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Politics has never been stranger – or more online. Each week on WIRED Politics Lab, our reporters guide you through the exciting, challenging and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation. Expect in-depth analysis and conversations based on facts and resea...
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37 EpisodenSome Educated Guesses About Trump’s Second Term
Donald Trump’s presidency will be unpredictable, but in our final show, we make some guesses about what’ll happen anyway. WIRED’s Tim Marchman sits do...
Keeping Your Personal Data Safe in the Age of Trump
Donald Trump has threatened to go after a lot of people — journalists, political rivals and undocumented immigrants to name a few—and starting next ye...
Is Everyone Leaving X (But Me)?
Since the election, a number of organizations, journalists, and left-leaning X users have announced their intentions to leave the town square formerly...
The Internet’s Future Under Trump 2.0, with Katie Drummond
Today on the show, WIRED’s global editorial director Katie Drummond joins Leah to talk about how the internet and online communities contributed to Do...
Did Elon Musk Win the Election for Trump?
The election is over and Donald Trump has won a second term in the White House. The next several months—and maybe years—will be spent analyzing what a...
Stacey Abrams on Outworking Elon Musk and the Far Right in Georgia
It’s the election homestretch, and today on the show, we spoke with Stacey Abrams. Abrams has fought voter suppression for more than a decade — and sh...
The Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs Gearing Up to Challenge the 2024 Election
It sounds like something out of the Old West, but this year, Constitutional Sheriffs — law enforcement officers who believe they’re above state and fe...
WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs
On Wednesday, a WIRED exclusive revealed that one of J.D. Vance’s financial policy advisers has posted a lot on Reddit about illicit substances. Given...
Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?
You might know him from Tesla and SpaceX, but now Elon Musk spends a lot of his time campaigning for former president Donald Trump. WIRED’s David Gilb...
VP Debate Night: Vance Sanitized Trumpism, Walz Called Himself a Knucklehead
Vice Presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance faced off last night in their first and only debate. Will Vance’s repackaging of Trump’...
From Endless Thread: Gen Z wants you to take political action, one TikTok at a time
Gen Z is over it. The youngest generation of adults is inheriting a climate crisis, the ongoing fallout from a global pandemic, a polarized political...
Laura Loomer: The ‘Free Spirit’ Whispering in Trump’s Ear
From political fundraisers to the presidential debate to a September 11 commemoration, far-right influencer Laura Loomer has become a staple in former...
No Dogs or Cats Were Harmed In the Making of This Post-Debate Podcast
WIRED’s Makena Kelly and Tim Marchman join Leah to discuss the memorable moments, the policies and, of course, the conspiracies that came up in Tuesda...
The AI Porn Episode
A few months ago, everyone seemed worried about how AI would impact the 2024 election. Lately, it seems like some of the panic has dissipated, but pol...
Influencers Take Over the DNC
The Democratic National Convention organizers really rolled out the blue carpet for influencers this year. Today on the show, WIRED senior reporter Ma...
Kamala Harris' Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What's Next?
Team Trump was winning the internet until the Harris-Walz campaign took over. But Democrats can’t just keep calling Republicans “weird” and celebratin...
The Right is Still Pushing Election Denial — and Pillows
The election denial movement lives on, thanks in part to the efforts of well-funded and well-organized far-right activists. Today on the show, CNN cor...
How QAnon Destroys American Families
Q hasn’t posted anything since 2022. But a staggering number of Americans still buy into QAnon, the conspiracy movement steeped in claims that Satan-w...
From In the Dark: Season 3, Episode 1
Today, we're bringing you a special preview of the new season of the New Yorker investigative podcast In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran. The seri...
Silicon Valley is Coconuts for Kamala Harris
Today on WIRED Politics Lab, how Democratic megadonors in Silicon Valley are showing their support for Vice President Kamala Harris now that President...
The Trump Shooting, Conspiracies, and Calls for War
Right after former president Donald Trump was shot at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania, conspiracy theories exploded online. Today on WIRED Politics...
The Kamala Harris Conspiracies Are Here
After President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, speculations that Vice President Kamala Harris may fill the void are everywhere. Today on WIRED Politic...
From Marketplace: Breaking New Ground
Today on WIRED Politics Lab, the first part of a series from Marketplace that explains how the New Deal changed American society.
Pod Save America Comes to WIRED
Today on WIRED Politics Lab, Pod Save America co-hosts Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor join the show to discuss what the Biden administration has to say...
Far Right Militias Are Back
Jake Lang was arrested for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. From prison, he has organized an armed militia that now ha...
AI Chatbots Are Running for Office Now
Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we're digging into AI chatbots. In a bizarre turn of events, two AI chatbots are running for elected office for the first...
From The New Yorker Radio Hour: The TikTok Ban Is “Rooted in Hypocrisy” with Katie Drummond
David Remnick talks with Katie Drummond, the global editorial director of Wired magazine, about the TikTok ban that just passed with bipartisan suppor...
It's the AI Election Year
In the largest global election year yet, generative AI is already being used to trick and manipulate voters around the world. Will this growing trend...
Twitter Is Dead, Long Live the Portal
Twitter is officially dead. Last week, twitter.com became x.com, marking the final step in a rebranding effort that the company’s owner, Elon Musk, an...
Hasan Piker Won't Tell You to Vote for Joe Biden
Hasan Piker is one of the biggest political streamers on Twitch. With more than two million followers and streams that average eight hours a day, Hasa...
The Conspiracy of Campus Protests
Campus protests over the war in Gaza have been going on for months at American universities. Now that they're at an all-time high, protests been getti...
How Far-Right, Extremist Militias Organize On Facebook
Far-right militia, extremist groups are using Facebook to organize ahead of the US presidential election. After laying low for several years after the...
The TikTok Ultimatum Is Here
This might be the end of TikTok. President Joe Biden signed a bill this week which allows the US government to ban the platform if TikTok doesn't dive...
RFK Jr.’s Very Online, Conspiracy-Filled Campaign
In the year since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially launched his presidential campaign, his extreme conspiracies and very online outreach tactics have...
How Election Deniers Are Weaponizing Tech To Disrupt November
Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyp...
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Politics has never been stranger – or more online. Each week on WIRED Politics Lab, our reporters guide you through the exciting, challenging and some...