The WIRED Podcast

Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling places, target election officials, and challenge voter rolls. And though their work was once fringe, its become mainstreamed in the Republican Party. Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we focus on what these groups are doing, and what this means for voters and the election workers already facing threats and harassment.Listen to and follow WIRED Politics Lab here.Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.

Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to the Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, about how she plans to address the city's problems, from homelessness to crime to abandoned downtowns, and how the changes she's proposing could shape not just San Francisco, but the cities of the future. Listen to Have A Nice Future here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We look back at the year in tech, science, business, and culture—through the medium of a quiz. Amit hosts the annual WIRED podcast quiz, with Morgan, Matt R, Grace, and Matt B vying for the prestigious title. Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, WIRED podcast listeners. We're on a short break from producing new episodes at the moment, with some big plans for next year. In the meantime, we need your help.  Tell us: What are your burning questions about the future.  The future of what? Anything. Big or small, strange or serious. We want to hear your questions. And they may even make it into a future episode of the show.  Email us at the normal address: podcast@wired.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Morgan finds out what happens when an AI company steals your face, and Matt Burgess explores the most vulnerable place on the internet This is going to be the last episode for a little while. We're taking a short break to work on some exciting changes to the podcast for 2023, but we'll be back with a new episode in a few weeks. We'll see you then!  The stories we talked about this week: Clearview Stole My Face and the EU Can't Do Anything About It https://www.wired.com/story/clearview-face-search-engine-gdpr/ The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by James Temperton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: the WIRED podcast team weighs in on Elon Musk's dramatic Twitter takeover. The stories we talked about this week: Unverify Me, Daddy https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-elon-musk-verification/ Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter's ‘Ethical AI' Team https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-ethical-ai-team/ Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It? https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-had-a-plan-to-fix-social-media-bluesky-will-elon-musk-follow-it/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: the deadly viruses lurking in the permafrost, and what the Bruce Willis deepfake means for the future of Hollywood. The stories we talked about this week: The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone's Problem https://www.wired.com/story/bruce-willis-deepfake-rights-law/ Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hosts https://www.wired.com/story/arctic-spillover-risk/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: how gig economy laws caused strip club chaos, and we assess your risk of dying in a nuclear war. The stories we talked about this week: The Gig Law Causing Chaos in California Strip Clubs https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gig-economy-strip-clubs Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We look at how social media platforms have responded to the death of Molly Russell and explain why Elon Musk is wrong about depopulation. How A British Teen's Death Changed Social Media https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-british-teens-death-changed-social-media/ Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-population-crisis/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by James Temperton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: as Elon Musk and Twitter (maybe) close in on a deal, we delve deep into the glorious, curious world of bots. (This show was recorded before Elon Musk said he would, in fact, buy Twitter.) The stories we talk about this week... The Quest to Find Twitter's Elusive Bot Team https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-find-twitters-elusive-bot-team/ The Problem With Mental Health Bots https://www.wired.com/story/mental-health-chatbots/ Read all our bot coverage https://www.wired.com/tag/series-bots-run-the-internet/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by James Temperton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: the devastating impact of Iran's internet shutdown and we find out what happened when a Danish city banned Google from its schools. The stories we talk about this week: A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It https://www.wired.com/story/denmark-google-schools-data/ Iran's Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdown https://www.wired.com/story/iran-protests-2022-internet-shutdown-whatsapp/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: we go on the hunt for the people who've never caught Covid and take a look at the wild logistics of replacing the Queen's iconography on everything from bank notes to post vans. The stories we talk about this week: The Mystery of Why Some People Don't Get Covid https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-why-some-people-dont-get-covid/ What Happens to Everything With Queen Elizabeth II's Image? https://www.wired.com/story/updating-british-royal-iconography/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: we talk about the juicy business of plant-based meat and the equally juicy business of Russian censorship. The stories we talk about this week: Plant-Based Burgers Aren't Denting People's Beef Addiction Alternative proteins were meant to reduce the carbon footprint of our diets. But it doesn't look like consumers are switching ... yet. https://www.wired.com/story/plant-based-meat-replacing-animal-meat/ This Clever Anti-Censorship Tool Lets Russians Read Blocked News Samizdat Online syndicates banned news sites by hosting them on uncensored domains—allowing people to access independent reporting. https://www.wired.com/story/russia-internet-censorship-samizdat-online/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Matt Reynolds on Russian gas supplies, and Grace on why the psychedelics bubble could be about to burst. Europe's Plan to Wean Itself off Russian Gas Just Might Work https://www.wired.com/story/russian-gas-europe/ Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst? https://www.wired.com/story/psychedelic-hype-bubble/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: the tech behind a high-school prank, and the hunt for Covid's origins The stories we walked about this week: The Origins of Covid-19 Are More Complicated Than Once Thought https://www.wired.com/story/tracing-covid-pandemic-origins/ Inside the World's Biggest Hacker Rickroll https://www.wired.com/story/biggest-hacker-rickroll-high-school-prank/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: how NFTs conquered football, and why captchas are getting more confusing The stories we walked about this week: NFTs Are Conquering Football https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-conquering-soccer/ Smiling Dogs? Horses Made of Clouds? Captcha Has Gone Too Far https://www.wired.com/story/smiling-dogs-horses-made-of-clouds-captcha-has-gone-too-far/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Grace explores the monkeypox vaccine pipeline problems and Matt Burgess looks at Facebook's European data woes. The stories we walked about this week: The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short https://www.wired.com/story/monkeypox-vaccine-supply-chain/ Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout? https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-eu-us-data-transfers/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Morgan explores a plan to tackle deadly heatwaves through afternoon naps, and Grace investigates the technology hoping to tap into your brain The stories we walked about this week: The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon https://www.wired.com/story/synchron-brain-computer-interface/ How Siestas Might Help Europe Survive Deadly Heat Waves https://www.wired.com/story/how-siestas-might-help-europe-survive-deadly-heat-waves/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Morgan explores the global trade in abortion pills, and Matt Burgess investigates the strange case of the severed internet cables The stories we walked about this week: Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network https://www.wired.com/story/the-wild-abortion-pill-supply-chain/ The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris https://www.wired.com/story/france-paris-internet-cable-cuts-attack/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: how China took control of the world's lithium supply and we explain why your next car could be a threat to national security. Western automakers built their fortunes on the internal combustion engine. Now China has ambitions to define the electric vehicle age. The stories we talked about this week (and more!): China Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car? https://www.wired.com/story/foxconn-apple-car-china/ The Rise and Precarious Reign of China's Battery King https://www.wired.com/story/catl-china-battery-production-evs/ Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security? https://www.wired.com/story/china-cars-surveillance-national-security/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a brief pause last week, the WIRED podcast returns. Coming up today: Natasha on what it's like working at Twitter amid Elon Musk chaos, and Matt Reynolds on a mad plan to grow plants without sunlight. The stories we talked about this week: As Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One's in Charge https://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/ Scientists Are Trying to Grow Crops in the Dark https://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: how Covid tracking apps are pivoting for commercial profit and we talk about the future of genome sequencing. The stories we talked about this week: How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-switch/ How Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Lives https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120653/genomics--wired-guides-/9781847943408.html Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: we speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names. The stories we talked about this week: The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes https://www.wired.com/story/microbe-names-fight/ They Quit. Now You're Picking Up the Slack https://www.wired.co.uk/article/they-quit-now-youre-picking-up-the-slack Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: how Russia is remaking Ukraine's internet in its own image and the pros and cons of Canada's bold new drug law. The stories we talked about this week: Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard' Drugs https://www.wired.com/story/canada-moves-to-decriminalize-possession-of-hard-drugs/ Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine's Internet https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-internet-takeover/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Morgan explores the problems facing Google in Russia, and Grace tells us all about the Great Reinfection The stories we talked about this week: Welcome to the Great Reinfection https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-great-reinfection/ Google's Russian Empire Faces an Uncertain Future https://www.wired.com/story/google-russia-exit/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Natasha reveals the latest trick to lure people back to the office and Amit unmasks the many problems with the lie detector. The stories we talked about this week: Employers Are Luring Workers Back to the Office—With Plants https://www.wired.co.uk/article/office-plants-hybrid-working Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector https://twitter.com/amitkatwala/status/1513498832344174598 Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: the fallout from the impending fall of Roe v Wade and we look back at four years of Europe's landmark data privacy law. The stories we talked about this week: Patients May Not Receive Miscarriage Care in a Post-Roe America https://www.wired.com/story/miscarriage-care-roe-versus-wade/ The Ramifications of Roe v. Wade's Fall Won't Stop at Abortion Bans https://www.wired.com/story/ramifications-of-post-roe-world/ All of WIRED's coverage on a Post-Roe America https://www.wired.com/tag/reproductive-rights/ How GDPR Is Failing https://www.wired.com/story/gdpr-2022/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: a potential roadblock on the route to nuclear fusion and how the Kremlin infiltrated Russia's biggest social media network. The stories we talked about this week: Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis https://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-fusion-is-already-facing-a-fuel-crisis/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: we explain why the crypto world may be crumbling and look at the flaws in the European Union's new plan to crack down on child sexual abuse images.  The stories we talked about this week: The EU Wants Big Tech to Scan Your Private Chats for Child Abuse https://www.wired.com/story/europe-csam-scanning-law-chat-encryption/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Matt Burgess explains why all is not well at Firefox and we find out about the quest to make a digital replica of your brain. Is Firefox OK? https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/ The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain  https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-make-a-digital-replica-of-your-brain/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: why NFT marketplace OpenSea can't win and we look at the wild, woolly world of mammoth patents. You're (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woolly Mammoth https://www.wired.com/story/de-extinction-patents/ Why OpenSea's NFT Marketplace Can't Win https://www.wired.com/story/opensea-nfts-twitter/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest on the porn block and why evolution is happening faster than anyone thought possible. The stories we talked about this week: A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution https://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: Germany takes on Telegram and Matt Burgess dives deep inside a Russian ransomware gang. The stories we talked about this week: Germany Has Picked a Fight With Telegram https://www.wired.com/story/germany-telegram-covid/ Inside Trickbot, Russia's Notorious Ransomware Gang https://www.wired.com/story/trickbot-malware-group-internal-messages/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: the agony and ecstasy of learning to live with Covid and we look at how gravity storage could help in the fight against the climate crisis. The stories we talked about this week: Politicians Say It's Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready? https://www.wired.com/story/living-with-covid-new-normal/ Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy's One Major Drawback https://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today: we look at how countries can best count deaths caused by the climate crisis and look at the latest twist in the gig economy workers' rights saga. The stories we talked about this week: A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results https://www.wired.com/story/uk-climate-change-deaths/ Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced https://www.wired.com/story/gig-economy-outsourcing-uk/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today it's the final WIRED podcast of 2021. That can only mean one thing: it's quiz time. Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today, the big problem with Gorillas, and everything you need to know about the Omicron variant The stories we talked about this week: Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Up https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gorillas-gig-economy-unions-germany The Omicron Variant Is a Mystery. Here's How Science Will Solve It https://www.wired.co.uk/article/omicron-variant-facts Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today, how humans have broken a fundamental law of the ocean and we look into the UK's plan to sequence the genomes of up to 200,000 babies. The stories we talked about this week: Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean https://www.wired.com/story/humans-broken-fundamental-law-ocean/ The UK Government Wants to Sequence Your Baby's Genome https://www.wired.com/story/whole-genome-sequencing-newborn-screening/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today, nuclear fusion, treadmill hacking and Norway's electric vehicle headache.  The stories we talked about this week: Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax https://www.wired.co.uk/article/norway-electric-vehicle-tax Locked Out of ‘God Mode,' Runners Are Hacking Their Treadmills https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nordictrack-ifit-treadmill-privilege-mode Finally, a Practical Use for Nuclear Fusion https://www.wired.co.uk/article/finally-a-practical-use-for-nuclear-fusion Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today, how RNA could help keep food fresh for longer and we explain why Salt Bae is the ultimate content machine. The stories we talked about this week: The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Food https://www.wired.com/story/rna-crop-sprays-presticides/ Salt Bae's Next Great Act? Endless Content https://www.wired.com/story/salt-bae-restaurant-viral-videos/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up today, we look into a dementia detection breakthrough and find out why the cops got involved when a group of vigilante parents tried to take on their school's broken IT system. These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops https://www.wired.com/story/sweden-stockholm-school-app-open-source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices