Episodes

  • Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!
    Sep 4 2024

    Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team.

    On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowledgeable WIRED reporters.

    You can expect the best of WIRED's breaking news and tech analysis right here in this feed.

    Listen to WIRED's Gadget Lab: https://listen.wired.com/YDai_aaZ

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    1 min
  • Introducing WIRED Politics Lab!
    Sep 4 2024

    Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team.

    Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation on WIRED Politics Lab.

    You can find the information needed to lift the fog of disinformation we find ourselves in everyday right on this feed.

    Listen to WIRED Politics Lab: https://listen.wired.com/politicslab_feeddrop

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    1 min
  • The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
    Jul 31 2024

    Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person.

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    8 mins
  • Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics
    Jul 30 2024

    Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.

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    9 mins
  • No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane
    Jul 29 2024

    Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air.

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    7 mins
  • The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
    Jul 26 2024

    Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.

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    5 mins
  • The Race for the Next Ozempic
    Jul 25 2024

    The next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune.

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    9 mins
  • Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris
    Jul 24 2024

    Activists believe that the vice president, who is already the leading voice for reproductive rights in the Biden administration, will champion their cause.

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    6 mins