WIRED Politics Lab

TikTok is a place where DIY videos regularly go viral, featuring everything from drinking cranberry juice on a skateboard to opening a banana with one hand. But does the app have political power? WIRED Senior Writer Arielle Pardes takes us into the TikTok world that’s organizing through memes, mashups, and dance videos.

Boston Dynamics Founder Marc Raibert comes on the show. The company has changed the way we think about robotics. Now after years of uncanny demonstrations, their robots are on the market.

America’s best fire researchers have been trying to learn more about what causes fires—especially extreme fire events like fire tornadoes. Reporter Daniel Duane talks to Get WIRED Host Lauren Goode about his November cover story for Wired magazine, which goes deep into the cutting edge of fire research.

WIRED Senior Writer Jason Parham stumbles on a trove of archived radio broadcasts that take him back to his 1990s coming of age. Then he speaks with cultural critic Jace Clayton, also known as DJ Rupture, about how the move from analog to digital has changed our relationship to music.

Dia Lacina recently went on a journey to find out more about the group of women who composed a lot of the iconic video game scores of the 80’s and 90’s. Conductor and composer Eímear Noone shares how she brings 8-bit video game music to the symphony.

In another special episode of Get WIRED, join WIRED 25 as host Lauren Goode sits down with Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. They talk about human vs. AI content moderation, how Nextdoor is measuring its efforts to prevent racial profiling, and the importance of knowing at least six neighbors.

Filmmaker Nia DaCosta speaks with WIRED senior writer Jason Parham about her upcoming film, Candyman, the horror genre, and how the pandemic will change the future of the movie industry.

In this week’s episode of Get WIRED, host Lauren Goode and reporter Ben Wofford introduce us to an election clerk and computer scientist who spend years warring with each other over election security. Then they decide the real enemy is the private election tech industry—and they set out to build something new.

Adrienne So, WIRED Senior Writer, shares the chaos of raising her kids and figuring out her daughter’s first day of kindergarten amid the pandemic. Later, Education Technology Specialist Regina Schaffer tells us what her district is doing to address the digital divide and discuss the future of our schools.

We're sharing the latest episode of our sister podcast, Gadget Lab. WIRED senior writer Sidney Fussell joins us to talk about the strange murder case where a smart speaker became the star witness.