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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What Would the AI Apocalypse Look Like? We Went Looking for Answers
#50 trending · Technology
The debate of whether AI can kill us has been everywhere lately, but how exactly would an actual AI catastrophe look like? This week, the team went looking for answers an
Sep 17 37 min
If the US Collapses Soon, Don’t Blame Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. This month, she’s releasing her newest novel, Exit Party, which imagi
Sep 15 34 min
So, Can AI Kill Us All?; Apple’s Foldable iPhone; the Census’ Bad Data Problem
This week, an AI researcher's resignation from Anthropic went viral on social media after he claimed there's a real chance AI could wipe out humanity by decade's end. WIR
Sep 10 30 min
MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom
When Rebecca Kutler accepted the job as president of cable news channel MS Now, formerly known as MSNBC, she knew what she was getting into. The top 3 cable news channel,
Sep 9 29 min
How Flock Cameras Actually Work; George Santos' Kalshi Ban; AI Rogue "Civilizations"
We're back! This week, the team discusses the two incidents that have been making noise in prediction markets: George Santos getting lifetime ban from Kalshi, and a Googl
Sep 3 32 min
LegalEagle, the Internet’s Favorite Lawyer, Makes Sense of ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ (Re-air)
Devin Stone, the lawyer better known as LegalEagle on YouTube, has been breaking down legal cases - and assessing the accuracy of legal procedurals in film and television
Sep 1 40 min
AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?
The AI race has been framed as a zero-sum game: either the U.S or China will win at the end. But as concerns pile up around the increasing capabilities of AI models — esp
Aug 27 21 min
Fallout Director Jonathan Nolan Says He's Still a Techno-Optimist (Re-air)
Katie sits down with the Westworld showrunner, Jonah Nolan for a wide ranging conversation about what keeps him coming back to sci-fi storytelling about technology and hu
Aug 25 53 min
What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply?
Earlier this year, insurance executives gathered in a Times Square conference room to play out a scenario — a Chinese cyberattack that knocks out 5,000 US water utilities
Aug 20 22 min
Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton CEO Says It Will Have To
Andy Yen is co-founder of Proton, a Geneva-based company that operates a suite of privacy focused products like email, calendars, password managers and more. A former phy
Aug 18 40 min
Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Explained; Inside Black Hat and DEF CON's Best Hacks
This week, the team breaks down Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word AI manifesto and why it ultimately rings hollow. Plus — why job seekers are scheduling bot-run int
Aug 13 32 min
Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor (Re-air)
Before he burst through the 2025 primaries, Zohran Mamdani was polling at the same level as literally "someone else." Then-candidate Zohran Mamdani sat down with Katie to
Aug 11 37 min
How ICE Has Been Collecting DNA; SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon
This week, the team breaks down how ICE has collected DNA from nearly a million people this year, including young children, feeding an FBI database indefinitely. Plus — G
Aug 6 33 min
Everyone Is Using AI in Hollywood
When Puck’s Matthew Belloni reported on Amazon MGM Studios decision to dump their Sam Altman biopic mere months after announced an enormous investment into OpenAI to the
Aug 4 52 min
How Claude Chats Got Exposed on Google; Inside Trump's AI Policy Chaos
This week, Nvidia launched a splashy push for an open source AI security alliance alongside companies like Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir — notably absent were OpenAI an
Jul 30 30 min
Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?
A.G. Sulzberger, who took on the publisher role at The New York Times a decade ago and has been an influential leader in the Times’ much-lauded push into digital innovati
Jul 28 44 min
Did China’s Moonshot AI Steal From Anthropic?; OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models
This week, the White House accused Chinese-owned Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable 5 to build their much talked about Kimi K3 model. Zoë, Leah, and Brian break
Jul 23 35 min
Stanford Grads Say Big Tech Is Creating a 'Modern-Day Draft’
More than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, te
Jul 21 41 min
Why Apple Sued OpenAI; New York Takes On Data Centers; Cyclosporiasis Outbreak
This week, the team discusses the details behind Apple suing OpenAI over alleged stolen hardware secrets. And the company's headaches don't stop there — a group of OpenAI
Jul 18 38 min
We Interviewed a Puppet and It Made A Lot of Sense
Attitudes around social media are changing. A Pew Research study found that about half of teens surveyed in 2024 felt that social media had a mostly negative impact on th
Jul 14 40 min
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These stories are topical, thorough, digestible, and insightful. UV offers deep reporting on breaking news balanced with interesting insights into the tech industry + its actors. All of this is underpinned by well calibrated explanations of underlying tech concepts and historical background. I always take something new away from a UV episode :) The best part of the show is how sneaky funny it is. The banter between the hosts often makes me laugh out loud on my walk to work… it’s just fun to listen to smart friends talk.
On a personal note: As a WiT who’s trying to be more politically active, I feel lucky to be able to hear current events reporting from the UV team. It’s a scary (often dystopian) world out there right now in both politics and tech. I’m an anxious person and it can difficult to keep informed + activated without doom spiralling… but this podcast makes it infinitely more tolerable :) thank you, please keep up the great work!!
OliveLeigh · May 2025
love uncanny valley! wired journalists are doing such critical original reporting right now, and this podcast is such a perfect balance of engaging and instructive while also being entirely digestible and a pleasure to listen to. it must be the personalities of the hosts, but somehow they share the dark, dire messages of the moment in a way that leave me informed but not utterly hopeless. thanks, UV!
professor dane · May 2025
I’m really enjoying this podcast. Full disclosure I’ve been a fan of wired since the very beginning. I like the balance of it being smart and human. The people on the show are interesting and accessible. Please keep it that way and not go over the top if you feel the urge. Keep up the good work!
InfernoShade · May 2025
I’ve enjoyed the last two episodes on surveillance, but overall have a hard time listening to this podcast because of the needless banter and sarcasm. Lauren is best imo, but is always interrupted by the other two. I think it would be great to focus more on the informative aspect and less on the conversational tone.
fred dame · Apr 2025
This used to be one of my favorite podcasts, but unfortunately the addition of Katie Drummond to the mix weighs it down with severe, scoldy mom energy that drains all the joy out the show. And because she’s in a higher position of power, you can tell there’s not much anyone can say or do about it. It’s unfortunate that what used to be such a delightful podcast is now just Katie yelling at me about things that are not uncommon knowledge. I don’t need this
L Helen Yow · May 2025
I wanted to like this show and have given it a long honest try but the hosts come off as kinda not serious and more interested in chatting with each other like friends. It’s a wasted opportunity of a podcast that could delve deeper into information from the magazine but instead they opt for flippant euphemism and superficial hot takes.
HarbingerofLove · Mar 2025
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