ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
29 minutes
English
Australia
679 episodes
since Oct. 7, 2017
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~66.37% of listeners are from United States.
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US
66.37%
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AU
3.81%
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CA
3.78%
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GB
3.17%
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DE
2.45%
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IE
1.72%
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NL
1.58%
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IN
1.56%
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FR
1.13%
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PK
1.01%
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FI
0.73%
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CH
0.62%
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BE
0.56%
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NO
0.54%
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ES
0.53%
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SG
0.52%
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JP
0.46%
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DK
0.46%
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TW
0.44%
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MX
0.43%
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BY
0.41%
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NZ
0.38%
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IT
0.35%
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PL
0.35%
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AT
0.32%
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KR
0.29%
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SE
0.27%
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ZA
0.26%
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BD
0.25%
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DZ
0.24%
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BR
0.23%
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PH
0.20%
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SA
0.19%
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KE
0.17%
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IL
0.16%
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HK
0.16%
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RU
0.15%
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HU
0.13%
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MY
0.13%
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AR
0.13%
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TR
0.13%
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RO
0.12%
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RS
0.11%
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ID
0.11%
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CO
0.11%
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CZ
0.10%
Others
2.68%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
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Designing a futuristic city is a fraught task — a mixture of ambition, state of the art technology, inevitable budget blowouts and the need to not just inspire, but awe. We get an update on the progress of two mega metropolises — Xiongan in China and Neom in Saudi Arabia. Also, how a better underst…
The global Covid 19 lockdown may seem like an eternity ago, but the threat of another full-scale pandemic has never resided. Scientists warn that as the Arctic permafrost continues to melt ancient viruses and bacteria are gradually being freed from the ice. The risks are significant, but researche…
Negotiations over a global treaty on microplastics have broken down. So, where to from here for one of the world's biggest environmental threats? We also get an update on new efforts to clean-up the cement production industry; and we look at AI chatbots and the increasing role they're playing as so…
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