The Sunday 7 - Investigating the UK Meningitis Outbreak, is Meta saying goodbye to the Metaverse? And we discover Whale Sounds from the 1950s episode artwork

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The Sunday 7 - Investigating the UK Meningitis Outbreak, is Meta saying goodbye to the Metaverse? And we discover Whale Sounds from the 1950s

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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 20 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:Wes Streeting - UK’s Health Secretary  Doctor Fari Ahmed - GP and BBC Breakfast contributor  Adam Finn - Former member of the Joint Committee on Immunisation and VaccinationOliver PIcard - National Association of Pharmacies  Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech GuruDan Cook - Meteor eye witness William Cooke - Manager of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Programme,Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE - Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Energy Security and Net ZeroJay Smart - Senior Puppet Maker at Aardman Studios Kate Anderson - Head of Puppets at Aardman Studios Sean Clarke - Managing Director of Aardman StudiosIan Whitlock the Animation Director at Aardman StudiosJensen Huang - NVidia CEOOlaf - Snowman, “Frozen” Ashley Jester - Director of Research Data and Library Services at the Woods Hole, Oceanographic InstitutePeter Tyack is a Senior Scientist in Biology  at the Woods Hole, Oceanographic InstituteContact 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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