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.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.
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.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.
How AI Is Targeting Malaria at Its Source
Drones, AI and a radically targeted approach to malaria prevention - this week Ania speaks with Mary Yeboah Ansawa from Ghana’s Sora Technology about locating larvae-filled puddles before mosquitoes grow up to bite. From cutting pesticide use to saving field teams days of work, we dive into how this tech could reshape malaria control across Africa.
India’s TB Breakthrough—And a Privacy StormBack in Mumbai
Chavi Sajdev updates us on new TB diagnostics that swap messy sputum tests for simple oral swabs—faster, safer and far more accessible. Then: why India’s plan to preload every new phone with a government cyber-security app sparked a nationwide backlash and pushback from major tech companies.Somewhere on Earth - voices from Ghana to India, innovation to controversy - all in one episode.
The programme is presented by Ania Lichtarowicz.
Production manager: Liz Tuohy
Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz
🌍 Somewhere on Earth Productions UK. 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.
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