The Sunday 7 - Spain and Portugal’s Mystery Power Cut, Meta wants to make you AI friends, and we uncover what Industrial Waste Rock is all about

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week... With over 18 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7 won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following guests: Guests Peter Kyle MP and Secretary of State for Technology James Cridland - Audio Futurologist and Editor of the Podnews newsletter Simon Calder - Journalist, Podcaster and Independent travel expert Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru Mark Zuckerberg - Founder and CEO of Meta Dr Amanda Owen - University of Glasgow School of Geographical and Earth Sciences Doctor Natalie Azar - Senior Medical Correspondent for NBC News Baroness Brown - Member of the Government’s Climate Change Committee Steve Reed - Secretary of State for the Environment Dr Lawrence Ball - The Kent Wildlife Trust Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk This episode is presented by Mike Wooller, written by Liam Thompson , researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.