The Wired.co.uk Podcast show

The Wired.co.uk Podcast

Summary: The week in tech, culture and science news with Wired.co.uk's Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon and the Wired UK team. Also features regular interviews with the people leading and shaping the Wired world.

Podcasts:

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 98: With Patrick Moore, Brian May, Chris Lintott | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:29

This week we welcome Sir Patrick Moore, astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian May, and professional astronomer Chris Lintott onto the show to talk space. We also discuss the wider week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 97: drilling Earth’s mantle, non-profit porn, Looper and space junk | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:18

On the show this week we discuss the billion-dollar plan to drill into the Earth's mantle, the porn site set up to raise money for social causes, the actor being sued for looking too much like himself in an ad, and the rest of the week's news Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 96: Robot bee brains, how to excrete gold, Pono | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:05

On the show this week we discuss the research that involves uploading the digitised brains to bees to flying bee robots, the bacteria that literally excretes gold, Neil Young's Pono music format and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 95: Facebook, vampire squid, MySpace and Brian Eno | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:56

On the show this week we discuss the latest Facebook privacy concerns, the eating habits of vampire squid and MySpace's impending relaunch. We'll also talk about The Jetsons and catch up with Brian Eno Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 94: Warp drive feasibility, iOS 6 launch, Russian diamond stash and the Tokyo Game Show | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:10

On the show this week we discuss warp drives, the iOS 6 launch, and a Philippines law that makes cybersex illegal. We'll also be talking about Russia's enormous diamond stash and the latest releases at the Tokyo Game Show Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 93: iPhone 5 tested, condom concepts, Nokia fails | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00

On the show this week we go hands-on with the new iPhone 5 and let you know exactly what we think of it, plus we debate Nokia's recent PR blunders, new innovations in condom design and South Korea's anti-Creationist revelations. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 92: Muse interviewed, transhumanism explored | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00

Chris Wolstenholme from Muse joins us on the show this week to talk The 2nd Law and gigs in space. Plus we dissect the fascinating topic of transhumanism, along with the rest of the week's Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Ian Steadman Featuring: Chris Wolstenholme, Adam Rutherford

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 91: Neil Armstrong, IFA, Pendle witches, Shenzen payrise | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00

This week we talk about Neil Armstrong, find out about the tech trends from IFA, sleep learning, the link between 17th century witchcraft and the London riots and the rest of the week in Wired news Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Ian Steadman and Liat Clark

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 90: Mating plugs, space shields, game death, #byeduncan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:38:45

On the show this week we discuss the sexual mating plugs of mosquitoes, how the ISS is getting shields to protect it from space debris, the closure of Lemmings-publisher Psygnosis and the rest of the week in Wired news Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Ian Steadman.

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 89: Amazing toilets, hottest heat ever, drunk snakes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:15

This week we discuss how scientists have created the hottest heat ever created on Earth, the winner of the Bill and Melinda Gates' toilet initiative, why some snakes appear to be drunk, and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 88: Curiosity, Hadopi fails, Silk Road, Facebook gambling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:22

On the show this week we discuss Curiosity's landing on Mars, Facebook's move to start offering gambling services in the UK, how Bitcoins are being used to buy drugs, and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 87: 3D-printed foetuses, tropical coding and Buzz Aldrin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00

On the show this week we discuss the Japanese company which lets you 3D print your unborn baby, a hackathon inviting coders to work on a tropical island, Buzz Aldrin's vision for the US to settle on Mars and the rest of the week in Wired news Show produced and edited by Duncan Geere and Olivia Solon Hosts: Duncan Geere, Ian Steadman and Liat Clark

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 86: Salt shotgun, Mountain Lion, Morse code in space | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00

On the show this week we discus the man who built a shotgun that fires salt at bugs, Japan's mission to put a satellite in space that blinks Morse code back to Earth, the launch of OS X Mountain Lion and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 85: Medieval bras, Yahoo CEO, plastic islands, amazeballs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:34

On the show this week we discuss the discovery of medieval bras, Yahoo's new CEO snatched from Google, nanobots building an island made from old plastic, 'amazeballs' going in the dictionary and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Ian Steadman

 Wired.co.uk Podcast 84: Mouse engineered with Elvis DNA, dinoroars, Ouya | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:38

This week an artist genetically engineers a mouse with the DNA of Elvis Presley, the roars of dinosaurs are recreated in a spooky video, an Android-powered console could revolutionise home videogames and we discuss the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere, Ian Steadman

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