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The Sunday 7 - Inside the wave of Cyber Attacks, why Synthetic Talent is upsetting Hollywood, and why Snapchat want you to pay up
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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 19 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
- Steve - Parent of child involved in “Kido” Cyber Attack
- Professor David Bailey - University of Birmingham’s Business School
- Mike Beese - Managing Director Genex UK
- Craig Jones - Former Director of Cybercrime at Interpol
- Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru
- Paul Fleming = General Secretary of the performers Union, Equity
- Whoopi Goldberg - Actress and host of the daily talk show The View
- Marie Kelly - Executive Director from Canadian acting union ACTRA
- Will Lloyd - Manager of Lamsons Pharmacy in Chichester
- Asli Ertonguc = UK and Ireland Managing Director of British American Tobacco
- Arnold Schwarzenegger = former Governor of California and Environmental Activist
- Dame Jane Goodall - Primatologist and Anthropologist
Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk
Presented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris.
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