Best Green Sofa Podcasts (2024)

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From the Archives: The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed 7:19

21d ago7:19

7:19

Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Hurricane Beryl Isn’t a Freak Storm—It’s the Exact Nightmare Meteorologists Predicted 8:03

28m ago8:03

8:03

A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Cuts Dozens of Jobs 7:20

19h ago7:20

7:20

Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Meta's Pay for Privacy Model Is Illegal, Says EU 5:04

2d ago5:04

5:04

In the latest big tech reprimand, European Commission officials say the tech giant must offer another option for EU users to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the Election 9:35

3d ago9:35

9:35

With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Calming Fireworks Fears: Music and Tips for Your Sound Sensitive Dog 1:01:13

3d ago1:01:13

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Welcome to a bonus episode of the My Zen Pet podcast, where renowned pet calming maestro Lisa Spector brings you soothing music and expert advice to help your sound-sensitive dogs relax. In this special episode, Lisa guides you through calming techniques and shares invaluable tips on preparing your dogs for the stressful fireworks season. With a ba…

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OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI 7:29

6d ago7:29

7:29

Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Air So Polluted It Can Kill Isn’t Being Taken Seriously Enough 7:36

7d ago7:36

7:36

Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over 6:55

8d ago6:55

6:55

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Post-Pandemic Recovery Isn’t Guaranteed 3:42

9d ago3:42

3:42

The aftermath of a disaster like Covid can be divided into roughly three stages: the honeymoon, the slump, and the uptick. The aim is always to build back better—but in some cases that never happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine 13:44

10d ago13:44

13:44

Earlier this week, WIRED published a story about the AI-powered search startup Perplexity, which Forbes has accused of plagiarism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong 12:38

13d ago12:38

12:38

The humble potato is a miraculous vegetable, but Americans are eating less of them than ever before and have ditched fresh potatoes for frozen. Is it time to rebrand the spud? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus 6:43

14d ago6:43

6:43

Students and young workers from more than 120 universities have pledged to refuse work at Google and Amazon until the Israeli contract is dropped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing 12:52

15d ago12:52

12:52

Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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AI Is Coming for Big Tech Jobs—but Not in the Way You Think 9:26

16d ago9:26

9:26

Companies aren’t replacing workers with AI yet. But they are sacrificing thousands of jobs in the race to further innovation in the technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Really Going to Waste? 13:56

17d ago13:56

13:56

Food app Too Good To Go promises to cut waste by directing hungry bargain hunters to leftover restaurant food. But the week we spent living off the app had me wondering if Too Good To Go is too good to be true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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From the Archives: Scientists Have Finally Found the Origins of a Mysterious Asteroid 9:11

20d ago9:11

9:11

Astronomers show how a 50-meter space rock orbiting near Earth isn’t a typical asteroid: It probably blasted off the moon millions of years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product 8:11

20d ago8:11

8:11

Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple’s demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren't Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets 9:11

21d ago9:11

9:11

Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she's worried China will steal American AI secrets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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An AI Cartoon May Interview You For Your Next Job 8:55

22d ago8:55

8:55

As if trying to land a new gig isn't demoralizing enough, job seekers are meeting with characters powered by generative AI who are capable of meeting with infinite candidates to judge their skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever 11:02

23d ago11:02

11:02

The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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The Case for MDMA's Approval Is Riddled With Problems 11:05

24d ago11:05

11:05

The FDA is considering approving MDMA alongside psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. But evidence of the drug’s effectiveness isn’t clear cut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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From the Archives: Energy Drinks Are Out of Control 12:24

25d ago12:24

12:24

Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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From the Archives: Here Come the Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants 9:58

26d ago9:58

9:58

Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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From the Archives: What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds? 10:37

27d ago10:37

10:37

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Marc Andreessen Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for His Kid 7:20

27d ago7:20

7:20

Investor Marc Andreessen called tech ethics and safety teams “the enemy” in his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” last year. Today he clarified he’s in favor of online guardrails for his 9-year-old son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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From the Archives: A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis 13:20

28d ago13:20

13:20

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken. Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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An American Company Enabled a North Korean Scam That Raised Money for WMDs 8:10

28d ago8:10

8:10

Wyoming’s secretary of state has proposed ways of “preventing fraud and abuse of corporate filings by commercial registered agents” in the aftermath of the scheme’s exposure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It? 9:55

29d ago9:55

9:55

Generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot are becoming part of everyday business life. But they come with privacy and security considerations you should know about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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The Ticketmaster Data Breach May Be Just the Beginning 10:22

1M ago10:22

10:22

Data breaches at Ticketmaster and financial services company Santander have been linked to attacks against cloud provider Snowflake. Researchers fear more breaches will soon be uncovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Google's AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That's How AI Works 9:38

1M ago9:38

9:38

Google rushed out fixes after its AI search feature made errors that went viral. Fundamental limitations of generative AI mean that it will still screw up sometimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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What Ever Happened to the Tiny House Movement? 10:52

1M ago10:52

10:52

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Business, Spoken. Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go? 10:12

1M ago10:12

10:12

2022’s NASA mission proved it was possible to knock an incoming near-Earth object off course. But that creates debris—which might also be a threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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'Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds 7:24

1M ago7:24

7:24

The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Why Some Animals Thrive in Cities 10:51

1M ago10:51

10:51

Why does some wildlife thrive in the city? Figuring this out is the first step to boosting urban biodiversity. And that's good for everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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From Science, Spoken: Why Antidepressants Take So Long to Work 13:29

1M ago13:29

13:29

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken. A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Anduril Is Building Out the Pentagon’s Dream of Deadly Drone Swarms 13:03

1M ago13:03

13:03

The US military aims to maintain its dominance by building autonomous attack drones that collaborate with humans and overwhelm defenses in swarms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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What’s Up With These Crazy Northern Lights? 9:42

1M ago9:42

9:42

Solar winds at a million miles an hour and freaky magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen 8:13

1M ago8:13

8:13

The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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What Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI Could Look Like in Court 9:47

1M ago9:47

9:47

If Scarlett Johansson pursues legal action against OpenAI for giving ChatGPT a voice she calls “eerily similar to mine,” she might claim the company breached her right to publicity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare 9:50

1M ago9:50

9:50

We're bringing you a special episode from our Business, Spoken show. Check it out wherever you're listening. Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Crypto Astrologers See Price Moves in the Stars 11:00

1M ago11:00

11:00

They predict the ups and downs of Bitcoin based on planetary movements, and their super-secretive clientele listens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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The End of ‘iPhone’ 9:11

1M ago9:11

9:11

Ken Segall is the reason so many Apple products start with “i.” Now he says it’s time to drop the prefix entirely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight 13:34

2M ago13:34

13:34

We wanted to bring you one of our favorite stories from 2023: The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots 6:33

2M ago6:33

6:33

The emotional mimicry of OpenAI’s new version of ChatGPT could lead AI assistants in some strange—even dangerous—directions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid 11:01

2M ago11:01

11:01

Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Tornado Cash Developer Found Guilty of Laundering $1.2 Billion of Crypto 7:37

2M ago7:37

7:37

Alexey Pertsev, cofounder of the crypto-anonymizing tool, has been sentenced to over five years behind bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Generative AI Doesn’t Make Hardware Less Hard 11:38

2M ago11:38

11:38

Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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Elon Musk's Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design 9:11

2M ago9:11

9:11

Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more prone to failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning 8:32

2M ago8:32

8:32

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning at the same time. Just how rare is each condition? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy SpokenLayer

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