The WIRED Podcast

Coming up today: how Shanghai is rewriting the rules of Chinese censorship and we explain why Americans need to eat less cows.

The stories we talked about this week:

You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet

https://www.wired.com/story/beef-eating-deforestation/

Shanghai Is Rewriting Chinese Censorship Amid Lockdown

https://www.wired.com/story/shanghai-lockdown-china-censorship/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Coming up today: 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.

The stories we talked about this week:

Ukraine War Prompts Europe's New Emergency Rules for the Internet

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-digital-services-act/

Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Law

https://www.wired.com/story/digital-services-act-deepfake-porn/

Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers

https://www.wired.com/story/hepatitis-cases-in-kids-have-scientists-hunting-for-answers/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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

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

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

https://www.wired.com/story/serbia-europe-lithium-mining-electric-cars/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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 Mariupol

https://www.wired.com/story/mariupol-ukraine-war/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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

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

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/

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