How to be a guest
How to Get Booked on What's New
What's New is a technology podcast hosted by WIRED with 2000+ episodes. Your strongest route into What's New starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
What's New is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What What's New is about
The latest in-depth coverage covering the intersection of technology and culture will help you make sense of a world in constant transformation. Join us as we explore the ways technology is changing our lives.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Published
- a few times a week
- Latest episode
- Sep 5, 2024
- Catalogue
- 2000+ episodes
Heads up: What's New has not published a new episode since September 2024 (over a year), as of our feed read on Jul 16, 2026. Check the feed before you spend time on a pitch.
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!
- Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing
- Bitcoin Bros Go Wild for Donald Trump
- Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash
- At The Olympics, AI Is Watching You
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-07-16.
3 show-specific steps to pitch What's New
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of What's New currently “Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!” Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit What's New.
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Send it to the address What's New publishes
What's New's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print What's New's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for What's New in your mail app; we never send it. Get the address for What's New.
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Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want a specific technical story or a contrarian take: a product you shipped, a hard trade-off you made, or a trend you can explain simply. Open with one sentence on why you fit What's New and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for What's New, then grade the draft against What's New.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. What's New is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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