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The Smart 7

The Sunday 7 - The biggest Science and Tech stories from July to December 2025

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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:


  • Dean Thomas  - Detective Inspector of the Victoria Police, Australia 
  • Dr Anne Pringle - Mycologist and Botanist, who specialises in the Death Cap mushroom
  • Dr Greg Moore - Senior Research Associate at Burnley College, University of Melbourne 
  • Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru  
  • Jason Neubauer - Chair of the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation 
  • Dik Barton - Former Vice President and Director of Operations for the RMS Titanic 
  • Guillermo Sohnlein - Oceangate co-founder and Explorer
  • Donald Trump - 47th President of the United States of America 
  • Kate Brintworth, the Chief Midwifery Officer for NHS England
  • Dr Debra Houry - Former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Programme and Science at America’s CDC
  • Doctor Owasi Durrani - Emergency Medical Physician based in Houston Texas
  • Professor David Bailey - University of Birmingham’s Business School 
  • Mike Beese - Managing Director of Genex UK
  • Craig Jones - Former Director of Cybercrime at Interpol 
  • David Liu - Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University 
  • Mark Zuckerberg - CEO and Founder of Meta
  • Steven Pinker - Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University
  • Frances Balkwill -Professor of Cancer Biology at Queen Mary College Hospital London
  • Alastair Carmichael - Sheriff of Dundee 
  • Professor Iris Grunwald - Chair of Neuroradiology at the University of Dundee 
  • Aryeh Batt - Co-founder and CEO of Precise Bio 
  • Professor David Zadok - Director of the Ophthalmology Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem
  • Jack Bloomfield - Head of Marketing at X Ray Glass h 


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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