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EPISODE · Dec 14, 2025 · 21 MIN

The Sunday 7 - Australia’s Social Media Ban for Teens takes effect, Disney goes all in on Open AI, and great news for blood cancer patients

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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: Anthony Albanese - Australian Prime Minister Julie Inman Grant - Australia’s ESafety Commissioner Dr Rachel Murrihy - Clinical Psychologist and Director of the KIdman Centre at Sydney's University of Technology Melanie Dawes - Chief Executive of Content Regulator Ofcom Lisa Nandy - UK's Culture Secretary Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru Reid Wiseman - NASA astronaut and member of Artemis crew Dr David Burtt - Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre Dr Mike Thorpe - Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Maryland, and the Planetary Environments Lab Division at NASA Douglas Gonzaga de Sousa - Co-ordinator of the Centre for Specialty Coffees of Espirito Santo Edmond Rhys Jones - Co-lead at Boston Consulting Groups Centre for Climate and Sustainability Policy & Regulation Bill Gates - Co-founder of Microsoft and high profile philanthropist Alyssa Tapley - Took part in the gene therapy trial Professor Waseem Qasim - Consultant in Paediatric Immunology, and Professor of Cell and Gene Therapy at UCL Dr Robert Chiesa - Consultant in Bone Marrow Transplantation at Great Ormond Street Hospital Dr Roberto Biaggi - Co-author of the study from California’s Loma Linda University. Celso Aguilar - Superintendent of the Toro Toro Park in Bolivia 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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