{"podcast":{"title":"The Smart 7","slug":"the-smart-7-1227360","podcast_index_feed_id":1227360,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/35d3734f-1e29-4d0b-a646-15776be08249","website_url":"https://www.thesmart7.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611e68d306c05e863ff408a5/1742364759580-dc7dc5f1-c78a-4797-932e-d863845b6b84.jpeg","author":"Daft Doris","episode_count":2230,"summary":"The Smart 7 is an award winning daily news podcast that tells you everything you need to know for the day in 7 minutes. Everything from politics to entertainment, via sport and science. Think of it as your News Espresso. We're proud to be partners with Metro, and you can find out more at www.metro.co.uk A fresh one is uploaded every day at 7 am. Written by a human called Liam Thompson and voiced by an AI version of Smart 7 co-founder Jamie East on Mon-Fri. It's news... but not \"The News\". Part of the Daft Doris Network Find out more at www.thesmart7.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:19:01.480379+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360"},"episode":{"title":"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","slug":"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","published_at":"2026-05-10T05:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thesmart7/episodes/the-sunday-7-celebrating-sir-david-attenboroughs-100th-birth","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thesmart7/e/69fdf8f1668fe6d31f535fdf/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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...…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1295,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smart-7-1227360/episodes/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/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/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.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}