04.24.2020
The coronavirus startup crisis
We explain why coronavirus is hitting startups so hard, investigate the crisis facing Airbnb and its hosts and find out how researchers have cracked a secret paedophile code
04.17.2020
Why you’ve been having so many weird lockdown dreams
Coming up today: how blood could be key in the fight against coronavirus, we explain how to level-up your Zoom pub quiz experience and explain why you’ve been having so many weird lockdown dreams
04.09.2020
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy tore through the web
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy tore through the web, the UK’s worrying police state creep and how a volunteer army is stitching to fix the UK’s scrubs shortage
04.03.2020
The next year under coronavirus
The next year under coronavirus, the takeaway food conundrum and we delve into the zoom privacy fears
03.27.2020
How a blood test could help us crack coronavirus
The UK locks down, wedding planners pivot to crisis comms and our take on Disney+
03.20.2020
How to cope with social distancing
How to cope with working from home, the behavioural science behind handling a pandemic and an opportunity to witness our rapid descent into news overload madness

What's Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Podcast episodes:

What’s the deal with NFTs?

The terror and trauma of surviving ICU with Covid-19

Can deepfakes replace The Simpsons?

Why grow grapes in space?

Uber has lost. What happens next?

The origin of the UK variant

How QAnon took over yoga

Is this the end of WeWork?

The Covid-19 nose disaster

The last days of Parler

Our (optimistic) predictions for 2021

The great WIRED quiz of 2020

What the Covid-19 vaccines mean for returning to work

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

How China crushed Covid-19

All you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine

What we can learn from Africa’s pandemic response

The nasty rise of stalkerware

Did Sweden's Covid-19 experiment work?

The grim demise of the cinema industry

The wild quest to feed the world using your pee

How Italy got on top of Covid-19

How to think about risk in a pandemic

Have we found evidence of alien life?

The living hell of Covid-19 long-haulers

Coronavirus shows why we need a four-day working week

Office lifts are a coronavirus logistics nightmare

England’s exam algorithm shambles

How your boss is spying on you

Where Zoom goes next

These coronavirus vaccines are the closest to becoming reality

We’re stuck in a lockdown work from home purgatory

Is coronavirus airborne?

The failure of antibody tests

Has Covid-19 created more plastic waste?

Why mask shaming is a big deal

The era of the coronavirus super-spreader

DuckDuckGo takes on Google

How Sweden bungled its coronavirus response

Your weird coronavirus summer holidays

How coronavirus attacks your body

The WIRED podcast pub quiz

The big coronavirus contact tracing app debate

Coronavirus is making you hungry for skin

The coronavirus startup crisis

Why you’ve been having so many weird lockdown dreams

How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy tore through the web

The next year under coronavirus

How a blood test could help us crack coronavirus

How to cope with social distancing