{"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 - Taylor Swift vs AI, Elon Musk vs Sam Altman, and the battle to save The Venus Fly Trap","slug":"the-sunday-7-taylor-swift-vs-ai-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman-and-the-battle-to-save-the-venus-fly-trap","published_at":"2026-05-03T05:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/the-sunday-7-taylor-swift-vs-ai-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman-and-the-battle-to-save-the-venus-fly-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thesmart7/episodes/the-sunday-7-taylor-swift-vs-ai-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman-and","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thesmart7/e/69f4c2f3417b02e9385f0f3f/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: 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.","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":1277,"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-taylor-swift-vs-ai-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman-and-the-battle-to-save-the-venus-fly-trap/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-taylor-swift-vs-ai-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman-and-the-battle-to-save-the-venus-fly-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}