# The Sunday 7 - Celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday, What you need to know about Hantavirus, and the word from NASA on Alien Life

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Podcast: [The Smart 7](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360)
Published: 2026-05-10T05:01:00+00:00
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The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week... With over 20 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7  won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards  If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following guests: Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus - Director General - World Health Organisation  Doctor Maria Van Kerkhove - Head of Emerging Diseases at WHO Dr Martin Kriz - Former Ship’s Doctor on MV Hondius  Professor Robin May - UK’s Health Security Agency Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru  Dr Aadel Chadhuri - Professor of Radiation Oncology at  the Mayo Clinic Duncan Burton - Chief Nursing Officer at NHS England   Sophia Smith Galer - Journalist and Author of “How to Kill a Language”   Benjamin Lee - Electrical and Systems Engineering Professor at the University of Pennsylvania  Jared Isaacman - NASA Administrator  Sir David Attenborough - Broadcaster, Natural Historian and Campaigner Hans Zimmer - Award winning Composer Sir Ian McKellen - Star of Stage and Screen  Katy Bell - Ulster Wildlife  Maureen Carville - Ulster Wildlife  Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com   or find out more at www.metro.co.uk   Presented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson , researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris .   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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