The WIRED Podcast

Should You Ditch Twitter?

The WIRED Podcast

Show Notes

Coming up today: the WIRED podcast team weighs in on Elon Musk’s dramatic Twitter takeover. The stories we talked about this week:

Unverify Me, Daddy https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-elon-musk-verification/

Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter’s ‘Ethical AI’ Team https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-ethical-ai-team/

Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It? https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-had-a-plan-to-fix-social-media-bluesky-will-elon-musk-follow-it/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More from The WIRED Podcast

Oct 23, 2026

Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop

Oct 21, 2026

Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop

Oct 19, 2026

Including what Elizabeth Holmes said to him last week. A WIRED exclusive interview with the comic auteur, as his first feature film hits theaters.

Oct 18, 2026

Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop

Oct 16, 2026

Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop

See all episodes →