# The Sunday 7 - Taylor Swift vs AI, Elon Musk vs Sam Altman, and the battle to save The Venus Fly Trap

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Podcast: [The Smart 7](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360)
Published: 2026-05-03T05:01:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1277

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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: Taylor Swift - Global Icon, Musician and Activist Phoebe Lunny - Member of UK punk group “Lambrini Girls”   Sophy - Humanoid Robot powered by AI  Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru  Matti Lievonen - CEO of Global BioFuels company EcoCeres Nathan Jubb - Gillie, who manages salmon fishing along a stretch of the River Wye Julie Moore - Botanist in North Carolina specialising in the Venus Fly Trap  Damon Wade - Director of North Carolina’s Botanical Gardens Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro - Professor of Engineering Biology at Imperial College Anne Hayes - Director of Standards at the British Standards Institution  Andrea Padilla - Colombian Senator  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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