good question, well, i used to be bt s futurologist and i got very tired of the crystal ball jokes. i do have one, it doesn t work. but my role is i am part of bt s innovation team. i am here to innovate with and for our customers. very good. lauren goode is a senior writer at wired. lauren, you host the get wired podcast. what sort of thing does that cover? the get wired podcast we highlight some of wired s most impactful stories, and we kind of explore the intersection of technology and humanity. that s the best way i would describe it. what we will hear a bit more from you and nicola slightly later on in the show. also with us today is madhumita murgia. european tech correspondent at the financial times. maddie you have been spending a lot of your time following silicon valley at the moment. yes, that s right. we have been part of quite a big - project looking at several- hundred documents that were leaked from facebook, i and so we have kind of, it s been a team effort. people have
friend of the show perry bacon is back. msnbc analyst and nency pelosi doesn t have a krystal ball but we do got to love the crystal ball jokes. we saw obama care making some folks get a little bit nervous. but obama care remains popular among democrats and as pointed out today, if dems help republicans obliterate it, it will be an enormous admission of governing incompetence and repud yags of poor progressive philosophy. so i m wondering how many folks will be willing to give this up at this difficult moment of implementation. do you see more dems jumping ship in the future to perhaps where we get to veto proof number? i do not. the key thing to look forward to what actually happens in terms of the law.