Podcast

Uncanny Valley | WIRED

Author: WIRED
Feed episode count: 455
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Summary

Welcome to Uncanny Valley—an insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley—where each week, WIRED’s writers and editors bring you original reporting and analysis about some of the biggest stories in tech. On Tuesdays, The Big Interview with WIRED’s Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond in conversation with influential figures in culture, politics, business, science, and beyond for a discussion captured through the WIRED lens. On Thursdays, WIRED writers and editors Zoë Schiffer, Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger add you to the Slack group thread to let you into what they’re hearing from sources in Silicon Valley and D.C, read you into what trends you should be watching for and how WIRED is thinking about it all.

Episodes

Jul 18, 2026 · not_requested

Why Apple Sued OpenAI; New York Takes On Data Centers; Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

Duration seconds: 2291
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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

We Interviewed a Puppet and It Made A Lot of Sense

Duration seconds: 2458
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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X; Trump Phone Review; Maine's Senate Race Implodes

Duration seconds: 1139
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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

From Mixed Signals: Bluesky COO Rose Wang on building a better social network

Duration seconds: 2413
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Bernie Sanders Wants You to Own Half the Profits from AI

Duration seconds: 2223
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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie; Data Center Workers Are Fighting Back

Duration seconds: 2124
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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Until Trump Fires Her, Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom

Duration seconds: 2295
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Tim Heidecker Thinks Twitter Should Be a World Heritage Site

Duration seconds: 2480
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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Why Anthropic Shut Down Its Best AI (Special News Update)

Duration seconds: 1290
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

Duration seconds: 2545
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

Trump Foe Mounts Competitive Senate Bid in Florida

Duration seconds: 2500
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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

The AI IPO Race Gets Weird; Elon Musk Sued By DOGE Whistleblower; Instagram's Hacking Incident

Duration seconds: 1712
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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Duration seconds: 2418
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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

How Crypto Scam Compounds Use Romance to Make Billions

Duration seconds: 1142
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

How the Internet Could Help the Iranian People

Duration seconds: 2746
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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search Is Over; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Duration seconds: 2534
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

Tom Steyer Makes His Case for Billionaires

Duration seconds: 2243
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Trump’s Tech Posse in China; Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman?; Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

Duration seconds: 1872
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Creators of Hacks Really, Really, Really Hate AI

Duration seconds: 2696
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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Trump Pivots On AI Regulation; What Is Hantavirus?; Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office

Duration seconds: 1769
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

What’s the ‘Chicken Shop Date’ Creator’s Secret? Creative Control

Duration seconds: 2541
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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Duration seconds: 2129
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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

‘Stop Trying to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto’ Says Actor Ben McKenzie

Duration seconds: 2200
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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Duration seconds: 2270
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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

LegalEagle, the Internet’s Favorite Lawyer, Makes Sense of ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’

Duration seconds: 2300
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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

Artemis II Astronaut Reflects Upon Return

Duration seconds: 523
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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

Kara Swisher Is Trying To Live Forever

Duration seconds: 2054
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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own

Duration seconds: 2576
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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home

Duration seconds: 1871
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

Can UpScrolled Keep Up With a Surge in Users?

Duration seconds: 2399
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Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested

Iran Targets U.S. Tech; Polymarket’s Bar Flop; Trump's Plans for Midterms

Duration seconds: 1657
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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

The Myth That AI Will Replace Language Learning

Duration seconds: 2861
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Mar 24, 2026 · not_requested

Trump's 80s Movie Approach to Foreign Policy w/ Chris Hayes

Duration seconds: 2405
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Mar 19, 2026 · not_requested

Nvidia’s “Super Bowl of AI”; Tesla Disappoints Fans; Meta’s VR Metaverse Is Over

Duration seconds: 1501
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Mar 18, 2026 · not_requested

Uncovering an AI Journalist

Duration seconds: 1973
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Mar 12, 2026 · not_requested

Can Anthropic Win Its Lawsuit?; War Memes; AI Comes for VCs Jobs

Duration seconds: 1868
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Mar 5, 2026 · not_requested

Iran Strikes in the AI Era; Prediction Markets Ethics; Paramount Beats Netflix

Duration seconds: 2024
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Mar 3, 2026 · not_requested

BIG INTV: Open AI’s Former Safety Lead Calls Out Erotica Claims (Rerun)

Duration seconds: 2393
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Feb 26, 2026 · not_requested

Pentagon v. ‘Woke’ Anthropic; Agentic v. Mimetic; Trump v. the State of the Union

Duration seconds: 1882
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Feb 24, 2026 · not_requested

BIG INTV: Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’ (Re-Run)

Duration seconds: 2831
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Feb 19, 2026 · not_requested

AI Researcher Resignations; Bots Hiring Humans; Evie Magazine’s Party

Duration seconds: 1830
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Feb 12, 2026 · not_requested

ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans; Palantir Employees’ Ethical Concerns; AI Assistants

Duration seconds: 2244
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