# Uncanny Valley | WIRED

A podcast by WIRED. 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.

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## Latest episodes

- [UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to Court](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/c81ba908eade) (2026-10-27, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9261358381.mp3
- [Will Musk Give Your Kid a SpaceX Share?; Inside the Secret Nathan Fielder Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/1d126d750824) (2026-10-22, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9762437845.mp3
- [Sexual Assault Is a Free Speech Issue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/383723c48735) (2026-10-20, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5222506901.mp3
- [From The Big Story: Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/2c2e7d5adb30) (2026-10-19, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4750486309.mp3
- [Meta’s Muse Won’t Stop Sexting](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/63786ed929de) (2026-10-15, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2004662995.mp3
- [Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk Documentary Has a Unique Perspective on Daddy Issues](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/59dc3c8bd50a) (2026-10-13, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8035633315.mp3
- [Inside Elon Musk's Midterm Spending Spree; What Is Effective Altruism Exactly?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/fc0ca7b159ee) (2026-10-08, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5865504888.mp3
- [Kevin Roose Didn’t Use AI to Write His Book About AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/2be2ee35e4c7) (2026-10-06, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1900983450.mp3
- [Are AI Agents Worth the Risk? and Trump’s Pinky Swear AI Safety ‘Accord](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/fb79690faeb7) (2026-10-01, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4235593061.mp3
- [There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit Gebru](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/de958b36bd89) (2026-09-29, 32 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9277828296.mp3
- [Inside the Network of Anonymous Men Destroying Young Women's Lives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/20cc32ba27e1) (2026-09-24, 20 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7689743588.mp3
- [Patti Harrison Grew Up With Tech As Her North Star. Not Anymore](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/9763d82ca762) (2026-09-22, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4994663560.mp3
- [What Would the AI Apocalypse Look Like? We Went Looking for Answers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/d249a84220cd) (2026-09-17, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3340367061.mp3
- [If the US Collapses Soon, Don’t Blame Emily St. John Mandel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/4186acf3af1f) (2026-09-15, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9707415767.mp3
- [So, Can AI Kill Us All?; Apple’s Foldable iPhone; the Census’ Bad Data Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/305c4730a0d5) (2026-09-10, 31 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6844960440.mp3
- [MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/9c5918a7c5dc) (2026-09-09, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6482901631.mp3
- [How Flock Cameras Actually Work; George Santos' Kalshi Ban; AI Rogue "Civilizations"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/77339b10d6ac) (2026-09-03, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8026548627.mp3
- [LegalEagle, the Internet’s Favorite Lawyer, Makes Sense of ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ (Re-air)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/8782ae666051) (2026-09-01, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9148756059.mp3
- [AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/7e19703b7886) (2026-08-27, 22 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5579128976.mp3
- [Fallout Director Jonathan Nolan Says He's Still a Techno-Optimist (Re-air)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/f86ec42a9553) (2026-08-25, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1933404899.mp3
- [What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/dd426fab8fc2) (2026-08-20, 23 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5104153579.mp3
- [Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton CEO Says It Will Have To](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/b55ba17dd72f) (2026-08-18, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8864345987.mp3
- [Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Explained; Inside Black Hat and DEF CON's Best Hacks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/651834d9e87a) (2026-08-13, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4336053348.mp3
- [Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor (Re-air)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/1227f16dfd91) (2026-08-11, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8078101119.mp3
- [How ICE Has Been Collecting DNA; SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/373751dddbc0) (2026-08-06, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8415997064.mp3
- [Everyone Is Using AI in Hollywood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/a616737ba7d7) (2026-08-04, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2710093283.mp3
- [How Claude Chats Got Exposed on Google; Inside Trump's AI Policy Chaos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/c71114bc1c69) (2026-07-30, 31 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9213661435.mp3
- [Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/3962a178b7f5) (2026-07-28, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3852370842.mp3
- [Did China’s Moonshot AI Steal From Anthropic?; OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/cda7c40aed28) (2026-07-23, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6744713620.mp3
- [Stanford Grads Say Big Tech Is Creating a 'Modern-Day Draft’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/db71629989b3) (2026-07-21, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6931753008.mp3
- [Why Apple Sued OpenAI; New York Takes On Data Centers; Cyclosporiasis Outbreak](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/dfc695642c2c) (2026-07-18, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1876699693.mp3
- [We Interviewed a Puppet and It Made A Lot of Sense](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/0feb05ec8df3) (2026-07-14, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5218846851.mp3
- [Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X; Trump Phone Review; Maine's Senate Race Implodes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/e77f378ccce1) (2026-07-09, 19 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3940091033.mp3
- [From Mixed Signals: Bluesky COO Rose Wang on building a better social network](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/734d8af080b4) (2026-07-07, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE1815778961.mp3
- [Bernie Sanders Wants You to Own Half the Profits from AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/d6238bcc9b58) (2026-06-30, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4867803481.mp3
- [Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie; Data Center Workers Are Fighting Back](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/5c70dcd9c0d5) (2026-06-25, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9299865053.mp3
- [Until Trump Fires Her, Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/8fc6ef08807d) (2026-06-23, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7955308463.mp3
- [Tim Heidecker Thinks Twitter Should Be a World Heritage Site](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/9b6723e177e7) (2026-06-17, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5784932649.mp3
- [Why Anthropic Shut Down Its Best AI (Special News Update)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/3c4b445c22a3) (2026-06-15, 22 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4467136744.mp3
- [Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/bec2213c0ee2) (2026-06-11, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE4990935199.mp3
- [Trump Foe Mounts Competitive Senate Bid in Florida](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/452e4f5a105f) (2026-06-09, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5468187922.mp3
- [The AI IPO Race Gets Weird; Elon Musk Sued By DOGE Whistleblower; Instagram's Hacking Incident](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/62640f4a5288) (2026-06-04, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2224336300.mp3
- [The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/8a3571b2bdca) (2026-06-02, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE6727256655.mp3
- [How Crypto Scam Compounds Use Romance to Make Billions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/fd0f2d330a59) (2026-05-28, 20 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE2145028452.mp3
- [How the Internet Could Help the Iranian People](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/67abd8b6bbc6) (2026-05-26, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE3910763309.mp3
- [Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search Is Over; AI Gets Booed by Graduates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/eccdeda7d968) (2026-05-21, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9145646010.mp3
- [Tom Steyer Makes His Case for Billionaires](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/490c0406c515) (2026-05-19, 40 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE5386388073.mp3
- [Trump’s Tech Posse in China; Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman?; Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/4ed652501098) (2026-05-14, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE9307980203.mp3
- [The Creators of Hacks Really, Really, Really Hate AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/43524b888d7f) (2026-05-12, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE7001500485.mp3
- [Trump Pivots On AI Regulation; What Is Hantavirus?; Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/266391367/23cca2457305) (2026-05-07, 31 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/traffic.megaphone.fm/CNE8260406486.mp3

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