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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast

Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast

Di: Ania Lichtarowicz
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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast - Tech That Actually Matters.

If you’re tired of hype, gadgets-for-gadget’s-sake, and the same recycled tech headlines, welcome to Somewhere on Earth (SOEP) - the weekly global tech podcast that digs way deeper.Made by and hosted by the ex-BBC World Service Digital Planet team (yes, the award-winning crew behind 21+ years of world-leading tech journalism and 1.5M annual downloads), SOEP uncovers the untold stories shaping our digital world. This isn’t a show about the latest shiny toy. It’s about technology that changes lives, cultures, and global societies.Each episode explores:

⚡The real-world impact of emerging tech

🌍 New innovations driving social good

🔍 Under-the-radar digital trends you should be paying attention to

🧠 How tech is reshaping communities, culture, and the way we live

📰 The technology behind the week’s biggest world stories - explained simply

Our mission?

To build a tech-for-good ecosystem where new ideas, powerful insights, and meaningful innovation can grow.If you want smart, globally minded tech storytelling from journalists who’ve been doing this longer (and better) than almost anyone else - SOEP is your new must-listen podcast.

🌎 Somewhere on Earth: Where tech meets humanity.

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  • Russian Disinformation, AI & Elections: New Evidence of How Fake News Spreads & The Hidden Workers Training AI

    Russian Disinformation, AI & Elections: New Evidence of How Fake News Spreads & The Hidden Workers Training AI
    Oct 13 2026
    New evidence of Russian-linked disinformation around European elections

    The British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, said that he was given a clear answer after entering Downing Street that Russia did interfere in the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum. Now new evidence reveals how Russian-linked disinformation campaigns are using AI-generated videos, cloned news websites, fake social media accounts and existing networks to spread false narratives across Europe. Tom Garnett, CEO and co-founder of Refute, and Vlad Galu, co-founder and CTO, explain what they uncovered around elections in Estonia and Latvia, including a fabricated NATO story that was transformed into eight different videos and spread in 15 languages. With more European elections ahead, including in Poland, could the same accounts, techniques and infrastructure be deployed again?

    AI gig work: Meet the hidden humans training artificial intelligence

    Behind the AI revolution is a global workforce labelling images, rating AI answers, moderating content and doing the tasks machines still can't manage. Professor Mark Graham of the Oxford Internet Institute and founder of Fairwork explains what AI gig work actually is, where it happens, whether this human labour really helps train better AI, and how workers can tell whether an AI job is legitimate and fair.

    The programme is presented by Ania Lichtarowicz.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast--6924871/support.

    Production Manager: Liz Tuohy
    Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz

    Somewhere on Earth Productions UK Ltd. We’re a UK based production company creating podcasts and branded content that bring stories, places and people into focus. We’re all ex-BBC so the quality of the content is excellent and quality of the sound is amazing.

    Subscribe here for your extended ad-free PodExtra Show: https://somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast-the-podextra-edition.pod.fan/

    🎥 Learn more about what we do:
    ➡️ Official Website: https://www.anialichtarowicz.com/
    📩 Contact us or book a project: hello@somewhereonearth.co
    ➡️ Email: hello@somewhereonearth.co

    📱 Follow us on socials:
    ➡️ Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/soeptech/?hl=en)
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    27 min
  • AI, Visas and Border Control: Can Artificial Intelligence Decide Who Gets Through

    AI, Visas and Border Control: Can Artificial Intelligence Decide Who Gets Through
    Oct 6 2026
    AI Is Changing How Visas and Borders Work
    AI is increasingly being used in consular services to check documents, detect patterns, flag potential fraud and help process huge numbers of visa applications. But when an algorithm influences what a human officer sees, where does human judgement end and machine influence begin? We speak to the authors of AI Use Cases for Consular Affairs Don Kilburg and Virginia Blaser about the opportunities and risks of using AI in decisions that can determine who gets to cross a border.

    Can AI Make Social Care Research Better?
    We also explore NarrativeVoice, a new project using AI to capture the experiences of care-experienced young adults and turn them into evidence for policymakers. Could technology help researchers analyse more voices, identify patterns and bring improvements to social care systems faster? Or could AI introduce new biases and lose the human context behind people's stories? Associate Professor Oras Al Hassani leads the project at Ravensbourne University in London and is on the show.

    The programme is presented by Ania Lichtarowicz.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast--6924871/support.

    Production Manager: Liz Tuohy
    Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz

    Somewhere on Earth Productions UK Ltd. We’re a UK based production company creating podcasts and branded content that bring stories, places and people into focus. We’re all ex-BBC so the quality of the content is excellent and quality of the sound is amazing.

    Subscribe here for your extended ad-free PodExtra Show: https://somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast-the-podextra-edition.pod.fan/

    🎥 Learn more about what we do:
    ➡️ Official Website: https://www.anialichtarowicz.com/
    📩 Contact us or book a project: hello@somewhereonearth.co
    ➡️ Email: hello@somewhereonearth.co

    📱 Follow us on socials:
    ➡️ Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/soeptech/?hl=en)
    ➡️ Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/httpssomewhereonearth.co)
    ➡️ LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast)

    If you like our show please rate and review us.
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    23 min
  • We’re Throwing Away the Technology Keeping Us Healthy: The Hidden Crisis of Healthcare E-Waste

    We’re Throwing Away the Technology Keeping Us Healthy: The Hidden Crisis of Healthcare E-Waste
    Sep 29 2026
    Medical Devices, Critical Materials and the Race to Build Circular Devices
    Digital healthcare is producing a fast-growing mountain of electronic waste. Glucose monitors, wearable sensors and medical devices can contain lithium, copper, gold and rare earth elements, yet many are discarded or incinerated rather than repaired, reused or recycled. The DiCE project has spent four years investigating how to keep these devices, components and materials in circulation for longer, without compromising patient safety.

    Can Healthcare Cut Carbon Without Becoming Less Resilient?
    Healthcare faces another huge challenge: reducing emissions while dealing with climate change, extreme weather, energy insecurity and fragile supply chains. We explore a new blueprint for future-proofing healthcare, and ask how technology, smarter systems and changes to infrastructure could make healthcare both lower-carbon and more resilient.




    The programme is presented by Ania Lichtarowicz.


    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast--6924871/support.

    Production Manager: Liz Tuohy
    Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz

    Somewhere on Earth Productions UK Ltd. We’re a UK based production company creating podcasts and branded content that bring stories, places and people into focus. We’re all ex-BBC so the quality of the content is excellent and quality of the sound is amazing.

    Subscribe here for your extended ad-free PodExtra Show: https://somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast-the-podextra-edition.pod.fan/

    🎥 Learn more about what we do:
    ➡️ Official Website: https://www.anialichtarowicz.com/
    📩 Contact us or book a project: hello@somewhereonearth.co
    ➡️ Email: hello@somewhereonearth.co

    📱 Follow us on socials:
    ➡️ Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/soeptech/?hl=en)
    ➡️ Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/httpssomewhereonearth.co)
    ➡️ LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast)

    If you like our show please rate and review us.
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    25 min
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