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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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/ad ..read more

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 i ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more