The WIRED Podcast

Coming up today... we revisit the idea of herd immunity for Covid-19 and consider how the Delta variant is causing travel chaos.

The stories we talked about this week:

The UK’s summer of travel chaos

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-green-list-travel-holidays

We might never reach herd immunity

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/covid-19-herd-immunity

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today... we explain how the Delta variant took over and delve deep into the mysteries of the golden triangle.

The stories we talked about this week:

How the Delta variant took over

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/delta-variant-uk

Warehouses are taking over the Earth

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/warehouses-next-day-delivery

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today... how Apple might eat the newsletter industry, and why quantum computing could unravel some of the mysteries of the universe

The stories we talked about this week:

Quantum computers are already detangling nature’s mysteries

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-computing

It looks like Apple is after Substack’s email empire

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-newsletter-tracking

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today... we explain what really went down when the internet went down and ask a big question: should you ditch Google Chrome?

The stories we talked about this week:

What really went down when the internet went down

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/fastly-internet-outage

It’s time to ditch Chrome

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-chrome-browser-data

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today... we look at the future of mRNA vaccine revolution and explore the use of brain training apps as a tool for tackling police brutality.

The stories we talked about this week:

The mRNA vaccine revolution is just beginning:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-vaccine-revolution-katalin-kariko

Brain training games are here to end police brutality

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/brain-training-stop-police-shootings

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today, the rise and rise of astrology apps and we delve deep into the controversies surrounding India’s faltering vaccination drive.

The stories we talked about this week:

India’s CoWin vaccine booking system is a nightmare

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/india-covid-vaccine-cowin

Lonely men are driving an online astrology boom

wired.co.uk/article/online-astrology-men

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton

Coming up today the wild rise LadBaby and the Facebook Famous and we look at what’s cooking in the world of cultured meat.

The stories we talked about this week:

LadBaby and the wild rise of the Facebook Famous

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ladbaby-facebook-famous

What’s cooking in the world of cultured meat

Published on 25.05.21, check WIRED.co.uk for the full story

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by James Temperton

Coming up today… it’s Uber versus cabbies once again and we try to untangle the complex future of end-to-end encryption.

The stories we talked about this week:

An epic row is brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uber-soho-taxi-rank

Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-encryption-child-abuse

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today… we talk about the weather and try to get the bottom of the weird world of dumb corporate rebrands.

The stories we talked about this week:

Why brands ditching vowels are rlly stpd

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/abrdn-rebrand-vowels

Bad weather forecasts are a climate crisis disaster

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/solar-weather-forecasting

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

Coming up today… we investigate football’s social media boycott and hear about how Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech. 

The stories we talked about this week:

Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-tech

Social media managers are on the frontline of football’s racism problem [Available May 1, 2021]

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/premier-league-social-media-boycott

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess