Magician and TikTok superstar Zach King uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about TikTok.

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about screenwriting. How do writers' rooms work? How do you approach second drafts? If Aaron could write for any show, which show would he write for? The Trial of Chicago 7 premieres on Netflix October 16

League of Legends Executive Producer Jessica Nam and Game Director Andrei Van Roon answer Twitter's burning questions about their extremely popular MOBA. Is it easy to get into League now? Is there going to be a LoL mobile game? How do you even get into the game industry? What are some lessons they've learned from working at Riot Games? Jessica and Andrei answer all these questions and much, much more.

The Tolkien Professor, Cory Olsen, uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, and all the associated lore. Does Sauron use any weapons? Do compasses exist in Middle-Earth? Is there a Tolkien book about the Goblin and Dwarf Great War? Cory answers all these questions and much more. Corey Olsen, also known as The Tolkien Professor, is the Founder and President of Signum University, a nonprofit higher education institution dedicated to affordable and accessible online learning with a special focus on promoting the humanities. Through the Mythgard Academy, a Signum institution, Corey offers weekly explorations of The Lord of the Rings and other opportunities to discuss speculative literature and adaptations. Follow Corey on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Learn more: * Signum University: https://signumuniversity.org * Exploring The Lord of the Rings: https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ * The Tolkien Professor: https://tolkienprofessor.com

Do algorithms enhance our worst behaviors? How do algorithms influence our world views? Are social media algorithms making the world worse? Tech journalist Sinead Bovell talks with an ex-YouTube engineer, a former design ethicist from Google and an Oxford professor about the impact algorithms are having in our lives.

Survivorman host Les Stroud uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about outdoor survival. How do survivalists subsist on one bug a day? How does one keep from inhaling too much smoke from a fire? How does Les prepare for a trip? How does he keep his camera batteries charged during excursions? Host and producer of Survivorman, Les Stroud is credited with creating the genre known as Survival TV. He is an award winning producer-director of several series and an author and musician and he launches Surviving Disasters with Les Stroud (March 2021) on all PBS stations along with Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest and his new children's book: Wild Outside with Annick Press.

Actor and D&D Dungeon Master Joe Manganiello uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about Dungeons & Dragons. ARCHENEMY is In Theaters, On Digital and On Demand December 11

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | When social isolation began, Cameo founder Steven Galanis thought his company’s days were numbered, when in reality the opposite occurred. Discover how Galanis is managing record-breaking growth in the midst of a global pandemic in conversation with Guy Raz.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Guy Raz speaks to Sal Khan, founder of the non-profit educational organization Khan Academy, about adapting to meet the needs of both students and employees during the pandemic.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | Guy Raz speaks to Coltrane Curtis and Lisa Chu, founders of the marketing agency Team Epiphany, about keeping the momentum going when the world came screeching to a halt. How do you keep employees on track and supported when the office is gone? And what does it mean to be flexible during the pandemic?

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Dropbox | How do you not only sustain, but grow your business during the pandemic? Guy Raz and Tilane Jones, president of the distribution company ARRAY, discuss the future of work and staying flexible to meet the needs of consumers.

Alex and Mollie Damon from the YouTube channel "Star Wars Explained" answer Twitter's burning questions about the Star Wars universe. If they could meet one character from the Star Wars universe and ask them a question, what would it be? Are all human-looking characters in Star Wars the same species? In what order should a newcomer watch the movies? Why can't the Mandalorian take off his mask in front of people? Alex and Mollie answer all these questions and much more! Check out Alex and Mollie Damon's YouTube channel Star Wars Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarWarsExplained Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain Follow Mollie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MollieDamon

As co-founder and CTO at Slack, Cal Henderson oversees the messaging platform's world-class engineering team and sets the technical vision for the company. Join Henderson at WIRED Smarter as he discusses how to stay connected with your colleagues while working during the pandemic. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

The way that we produce and consume dairy today is nothing like it's been for thousands of years. It has resulted in nutritionally inferior foods. The cows are fed differently, the milk is treated differently and we even eat it differently. The key to unlocking dairy's potential lies in its past. Dr. Bill Schindler talks about dairy fermentation and how modern processes like pasteurization and homogenization can degrade the nutrients naturally present in milk. Find more information on Dr. Schindler, his research, classes, and recipes: http://www.eatlikeahuman.com https://www.washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing/eastern-shore-food-lab/index.php @drbillschindler

Having handed over the leadership of Ocado Technology in April 2018, Paul Clarke now leads the Office of the CTO whose mission includes exploring opportunities to use Ocado's technologies and competencies to disrupt other sectors, research activities and the technology vision and future-proofing of the business. Join Clarke at WIRED Smarter as he discusses the future of grocery shopping. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox, and Chris Urmson, CEO and cofounder of Aurora, discuss the expanding future of the self-driving car industry.

Kate Raworth is an economist focused on making economics fit for the 21st century and the author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. Join Raworth at WIRED Live as she describes how doughnut economics impacts businesses. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Wizards of the Coast game designer and editor Matt Tabak uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about Magic: The Gathering. Why does everyone "hate" mono-white? If you attack with a 2/2 creature and are blocked by a 2/2 creature, which creature gets destroyed? What happens if your hand has no lands and you can't play any cards? What's the weirdest, most obscure MTG rule that Matt knows of? Matt answers all these questions and much more.

Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey is a globally recognised authority on Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. Join him at WIRED Smarter where he spoke about how businesses everywhere can challenge the traditional diversity and inclusion narrative to fit a model they can actually use. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Alex and Mollie Damon from the YouTube channel "Star Wars Explained" answer even more of Twitter's burning questions about the Star Wars universe. Are the stormtroopers from the original trilogy clones? Do you need to know Star Wars to watch The Mandalorian? If the Jedi are so strong, why are there so few of them? Alex and Mollie answer all these questions and much, much more! Check out Alex and Mollie Damon's YouTube channel Star Wars Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarWarsExplained Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain

As CDO for LVMH, Ian Rogers is responsible for building group-level digital excellence and accelerating digital transformation for LVMH maisons. Join Rogers at WIRED Smarter as he discusses his predictions for the future of shopping. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

Named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Powerful Women in Business, Shelly Bell is a computer scientist, system disruptor and business strategist who moves ideas to profit while empowering people to live to build and foster better relationships. At WIRED Smarter, Bell spoke about the future of equity and technology, as well as her foundation, Black Girl Ventures. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

As the director for diversity, equity & inclusion EMEA at Google, Karina Govindji enables an environment of belonging for over 18,000 Googlers in 36 countries. At WIRED Smarter, Govindji explained how the tech giant built and actions its diversity programme. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.

What is the role of brands in sustainability, and what sustainability initiatives and processes that can – and need – to be scaled? In this session from WIRED Smarter 2020, Paul Dillinger, Vice President of Global Product Innovation at Levi’s shares what sustainability means in practice for brands and companies with production sites and supply chains that span the world. Paul has partnered with Levi’s Social and Environmental Sustainability group, which is developing front-end methods for applied sustainability in the design process. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

In 2021 employers and employees will have to fundamentally rethink the modern workplace. In this WIRED briefing, Matt Blowers, chief operating officer for ISG’s global fit out business talks to WIRED editor Greg Williams about the challenges that lie ahead – and how they can be met. ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

Barbara Martin-Coppola, Chief Digital Officer at IKEA joined us at WIRED Smarter 2020 to share IKEA's key learnings from 2020 which include: the need to take care of people, how to build a resilient business and how to do business while enabling a healthy planet.. "It is precisely in times of crisis when we can perform and come out stronger" ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

Is 2021 the year of open banking and will this change our consumer habits? In this panel from WIRED Smarter 2020, two of the most exciting business leaders in the payments sector: Shachar Bialick, the founder and CEO of Curve and Hiroki Takeuchi, the co-founder and CEO of GoCardless share how the pandemic has affected their businesses’ outlooks and what they see driving the future of payments. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

Todd Vaziri, one of the most accomplished visual effects artists working today, uses the power of Twitter to answer some of the internet's burning questions about visual effects. What movies have some of the best VFX ever? Why does The Mandalorian look so good? How come Jurassic Park still holds its own today? Todd Vaziri is a Visual Effects Artist whose work includes: Black Widow, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Thor: Ragnarök, Rogue One, Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Avengers, Star Trek, and Transformers. Follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/tvaziri

Even before COVID-19, loneliness was becoming the defining condition of the 21st century. At WIRED Smarter, Noreena Hertz, Economist and Author of The Lonely Century, joined us to share challenges of working from home and how we can redesign the workplace so that it has community at its heart. "In the UK 1 in 5 adults said they were lonely most or all of the time, and that's before the pandemic." ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

Dale Vince, eco-warrior and founder of Ecotricity, the world’s first green energy company is on a mission to change the face of energy provision on a global scale and is a United Nations Climate Champion, he shared how at WIRED Smarter 2020. "With technology, we can stop using fossil fuels" ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

Leading Queen’s Counsel, wife of the former British Prime Minister, and committed campaigner for women’s rights, Cherie Blair set up The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in 2008. The Foundation was created to help women build small and growing businesses in low and middle income countries so that they can contribute to their economies and have a stronger voice in their societies. In this session from WIRED Smarter 2020, Cherie share's more about the newly-redeveloped mentoring platform, ahead of a relaunch of its Mentoring Women in Business programme. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

"Last year if you asked CEOs about augmented reality, it was on their radar - now, they're seeking it out." - Peggy Johnson, CEO, Magic Leap Peggy Johnson, CEO of Magic Leap, joined us at WIRED Live 2020 to share details of Magic Leap's enterprise focus and what lies ahead for the future of augmented reality.

Ugandan Climate Activist, Vanessa Nakate joins us at WIRED Live 2020 to discuss the threat of climate change on Africa, its impact on communities across the continent and how we can tackle the pace of climate change via grassroots climate movements. "While Africa endures an ever-growing list of climate change disasters, you wouldn't know it from watching the news."

Herman Narula is the co-founder and CEO of Improbable, a gaming startup which enables developers to make extraordinary multiplayer games. At WIRED Live 2020, Herman explores the impact of virtual worlds around us, with an exclusive look at a COVID simulation.

Artist and stage designer Es Devlin has created stage sculptures for Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, the WEEKND and U2 and now at WIRED Live, she discusses her approach to creativity; AI as a creative tool; and the future of live experiences. "The practice has changed beyond recognition."

Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, defines architecture as the art and science of making cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. At WIRED Live 2020, he explains the importance of sustainability in architecture and design. "Sustainable buildings are not only better for the environment, but for the lives of the people living in them."

Labour MP, Chi Onwurah joined us at WIRED Live in 2020 to discuss the future of technology and how we can build a better internet for all. “How is technology meant to be for us all when it is built by so few of us?”

Jamie Hagiya, a CrossFit gym owner and coach, answers Twitter's burning questions about CrossFit. What even is the point of a burpee? How do you start with learning how to tire flip? Is CrossFit better than traditional lifting? Should you eat before doing CrossFit? Jamie answers all these questions and demonstrates the proper technique to use for various workouts.

The Body Coach, Joe Wicks shared strategies and techniques for how we can create healthy, positive and happy connections as we’re inching closer towards the post-Covid world at WIRED Live 2020.

Clara Sousa-Silva, molecular astrophysicist and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is at the centre of the current search for life on Venus. She investigates how molecules interact with light so that they can be detected on faraway worlds. She joined us at WIRED Live 2020 to share her findings on what life beyond earth can look like. Find out more about Clara Sousa-Silva’s work in our recent article on Venus and phosphine: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/venus-signs-of-life-phosphine

Independent analyst, Benedict Evans spent 20 years analysing mobile, digital media and technology. He joined us at WIRED Live 2020 to examine the current tech industry and explore what the future of technology looks like as we go from an unregulated industry to a regulated industry. “There is not a technology problem, there are twenty technology problems - and they all require a different solution”

The NCA is leading UK’s fight against serious and organised crime - the Director-General, Lynne Owens, spoke at WIRED Live 2020 about how technology, innovation and the creation of intelligent pictures can create a safer world. “We’re an agency which recognises that serious & organised crime is a global phenomenon enabled by technology, which needs some of the best innovators to conquer it.”

If you close your eyes and picture an apple, how clear is that apple in your mind? Most people can visualise images in their head instantaneously - this known as the mind's eye. But in 2015, a scientific study shed new light on the relatively unheard-of phenomenon known as aphantasia, a mental blindness where the brain is unable to call images to the mind eye. This short documentary uncovers the root cause of a person's emotional detachment from people and events - and the unexpected advantages that come with it. Alex Wheeler shares the story of how his experiences with aphantasia have affected his life, particularly his grieving process after losing his mum, as he seeks answers from Adam Zeman, Professor of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology at the University of Exeter Medical School. WIRED also talks to artist and YouTuber Amy Right, better known as @AmyRightMeow, who shares their experiences with aphantasia and how it feeds their creative process. Produced as part of WIRED Health https://www.wired.co.uk/partnerships/wired-health Director: @Simon Mulvaney Producer: Anna O'Donohue Featuring: Alex Wheeler , Adam Zeman, Amy Right Field Producer: Lewis Faithfull Studio Cinematographer: Dan McPake Studio Art Director: Deborah Du Vernay Animation & VFX: Run Zebra Run Original Music Composition: Liam Hennessy and Joe Danher VHS Digitised by EachMoment – https://eachmoment.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

Yo-Yo Ma uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about playing cello. Would Yo-Yo Ma ever collaborate with a rapper? Why is it that in every movie the cellist plays Bach's Cello Suite No. 1? Why are cellos so expensive? Can you hurt you arm playing the cello? Yo-Yo answers all these questions and much, much more.

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed funeral director and mortician, answers the internet's burning questions about dead bodies and the funeral director profession. When someone dies, what happens to their poo? If a person dies with contacts in...does a mortician take them out? Will your cat actually eat you when you die? Victor answers all these questions and much more.

Andrew Rea, perhaps better known as "Babish" from the YouTube channel "Babish Culinary Universe," answers the internet's burning questions about kitchens and cooking. Why do they always use kosher salt in cooking videos? What do you season rib eye with? Are bay leaves a hoax? What's the hardest fruit to cut? Andrew answers all these questions and much more.

Musician Jacob Collier answers the internet's burning questions about music theory. What the heck is reharmonization? What's Middle C? What do the piano pedals do? Does music theory matter? Jacob answers all these questions and much more!

The Tolkien Professor, Cory Olsen, once again uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, and all the associated lore. Why can't Frodo ride an eagle all the way to Mount Doom? Would the battle at Helm's Deep gone differently if it hadn't rained? How much time passes between "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Return of the King"? Cory answers all these questions and much more. Corey Olsen, also known as The Tolkien Professor, is the Founder and President of Signum University, a nonprofit higher education institution dedicated to affordable and accessible online learning with a special focus on promoting the humanities. Through the Mythgard Academy, a Signum institution, Corey offers weekly explorations of The Lord of the Rings and other opportunities to discuss speculative literature and adaptations. Follow Corey on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tolkienprof Learn more: * Signum University: https://signumuniversity.org * Exploring The Lord of the Rings: https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ * The Tolkien Professor: https://tolkienprofessor.com

Chef Wolfgang Puck, uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about restaurants and cooking. How do chefs learn to chop so quickly? What's the difference between a two and three Michelin starred restaurant? “WOLFGANG” Documentary film premieres Friday, June 25 on Disney+ # WolfgangDocumentary # DisneyPlus @DisneyPlus

Dennis McCarthy, the man behind all of the cars from the Fast and the Furious franchise, uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about cars. How many cars have they destroyed filming the Fast and the Furious franchise? What's the point of spoilers on cars? Why do people rev their engines? What's better, a low-rider or a muscle car? Dennis answers all these questions and much more. F9 is in theaters June 25, http://www.thefastsaga.com/