Best Neurotechnology Podcasts (2025)

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What happens to patients when neurotechnology is abandoned? 19:20

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As interest in the possibilities of neurotechnology accelerates, there are growing concerns that some of the downsides are being overlooked. Particularly the issue of what happens to patients if the company that produces their device stops producing component parts, or servicing their technology, or goes out of business altogether.…

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Russian neurotechnology company says it can steer pigeon flocks with implanted brain chips

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The Russian neurotechnology company Neiry claims to have begun field testing a flock of pigeons with chips implanted in their brains, allowing researchers to steer the birds from the laboratory into the wild and back. According to reporting by Forbes Russia, Neiry says its operators can upload flight patterns to pigeons by stimulating specific area…

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Russia bans Roblox over child safety fears

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Russia’s federal media censor, Roskomnadzor, announced on Wednesday that it had blocked the popular children’s video game Roblox. Statements and reports from government agencies indicate that the Russian authorities have been preparing for this move since the start of the year. Roskomnadzor justified the ban by accusing the game of disseminating ma…

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‘What’s the problem?’: Russia’s human rights chairman on censorship, blocked apps, and musician arrests

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In a new interview with RBC, Russian Human Rights Council Chairman Valery Fadeyev weighed in on censorship, wartime restrictions, returning offenders from the front, and more. Meduza shares several of his most notable remarks, translated into English. On blocking messengers What’s the problem? Yes, some people invested in their Telegram channels an…

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As Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on, global weapons profits keep rising, new report finds

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The world’s 100 largest arms manufacturers saw their combined revenue rise by 5.9 percent in 2024, reaching a record $679 billion, according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). SIPRI links the surge in revenue to heightened demand driven by the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza, and broader geopolit…

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Kremlin talks stretch past midnight as U.S. envoys and Putin again fail to bridge peace-plan gap on Ukraine war

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Russian and U.S. negotiators met at the Kremlin for nearly five hours on Tuesday, concluding talks roughly 30 minutes after midnight, the newspaper Kommersant reported. The Russian delegation included Vladimir Putin, advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s special envoy and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. The United States wa…

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Four quotes from Vladimir Putin explaining how Russia is winning the war in Ukraine, which is not really a war, and Russia didn’t start it even if it were, but it should have even sooner

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Kostyantynivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, November 28, 2025 July 2022: Russia has not yet begun to fight (addressing the State Duma) We hear today that they want to defeat us on the battlefield… Well, what’s there to say? Let them try. But everyone should realize that we haven’t even really gotten started yet. October 2023: We didn’t start the w…

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Veteran cosmonaut pulled from joint Russian–U.S. mission after allegedly photographing sensitive SpaceX hardware

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Oleg Artemyev, 2018 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been removed from the Crew-12 mission, a Roscosmos flight to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX and scheduled for the first half of 2026, according to Roscosmos’s press service. His spot will be taken by Andrey Fedyaev, who now appears on the mission’s crew roster on the Yuri G…

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‘Europe’s demands are not acceptable to Russia,’ Putin says, ahead of meeting with Trump’s envoys in Moscow

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Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Steve Witkoffin April 2025 An American delegation has arrived in Russia for talks with Vladimir Putin on a potential peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Shortly after 2:00 p.m. Moscow time, the plane carrying Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, landed in Moscow, according to I…

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Damage to the Baikonur launchpad has left Russia unable to send people into space. Why doesn’t Roscosmos have a backup plan?

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The launch of Soyuz MS-28 on November 27, 2025 On November 27, the Soyuz MS-28 carrying a crew of cosmonauts lifted off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which Russia operates in Kazakhstan, on its way to the International Space Station. After the launch, scorched metal structures were discovered in the flame pit beneath the pad. It soon bec…

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Making sense of geopolitics in 2025 47:52

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As geopolitics shifts, three experts on international relations answer fundamental questions, including: Why do humans have wars? What are the new challenges facing peacemakers and peacekeepers? And what has changed for the Global South? Guests: Monica Toft, Professor and Director, Center for Strategic Studies; Academic Dean, Fletcher School of Law…

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As Russia conceals HIV data, report finds rising infection rates among pregnant women

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December 1 is World AIDS Day. Last week, the project To Be Precise published two reports about how HIV is transmitted in contemporary Russia and what living with the illness looks like. Meduza summarizes the group’s findings. The exact number of people living with HIV in Russia is unknown. Data on HIV-related deaths is no longer published. Two gove…

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Ukrainian war-tracking project DeepState accuses crypto prediction platform Polymarket of using its battlefield data for real-time gambling

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The Ukrainian open-source intelligence initiative DeepState, which created and maintains an interactive map of Russia’s invasion, has slammed the team behind a separate mapping tool, Polyglobe, accusing them of improperly using DeepState data to fuel bets on the war. The online prediction platform Polymarket allows users to gamble on a wide array o…

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Expanding the war at sea, Ukraine attacks two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers off the Turkish coast

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The aftermath of an attack on a oil tanker off the Turkish coast on November 28, 2025 Moscow has accused Ukraine of “violating Turkish sovereignty” after recent attacks on tankers carrying Russian oil. Naval drones reportedly struck the two ships almost simultaneously on November 28. At the time of the attacks, the Kairos was 28 nautical miles from…

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Would a ‘drone wall’ solve the E.U.’s Russian incursion problem? German military expert Frank Sauer is skeptical.

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Exercises in detecting, tracking, and neutralizing drones in southeastern Poland. November 18, 2025. Europe is stepping up its preparations for a possible war with Russia. Debates over how to strengthen the continent’s defenses intensified starting in mid-September, when roughly 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Then, in the two months tha…

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Ukrainian political scientist Volodymyr Fesenko explains what Yermak’s resignation means for Zelensky and the peace process

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On November 28, Ukrainian authorities searched the home of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office and the country’s chief negotiator in the peace process, as part of a corruption investigation into alleged embezzlement at Energoatom. That evening, Yermak submitted his resignation. Meduza spoke with Ukrainian political analyst V…

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The Year that Made Me: Stelarc, 1970 32:24

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Australian performance artist Stelarc has pushed the boundaries of the human body for the last 50 years, suspending himself by hooks, wiring his muscles to the internet, even adding a prosthetic ear to his arm. On The Year That Made me he traces his experimental foundations back to a visit to Japan in 1970. Guest: Stelarc, Performance Artist.…

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How the National Assistance Card helps people with invisible disabilities 9:13

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The National Assistance Card is a tool that is increasingly being used by people with invisible disabilities to communicate their needs, particularly during emergency situations.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Is the African Grey Parrot too clever for its own good? 19:39

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The African Grey is a very clever parrot whose capacity to mimic has made them stars on social media. But has the increased demand for them threatened their survival in the wild? And should wild birds born to fly be sold as pets especially when they often outlive their owners? Guest: Rene Ebersole, investigative reporter and co-founder of of the no…

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The Science of Frankenstein 19:00

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Yet another adaption of Frankenstein emerges from Netflix this month, the latest in over 100 years of screen adaptations. But in 1818, when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was first released, was the concept of reanimation considered science fiction or potential science fact? Guest: Kathryn Harkup, author of Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shel…

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The state of HIV prevention in 2025 18:14

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The 1st December is World AIDS Day and 2025 has proven to be a very challenging year globally for those working in HIV prevention and treatment. When George Bush introduced the US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2003 it was a gamer changer. Millions of people - particularly in Africa gained access to both HIV treatment and prevention d…

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Venezuelan opposition backs US on regime change 11:44

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The 2025 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, has aligned herself closely with the Trump administration on the issue of regime change in Venezuela.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Andriy Yermak resigns as head of Ukrainian president’s office

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Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office and the country’s lead negotiator in peace talks, has resigned, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. “Russia very much wants Ukraine to make mistakes. We will not make any,” Zelensky said in his daily address. “Our work goes on. Our struggle goes on. We have no right to ease up, no…

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Ukrainian anti-corruption agents search home of Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak

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Update: Andriy Yermak has resigned from his post as the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. Officers from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) searched the home of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office a…

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Former Kremlin deputy chief of staff reportedly wrote Putin letter condemning war in Ukraine before his resignation in September

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Former Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin condemning Moscow’s war against Ukraine shortly before his resignation in September, Agentstvo Media reports. Kozak, who previously served as Russia’s deputy prime minister, became Putin’s deputy chief of staff in January 2020. According to a Meduza…

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Putin’s new national policy strategy targets ‘foreign meddling’ and aims to have 95 percent of citizens share a ‘Russian civic identity’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out Russia’s new “national policy strategy” through 2036. The document describes the current state of interethnic relations in Russia as “stable.” It says that for 92 percent of Russians, their main sense of identity is a “shared Russian civic identity” (rather than, for example, religiou…

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‘We will achieve this by military means.’ Putin calls Trump’s peace plan a ‘basis’ for future talks — and then demands Ukraine surrender territory.

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The Trump administration has laid out a possible “basis” for a peace deal with Ukraine, but signing an agreement with the current leadership in Kyiv is “legally impossible” in Russia’s view, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Speaking in Bishkek after a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit, Putin repeated many of the Kremli…

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Russia just declared the late Alexey Navalny’s nonprofit a ‘terrorist organization.’ This was their response.

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On Thursday, Russia’s Supreme Court declared the global branch of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) a “terrorist organization,” banning the activities of the New York-based nonprofit founded by the late opposition leader Alexey Navalny to support his activism in Russia. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, which petitioned for the designatio…

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‘Run and hide all you want’: The online group harassing and threatening LGBTQ Russians in the E.U.

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In 2025, the Telegram channels of multiple Russian LGBTQ+ organizations came under coordinated cyberattacks. Tens of thousands of bot accounts were deployed as artificial followers in an apparent effort to get these groups blocked. Sex educator and LGBTQ+ activist Sasha Kazantseva experienced the bot invasion on her own channel, Washed Hands. She a…

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‘Georgians will not accept autocracy’: Former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze reflects on Georgia’s year-long political crisis

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Protesters march through the streets of Tbilisi, blocking traffic to demand new elections and the release of political prisoners. November 17, 2025. Protesters in Georgia have been taking to the streets for 364 straight days. On October 26, thousands joined an anti-government march in central Tbilisi marking the anniversary of the country’s dispute…

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U.S. delegation to come to Moscow next week to discuss peace plan, Putin says

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A U.S. delegation is set to travel to Moscow next week for talks on President Donald Trump’s “peace plan,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “We’re expecting them in the first half of the week,” Putin told reporters. Speaking about the plan, Putin noted that the negotiations have not produced an actual draft peace agreement. “There…

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What do the Witkoff–Ushakov and Ushakov–Dmitriev transcripts reveal about U.S.–Russian negotiations? Who leaked them — and why?

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Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, August 2025 On November 25, Bloomberg published an explosive report containing transcripts of two phone calls: one between top Kremlin advisers Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, and another between Ushakov and U.S. presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff. The leak revealed that Witkoff coached Ushakov on how to co…

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Leaked calls between Steve Witkoff and Putin’s advisers raise new questions about Trump’s ‘peace plan.’ Here’s how the world is reacting.

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Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff meet in Moscow on August 6, 2025, as Yuri Ushakov stands in the background On November 25, Bloomberg published transcripts of two phone calls involving Yuri Ushakov, a top aide to the Russian president — one with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and another with Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmi…

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Russian prosecutors seeking 25-year prison sentence for physicist who donated to Ukrainian charities

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A 34-year-old Russian physicist is facing 25 years in prison after authorities accused him of preparing a DDoS attack, planning a sabotage operation, and committing treason. The first two charges are based on circumstantial evidence, while the treason charge is in connection with donations he made to Ukrainian charity organizations. Here’s what we …

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Leaked recordings show Witkoff coached Kremlin advisers on how to approach Trump over Ukraine — Bloomberg

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U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff suggested to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov in October that Washington and Moscow work together on a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. On November 25, the outlet published a detailed report based on a transcript of a phone call between Witkoff and Ushakov held on October…

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Why hasn’t the biggest corruption scandal of Zelensky’s presidency forced him into political or diplomatic concessions?

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Earlier this month, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) uncovered an embezzlement scheme at Energoatom, the state-owned operator of the country’s nuclear power plants. It is the most serious corruption scandal of Volodymyr Zelensky’s six-year presidency, and the case was announced 10 days before the Trump administration surprised Kyiv …

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New investigation reveals the Russian Red Cross is expanding operations in occupied Ukraine as its international funding grows

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In 2024, Meduza published a joint investigation as part of the Kremlin Leaks project that revealed the activities of the Russian Red Cross (RRC) in Ukraine’s occupied territories. Among other findings, we learned that individuals claiming to be Red Cross employees had abused prisoners of war at a prison facility in the Donetsk region. In a follow-u…

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Russian foreign minister suggests Moscow could reject Trump’s updated peace plan

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested on Tuesday that Moscow could reject the latest U.S. proposal to end the war in Ukraine if it diverges from the terms Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed at their meeting in Alaska earlier this year. Speaking at a press conference, Lavrov said Russia had “welcome…

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Londinium to Roma: an online map of the Roman Empire's roads 13:46

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A new online map has come online and while it can not give you directions for driving your car from Rome to Paris, it can tell you how long it will take you to get from Roma to Lutetia in an ox cart (the answer: 755 hours). Itiner-e is a digital map of the estimated 300,000 kilometres of roads built by the Roman Empire.…

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The Year that Made Me: Anna Iltnere, 2016 24:57

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Anna Iltnere felt the pull of the sea when she moved from Riga - the capital of Lativia - to her new home looking out on the Baltic Sea. She started collecting books about the sea to try and find the words to describe that pull that many others had felt before. She accidentally became a sea librarian as people from around the world sent her books a…

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Tweet of the week November 23, 2025 1:37

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This week's mystery caller is plainly coloured but sings with an easily recognised voice – the Pallid Cuckoo.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation