The Standout 7 - The Biggest Stories from September and October 2025

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 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/1938950483009499229 https://x.com/i/status/1940326937635037527 https://x.com/i/status/1942615712658514387  https://x.com/i/status/1943344569891885495https://x.com/i/status/1943343609954099442 https://x.com/i/status/1945091645839409497 https://x.com/i/status/1945400840170230049 https://x.com/i/status/1948325013146251293 https://x.com/i/status/1948342346594037953 https://x.com/i/status/1955565224838267173 https://x.com/i/status/1955530101379989856 https://x.com/i/status/1960276995046047827 https://x.com/i/status/1960323459063443602https://x.com/i/status/1940088744926720171 https://x.com/i/status/1940947093977489431https://x.com/i/status/1944363157608182025 https://x.com/i/status/1948355059399417961 https://x.com/i/status/1949504161294499901https://x.com/i/status/1949616988579324095 https://x.com/i/status/1951846571026661503https://x.com/i/status/1952706835523178827 https://x.com/i/status/1954916983075422458https://x.com/i/status/1954922483410452664https://x.com/i/status/1942370585994231861 https://x.com/i/status/1946920189053820972 https://x.com/i/status/1947283594684293453 https://x.com/i/status/1950224020206465221  https://x.com/i/status/1950193520666419515https://x.com/i/status/1958819722268377344 https://x.com/i/status/1942620070322061747 https://x.com/i/status/1950139618667475215 https://x.com/i/status/1953062680396193804https://x.com/i/status/1956495364967510023 https://x.com/i/status/1956495661781684633 https://x.com/i/status/1957066444941795454 https://x.com/i/status/1957064312012374363https://x.com/i/status/1949545050704117913 https://x.com/i/status/1949908779799109900 https://x.com/i/status/1950159083249537345 https://x.com/i/status/1939309125395267590 https://x.com/i/status/1939238108165280037 https://x.com/i/status/1939601241883165181 https://x.com/i/status/1939608828539965539 https://x.com/i/status/1955239005890466030 https://youtu.be/M2lX9XESvDE?list=RDM2lX9XESvDE  Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced 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.

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 19 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: Sir Keir Starmer - UK Prime Minister Peter Kyle - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and TechnologyIvana Bartoletti - Global Chief Privacy Officer at the IT company WiproDr Maxine Mackintosh - Expert in AI and health at The Alan Turing Institute Alex Stephany - Founder and CEO of BEAM Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru Frank Close - Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at Oxford College Professor Andre De Gouvea -Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Northwestern University Wang Yifang is the Director of the Institute of High Energy PhysicsNiamh Shaw - Science Communicator Commander Tim Peake - British AstronautMeganne Christian - Member of the UK Space Agency’s Astronaut Group Butch WIlmore and Suni Williams - NASA Astronauts   Nick Hague - NASA Astronaut  and Mission Commander Professor Ren Ng - Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at BerkeleyDonald Trump - President of the United States of America Professor Sir John Bell - Former Chair of the Academy of Medical SciencesKelly Morrison - Professor of Experimental Physics at Loughborough University Dr Naemi Leo - Future Leader Fellow at Loughborough  Contact 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.

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:  https://x.com/i/status/1917538425743499477 https://x.com/i/status/1917540202806968663https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c39jedewxp8t#playerhttps://x.com/i/status/1918172933496713268 https://x.com/i/status/1918190721523175769 https://x.com/i/status/1918177132666143208https://x.com/i/status/1921848678802747629 https://x.com/i/status/1921887923361693991 https://x.com/i/status/1929477553250586760 https://x.com/i/status/1929463972324913465https://x.com/i/status/1932766124233327099 https://x.com/i/status/1932762653941747863https://x.com/i/status/1934625949326168364https://x.com/i/status/1917242873633788046 https://x.com/i/status/1917287767555396015 https://x.com/i/status/1919789076212809950 https://x.com/i/status/1922328789750563208 https://x.com/i/status/1922656875734077473https://x.com/i/status/1931914095382683742 https://x.com/i/status/1932120283076276650https://x.com/i/status/1921388540203798712 https://x.com/i/status/1921515510111330630 https://x.com/i/status/1922299574451904751 https://x.com/i/status/1922951994513220036 https://x.com/i/status/1929273356425248853https://x.com/i/status/1935657002136653860 https://x.com/i/status/1919677198971060394 https://x.com/i/status/1924434870694183413 https://x.com/i/status/1924845307210199540 https://x.com/i/status/1924843823743590724 https://x.com/i/status/1932436025365713270 https://x.com/i/status/1933616949256134966 https://x.com/i/status/1936607712680321037https://x.com/i/status/1936791141757735277https://x.com/i/status/1916551123734761712 https://x.com/i/status/1924426650109800757 https://x.com/i/status/1927067268908806402 https://x.com/i/status/1927332708339892603 https://x.com/i/status/1921641746464690192 https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0623/1519929-edge-u2-citizenship/   Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com Voiced 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.

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 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/1895576427094761606 https://x.com/i/status/1896082559097819573 https://x.com/i/status/1896138846611406869 https://x.com/i/status/1896958682438525191 https://x.com/i/status/1897122283686388081 https://x.com/i/status/1902098641977782639https://x.com/i/status/1903801203894386692https://x.com/i/status/1904339564648358208 https://x.com/i/status/1904317359319622012https://x.com/i/status/1904548382942585190https://x.com/i/status/1904548382942585190https://x.com/i/status/1903759019472519318https://x.com/i/status/1904191046856097850https://x.com/i/status/1904594131927916819https://x.com/i/status/1904879883693465798https://x.com/i/status/1904917455778058725 https://x.com/i/status/1907757166116614643 https://x.com/i/status/1908800976238104770https://x.com/i/status/1909498724696408457 https://x.com/i/status/1896169786096160868 https://x.com/i/status/1896604914316673111 https://x.com/i/status/1902066897379574126https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1MnxnwzDedeKO https://x.com/i/status/1911587506383954280 https://x.com/i/status/1895980979778719859 https://x.com/i/status/1896403787440337238  https://x.com/i/status/1909968852563132664 https://x.com/i/status/1914269982277378072https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0422/1508789-pope-francis-death/ Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com  or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced by Trish Laverty, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/1876354820761620623 https://x.com/i/status/1877748529768075680 https://x.com/i/status/1880087421804769544 https://x.com/i/status/1881390140347584775https://x.com/i/status/1881397103089340878https://x.com/i/status/1895186801486164374https://x.com/i/status/1895185284385415452https://x.com/i/status/1879899111534575721 https://x.com/i/status/1884201034429415810https://x.com/i/status/1879122190890684556 https://x.com/i/status/1881366627834573287 https://x.com/i/status/1889704813870391521 https://x.com/i/status/1879603153600921863 https://x.com/i/status/1879845675778588691https://x.com/i/status/1876944361868411090 https://x.com/i/status/1877168935180841158 https://x.com/i/status/1876300273783611704https://x.com/i/status/1887083652498039075 https://x.com/i/status/1876094971675017532 https://x.com/i/status/1886270488625971506https://x.com/i/status/1891219341632266411 Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.