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  • AI could mean "the eyes of the state... on you at all times" according to the home secretary

    AI could mean "the eyes of the state... on you at all times" according to the home secretary
    Jan 22 2026

    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.



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    53 min
  • AI girlfriends to fix loneliness, AI content to fix journalism, and AI influencers to fix politics

    AI girlfriends to fix loneliness, AI content to fix journalism, and AI influencers to fix politics
    Jan 15 2026

    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


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  • Elon Musk plays with fire, politicians play in sandboxes, and nobody's playing at CES

    Elon Musk plays with fire, politicians play in sandboxes, and nobody's playing at CES
    Jan 8 2026

    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.


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    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social media



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    51 min
  • What happens in 2026? From LinkedIn's death to quantum meh and flying cars, we have it all

    What happens in 2026? From LinkedIn's death to quantum meh and flying cars, we have it all
    Jan 1 2026
    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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 ora e 5 min
  • It's Christmas! A sincere thank you and the best bits

    It's Christmas! A sincere thank you and the best bits
    Dec 25 2025

    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.


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    Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alexhuds

    Chris: https://www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker


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    Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kel


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    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social meda



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    34 min
  • Is every politician being paid by an AI firm now?

    Is every politician being paid by an AI firm now?
    Dec 18 2025

    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.


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    Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kel


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    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, big tech, UK technology, democracy, social meda, 2026 predictions



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    48 min
  • Will social media kill democracy or will democracy kill social media?

    Will social media kill democracy or will democracy kill social media?
    Dec 11 2025

    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.

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    Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kel


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    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, fascism, big tech, UK technology, fashion, democracy, social media


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    41 min
  • Pop music gets AI treatment, crypto bros gets comeuppance, and who pays for ransomware attacks

    Pop music gets AI treatment, crypto bros gets comeuppance, and who pays for ransomware attacks
    Dec 4 2025

    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.


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    Chris: https://www.tiktok.com/@st0kel


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    Keywords: technology, podcast, economics, AI, cryptocurrency, music production, big tech, UK pension funds, Bitcoin, ransomware



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    56 min