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What we can learn from Africa’s pandemic response
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ma...
The nasty rise of stalkerware
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Did Sweden's Covid-19 experiment work?
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: Sweden’s pandemic gamble; the deepfake bot being weaponised against women; and Natasha tries to put the ‘interesting’ in negati...
The grim demise of the cinema industry
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: Natasha investigates the UK’s broken housing algorithm, Matt Burgess reveals how universities are snooping on students and Amit wit...
The wild quest to feed the world using your pee
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to recycle your pee, astronaut selection, and the great revival of the home printer Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Italy got on top of Covid-19
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: Natasha talks to Deliveroo’s struggling ‘heroes’, Amit explains why historians are annoyed at YouTube and Matt Reynolds looks a...
How to think about risk in a pandemic
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: Vicki tries to make sense of Trump versus TikTok, Natasha tries to make business liability interesting and Matt Reynolds explains why...
Have we found evidence of alien life?
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: Have we found evidence of alien life? Plus how banks are tackling financial abuse, and holidays in the time of Covid Learn about yo...
The living hell of Covid-19 long-haulers
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Coronavirus shows why we need a four-day working week
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Office lifts are a coronavirus logistics nightmare
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
England’s exam algorithm shambles
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
How your boss is spying on you
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: exam chaos, how your boss is spying on you and the great QR code revival Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Where Zoom goes next
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
These coronavirus vaccines are the closest to becoming reality
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
We’re stuck in a lockdown work from home purgatory
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 stuc...
Is coronavirus airborne?
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 al...
The failure of antibody tests
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Learn abou...
Has Covid-19 created more plastic waste?
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: the plight of museums, the surge in plastic and why cinemas are engaged in an elaborate game of post-lockdown chicken Learn about y...
Why mask shaming is a big deal
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Learn...
The era of the coronavirus super-spreader
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: coronavirus super-spreaders, how Beijing crushed a spike in cases and the death of the great British office sandwich Learn about yo...
DuckDuckGo takes on Google
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: ducks, eels and simulated shouting. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Sweden bungled its coronavirus response
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sweden's coronavirus response, anti-vaxxers and the pandemic collide and we explain how pubs can reopen safely Learn about your ad choices: dovetail...
Your weird coronavirus summer holidays
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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. Learn a...
How coronavirus attacks your body
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
The WIRED podcast pub quiz
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: the first ever WIRED podcast pub quiz. Fun not guaranteed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The big coronavirus contact tracing app debate
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: coronavirus treatments, we dig deeper into contact tracing apps and look at the surprising science of playing sport behind closed doo...
Coronavirus is making you hungry for skin
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up today: why we’re all hungry for skin, why everyone is getting in a flap over apps and some depressing economic news Learn about your ad ...
The coronavirus startup crisis
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Why you’ve been having so many weird lockdown dreams
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy tore through the web
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The next year under coronavirus
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The next year under coronavirus, the takeaway food conundrum and we delve into the zoom privacy fears Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/...
How a blood test could help us crack coronavirus
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK locks down, wedding planners pivot to crisis comms and our take on Disney+ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How to cope with social distancing
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to cope with working from home, the behavioural science behind handling a pandemic and an opportunity to witness our rapid descent into news overl...