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| 5/14/26 | Shein takes on Temu in fast fashion showdown | Shein, the fast-fashion brand accused by many of stealing designs and ignoring copyright, accuses fast-fashion brand Temu of stealing designs and ignoring copyright. What is going on? And what does this mean for the future of copyright law?Presenters Alex Hudson get into that, the latest developments in AI regulation, the ongoing UK and EU legislative efforts, and whether Minstrels belong in popcorn (answer: they do).Alex and Chris explore complex topics with humour and insight, making sense of a rapidly evolving landscape.keywordsAI regulation, UK ICO, EU AI Act, fast fashion, copyright infringement, tech legislation, AI ethics, political predictionskey topicsUK ICO AI guidance and regulation gaps / EU AI Act delays and industry carve-out / Fast fashion industry and AI-driven IP theft / Political landscape and leadership uncertainties / Cultural biases in AI systems, Japan obsessionTo support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | Surveillance state expands as police roll out AI facial recognition | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker explore the rise of surveillance technology, particularly by police, with investigative journalist Mark Wilding, of Liberty Investigates. They also discuss digital ID systems, what self-sovereign identity would mean in practice, why nobody should say “purdah” any more, and the cultural significance of moustaches.Keywords: surveillance, digital ID, facial recognition, government policy, privacy, societal impact, technology ethicsKey topics: Facial recognition and privacy concerns. Digital ID and government surveillance. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/30/26 | Who wins in a fight between Elon Musk and Sam Altman? | The trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has reached the courtroom. Well-known philanthropist Musk claims that OpenAI, which was set up as a charity, has been stolen, is no longer open source and is sufficiently non-profit. The tail is wagging the dog, Musk has said.Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker look at how this case might actually have a huge impact on the future of AI, the future of charity law and whether or not Musk has any chance of winning. We also get into why the Lib Dems need a sub editor, why all the major parties appear to agree on new AI sovereignty plans, and something about how terrible apps allowing to switch off social media are. *Editor's note: The Liberal Democrat press office responded to us after the recording. They didn't respond to the points raised but did say they are calling for "a National Online Crime Agency to combat the surge in AI-enabled fraud (fraud, more widely, now accounts for 44% of all reported UK crime)." This is different from the press release, but they also "attached the proposal too, which is correct." It was.*To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/23/26 | Pollsters recording AI respondents rather than humans | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker explore the emerging role of AI in polling and market research, examining its accuracy, ethical considerations, and future potential. Damian Lyons Lowe, CEO of polling company Survation, shares insights on synthetic data, the challenges of traditional polling methods, and how AI might reshape the industry.So can public polling work without the public? And if you asked the public, what would they think? Would it be the same as it you asked the AI?Also, are big AI firms struggling with growing (and profit) pains? And what does all this have to do with trying to buy Malted Milk biscuits in a supermarket?You can find Survation's research here: https://www.survation.com/Keywords: AI polling, synthetic data, market research, political polling, polling accuracy, ethical AI, AI bias, polling industry, data science, future of pollingKey topics: AI in polling and market research, synthetic data and its limitations, polling accuracy and bias, ethical considerations in AI-driven polling, future trends in polling technologyTo support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/16/26 | Has Spotify killed the musical star? | The UK has not created a new music genre in a decade, DJ/producer Lo-Wu tells Crashed. As AI now accounts for around 40% of music uploads, what happened to innovation in music? Where’s the next garage, the next grime, the next dubstep coming from? If streaming doesn't work, and live music doesn't work, if record sales don’t work, and if AI music, as Nick Cave says, is a “grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”, what happens now? Did Spotify kill music? Did Thatcher? Did the internet? Or is music still a thriving industry that pays out $11bn to artists each year (as Spotify says)? And now that anyone can create an album (as TV presenter/tech journalist Spencer Kelly did with his 10-year-old daughter), is that a good thing or a bad one? Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker are joined by Spencer Kelly and South London DJ/producer/dot connector Lo-Wu to try and work out where music goes next. Follow Spencer Kelly on Substack: https://spencerkelly.substack.com/ or visit his website: https://www.spencerkelly.com/ Follow Lo-Wu on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lowusounds, subscribe to his Substack https://substack.com/@lowusounds , or book tickets to his event, LO-WU LIVE: The Lost Art of The Sound Man, here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lowusoundsltd/2160317To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | Bitcoin's secrets unveiled, space junk discarded, and the world's oldest tortoise duped | Crashed, the tech podcast about everything else, discusses how the creator of Bitcoin, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, has been unveiled as British entrepreneur Adam Back. Is it correct? Also, presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss Elon Musk’s power in the space race, and just how that impacts the race to Mars.We also discuss the Iran/Israel/US peace deal and how it tech matters in these negotiations, and, somehow, how all this relates to the world’s oldest tortoise, Jamiroquai, and 90s TV host Dave Benson Phillips. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | Will journalists survive AI? (featuring Sophia Smith Galer) | Welcome to Crashed, the tech podcast about everything else. Today, that means the myth of journalism collapsing, the myth of politicians being anywhere near up-to-date with anything, and the myth that data centers are fineWe’re currently in the web traffic apocalypse, the jobpocalypse, the quantum apocalypse, and the wars on many fronts actual apocalypse, with the media collapsing, trust in democracy collapsing, and journalists only being trusted more than estate agents.Can journalism be saved? And, given there are over twice as many journalists than in the 1970s, is the media industry just panicking over nothing? We're joined by the fabulous Sophia Smith Galer (https://www.instagram.com/sophiasgaler/?hl=en) to discuss where journalism might go next.To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/26/26 | Instagram and YouTube do damage teenagers' mental health | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker dissect the many court cases facing Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp owners Meta and Google-owned YouTube. What does a multi-million dollar fine mean? What about many of them? Also, the AI battle for supremacy (pun intended) takes a number of steps forward in a few days, and what on earth happened to Google Zero? Oh, and something about the Lord Voldemort of Facebook. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | The AI 'jobpocalypse' is coming... as is the AI apocalypse between the US and China | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker are joined by journalist Ellen Scott to talk about the so-called “jobpocalypse” caused by AI and how the workforce is changing. Alex and Chris also cover how encryption has become a dirty word at Meta and just what a Cold War between the US and China looks like in the new age of AI.Follow Ellen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellencscott/?hl=en Subscribe to her Substack: https://workingonpurposenewsletter.substack.com/ Buy her book: https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9780349443980/working-on-purpose To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | Taylor Lorenz makes the positive case for social media | Is social media a good thing or a bad thing? Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker and guest tech journalist Taylor Lorenz get into the details of mental health, online censorship. algorithmic overreach, and just what Pivot's Scott Galloway says about it all. Follow Taylor on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/taylorlorenz To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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| 3/5/26 | "Tierification" means things are getting worse, more expensive, or both... and it starts with airport lounges | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker interview financial psychology expert and journalist Hanna Horvath about the ‘tierification of everything”, discuss how airport lounges could be a metaphor for the downfall of the whole global economy, report from on the ground in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress (MWC) and try to work out if a robot is fighting someone but nobody is around to watch it, is it really a fight? Follow Hanna on Substack: Your Brain On Money To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | How did the right wing win the internet? | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker are joined by academic Dr. Robert Topinka to discuss why the Right is so much better at the internet than the left, why AI could beckon the downfall of the British government, how social media is beckoning the downfall of democracy, and the internet beckoning the downfall of liberal thought… until the fightback.To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 | What's wrong with the internet? Can somebody fix it? | Everything online feels a little bit off. Whether it’s deepfakes, the great meme-reset, or analogue communities posting about it on Instagram, presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker try to get to the bottom of what’s wrong with the internet. Also, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that deepfakes are to be thought of as the same category of crime as terrorism, and we discuss that viral essay comparing COVID-19 to the AI revolution that everybody, maybe literally everybody, has read. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | The end of doomscrolling? the end of Airbnb? And the end of free WiFi? | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker try to work out how addictive social media (and doomscrolling) really is, try to understand how Airbnb bookings keep going up despite governments trying to shut them down, and a couple of exclusives about the BBC and just how bad Chris's WiFi is. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | The UK’s first AI "Tech Town", Germany's 24 years of censorship, and one million satellites in space? | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker try to understand why Barnsley has been picked as the UK’s first Tech Town (spoiler: it’s a Reform target seat, so Alex thinks it might have something to do with it). They speak to Barnsley council leader Sir Stephen Houghton. Also… campaigner, performer, and all-around titan Paulita Pappel talks about tech innovations, censorship, and the patriarchy’s role in the adult industry.Follow Paulita here: https://www.paulitapappel.com/Finally, they discuss Elon Musk's plan to get one million satellites in orbit, and start a fight with students about the role of AI in media.To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | Is AI Kool-Aid and FOMO driving UK tech policy? | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker interview data politics and social justice academic Dr Elinor Carmi, of City St George’s, about the government wanting 10 million workers to get trained on AI… run by Google, Amazon, and others. Is this a good thing, or, as some critics say, letting economic growth supersede democratic values?Follow Dr Carmi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinorcarmi/?originalSubdomain=uk Learn more about The Society for Hopeful Technologists: https://societyforhopefultechnologists.org/ Elsewhere, adult sites start removing themselves from the UK market, a cricket app that’s finally good, VPN regulation, and what a dumb phone can actually be used for.To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | AI could mean "the eyes of the state... on you at all times" according to the home secretary | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss how Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has sparked a media storm over her views on the surveillance state. Her view? "To achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.” We also discuss what Trump is doing in Iceland... we mean Greenland, and what, if anything, trust has do with prosperity. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | AI girlfriends to fix loneliness, AI content to fix journalism, and AI influencers to fix politics | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker investigate how AI is transforming our relationships, from best friends to husbands and wives and even therapists, the death spiral of the global media and whether it’s AI to blame, and how Keir Starmer is attempting to influence the influencers.This includes an interview with the author James Muldoon, whose new book Love Machines looks at how AI is changing relationships (you can buy his book here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571399277-love-machines/) We also discuss the “death spiral” of journalism and the media industry, which executives still seem to underestimate despite the bleak outlook; Westminster finally catching up with the influence of influencers; and how David Attenborough is the secret victim of a Reddit bug.Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social media To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | Elon Musk plays with fire, politicians play in sandboxes, and nobody's playing at CES | Crashed is the tech podcast about everything else, Today, hosts Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss whether the controversy around Grok (Groktroversy if you will) and AI-editing images is really the beginning for real regulation, the end of X, or both? They also discuss British politicians playing with AI sandboxes, and all the latest updates from CES.Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social media To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | What happens in 2026? From LinkedIn's death to quantum meh and flying cars, we have it all | Welcome to Crashed, the podcast about how tech is at the centre of everything, whether that be economics, politics, philosophy, ethics, community, law, religion, education, or literally anything else. Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker take 10 predictions on what’s coming for tech in 2026. From trying to work out if anyone still uses LinkedIn, to whether podcasting might have its cancellation moment, there are a lot of things very likely to happen, and a lot of things not really that likely to.Our contributors: Olly Mann:The Week Unwrapped podcast: https://theweek.com/the-week-unwrapped-podcast Everything else he does: https://www.ollymann.com/ Ellen C. Scott Working on Purpose Substack: https://workingonpurposenewsletter.substack.com And her book Working On Purpose: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/working-on-purpose-ellen-scott/7788609 H Alan Scott: Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halanscott/?hl=en Dr. Carolina Are: Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloggeronpole/ Chris Hamilton: Albie’s website https://www.albie.ai/ Chris’s LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrishams Paulita Pappel: Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulitapappel/?hl=en Hardwerk’s Instagram (discretion advised): https://www.instagram.com/hardwerk_studio/?hl=en Rowan Ferguson: Molly Rose Foundation homepage: https://mollyrosefoundation.org/ And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyrosefoundation/?hl=en Robert Forrest Robert’s LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/rforrest1 Deep Design Systems www.deepdesignsystems.com Jo EckersleyJo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeckersley/ Alex Voica - Synesthesia Alex’s blog: https://www.synthesia.io/blog/authors/alexandru-voica His Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandruvoica/ Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social meda To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/25/25 | It's Christmas! A sincere thank you and the best bits | Welcome to Crashed, the podcast about how tech is at the centre of everything, whether that be economics, politics, philosophy, ethics, community, law, religion, education, or literally anything else. Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker take a second over Christmas to thank everyone for listening across the first 10 episodes of a ridiculous experiment before fobbing listeners off by not recording an original episode for Christmas Day and instead looking back at the best bits of the pilot phase of the podcast.We'll be back next week with a cracking episode of 2026 predictions.Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social meda To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | Is every politician being paid by an AI firm now? | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss whether a MAGA whisperer will become US ambassador for the sake of a tech deal, our reflections on whether anything actually happened in 2025, and whether there are any politicians who aren’t working for an AI firm.Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social meda, 2026 predictionsTo support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Will social media kill democracy or will democracy kill social media? | Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker decide whether Australia banning social media for children under 16 is a good or bad thing, whether “fascion” right wing fashion means that fascism is inevitable, and if under 10% of the world’s population living in free democracies means that everything is doomed. Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, fascism, big tech, UK technology, fashion, democracy, social mediaTo support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | Pop music gets AI treatment, crypto bros gets comeuppance, and who pays for ransomware attacks | What happens when all music is automated? When all our currency is on the blockchain? When all the tech companies own everything? Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker unpack whether a single crypto bro can be responsible for the Bitcoin crash, if music really can be automated, and whetehr the overreporting of the reactions to the AI bubble could make the bubble popping more likely. Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, cryptocurrency, music production, big tech, UK pension funds, Bitcoin, ransomwareTo support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | A quantum Budget problem , the “digital erasure of queer communities”, and who wins the AI chip race? | Chancellor Rachel Reeves only mentioned AI once and didn’t mention quantum at all in the Budget. Why? Wasn’t quantum meant to be a shining light for British innovation? Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel Walker explain why. Also, we’re joined by Dr. Carolina Are and Maedb Joy to discuss what campaigners are calling “the digital erasure of queer communities” across Instagram, Facebook and even WhatsApp. What does that meant for creators and wider society? Finally, who wins the AI chip race? NVidia? Google? A company we haven’t heard of? All will become (slightly more) clear. Follow us:Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker TikTok: Alex: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO7Ll6SY7W3qBrjhMCQXb?si=9d4dc1a7bcbd4f9b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crashed/id1846834434 RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea Keywords: algorithm overreach, Meta policies, creator challenges, censorship, communication, social media, content creation, algorithm learning, algo speakTo support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcastFollow:Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kelSpotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotifyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmVRSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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