The WIRED Podcast

All The Problems With Lie Detector Tests

The WIRED Podcast

Show Notes

Coming up today: Natasha reveals the latest trick to lure people back to the office and Amit unmasks the many problems with the lie detector.

The stories we talked about this week:

Employers Are Luring Workers Back to the Office—With Plants https://www.wired.co.uk/article/office-plants-hybrid-working

Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector https://twitter.com/amitkatwala/status/1513498832344174598

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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