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OK, here we go. We’ve got some new insight, maybe, into laziness. I wish I had the energy to care. Then, we take a look at how, and why, Vladimir Putin’s enemies seem to be disappearing from small screens across Russia. Then, an in-depth look at whether or not animals are still an essential part of scientific testing. And we end with a report on some humble, yet lovable, plankton. Music this week by The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Plankton Man.

Lots of podcast exclusive material this week. First, The World’s Alex Gallafent is back from the Amazon with tales to tell us. Then, off to Helsinki to hear about the Finnish capital’s high-tech transit system. And finally, we look ahead to an exciting weekend on the Red Planet, as NASA’s Phoenix mission gets set to touch down on Mars.

OK, a very full show this week. Britain’s Defence Ministry releases some secret files on UFOs. Also, Google tries to help a remote tribe in the Brazilian Amazon. Then, to Estonia for a report on plans for a new Nato cyber-defense center. We’ll also have a podcast exclusive interview with some scientists who’ve developed a low cost way to test for diseases in the developing world. And finally, a band from Manchester, England gets CCTV fever.

OK, a very full show this week. Britain’s Defence Ministry releases some secret files on UFOs. Also, Google tries to help a remote tribe in the Brazilian Amazon. Then, to Estonia for a report on plans for a new Nato cyber-defense center. We’ll also have a podcast exclusive interview with some scientists who’ve developed a low cost way to test for diseases in the developing world. And finally, a band from Manchester, England gets CCTV fever.

The venerable Sigue Sigue Sputnik blasts us into the past and the podcast this week. We’ve got two items on satellites; the first looks at how the UN’s Rapid Mapping Unit is using satellite images to assess damage in Burma. The second looks at how satellites are aiding conservation in Kenya. Then a podcast exclusive interview with Dr. Brian Levine, who is helping to connect Ghanian doctors to one another via cell phones. And we’ll end by dipping our toes into the genetic quagmire that is the platypus.

This week’s ‘cast takes a look at a new bill making its way through the US Congress called The Global Online Freedom Act. Then, another update on the One Laptop Per Child project. Also, the latest Afrigadget segment, followed by a look at an online outfit that turns the news into music, and fast. Finally, the Old Bailey gets grisly online.

I’m back from my wanderings with a very full show for you. First, we hear about the re-release of a mobile phone-based video game called Silverback. Then, to Zimbabwe to hear about FrontlineSMS. We’ll have a studio talk with The World’s Alex Gallafent about his multimedia-laced trip to the Amazon, and a chat with Cyrus Farivar about his trip to the Baltics. And somewhere in there, we’ll talk about a new social networking site designed to bring donors and malaria researchers in Africa together. And yes, finally, a piece on Phorm.

Just a short WTP this week, since Clark’s out and about reporting. So in his absence we’re heading first to Cern, in search of the Higgs-Boson. That story features Professor Peter Higgs himself.. That’s got to screw with your head, right, having a particle named after you? Then it’s to Germany where in a quest to eliminate inefficient service one restaurant has automated the delivery of food to table. And finally, a story about bats in New England. Something’s killing the bats, and that’s not a good thing.

OK, here we go. First, to the Irish Sea to hear about a new tidal turbine technology. Then, we’ll examine the recent hacking of some Darfur-related websites. Could the Chinese be involved? Then, to the Iranian city of Qom to hear about the digitization of Muslim scholarship there. We’ll follow that with a report on a new old-school campaign to raise awareness of an imprisoned Egyptian blogger. And we’ll end in Barcelona with a report on the birth of a new instrument.

A very good Good Friday podcast. We’ve got news from Nanaimo, British Columbia, the self-proclaimed “Capital of Google Earth.” Also, we’ll hear what happens when the French get fed up with speed cameras. Not pretty. Then, a report from inside Saudi Arabia about how blogging is leading to a new form of activism. We’ll follow that with a look at a new book that explores the extent to which nations across the globe censor the internet. And we’ll finish with a great interview about fakes. All that, plus The National.