ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
In the Crashed podcast, the tech podcast about everything else, hosts Alex Hudson (@alexhuds) and Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) delve into the complexities of technology and its implications on politics, business and wider society. It’s smart, it’s nerdy and it’s two journalists trying to make sense of a complex tech landscape in the UK.
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Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
55 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
57 episodes
since Oct. 17, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat joins presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker for an episode of Crashed where the news agenda has exploded.
Tugendhat says the Chinese Communist Party is trying to cause him personal harm; addresses the NVidia/spying scandal; says that the Vatican is t…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
The Online Safety Act received royal assent three years ago, and regulators are still implementing its regulations. Jessica Zucker, director of online safety policy at Ofcom, joins Crashed presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker to talk about how Ofcom is working with Meta, X, and others to …
Investigative journalist Lydia Morris of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism joins presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker to discuss the millions of non-consensual deepfakes produced on X's Grok in under two weeks.
Elsewhere in the episode, we unpack the UK budget’s technology priorities…
We tried to make a positive-news-only episode of Crashed and ended up talking about climate change, drilling in the North Sea, the collapse of societal norms, and a lot about a receipt printer for reasons only co-presenter Chris Stokel-Walker knows. Co-presenter Alex Hudson and Chris celebrate Cras…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Beatrice Fihn helped pioneer efforts to achieve a treaty-based ban on nuclear weapons. She's now turned her attention to the use of AI in warfare.
Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss with her how AI is already being used on the battlefield, the parallels…
***Trigger warning: difficult discussions about sexual predators and child abuse take place in this episode.***
The TikTok farlands are what media studies professor Jessica Maddox calls “the end of the internet where things get weird. You’ve left the mainstream and taken a wrong turn.” This wrong t…
In this episode, Alex Hudson and Chris explore the chaotic intersection of AI, military technology, and the future of media and society, sharing insights from recent research and personal anecdotes.
keywords: AI, military tech, quantum computing, media, society, innovation, future trends
key topics…
Crashed is celebrating its 50th episode, which is silly. Also silly is choosing to celebrate it by trying to fit 50 things you need to know about AI in a single episode. But we did it. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being part of Crashed and making it into the ridiculous thing it has b…
In this special Q&A episode, presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker explore the complex and often alarming intersections of AI, government influence, privacy, technological innovation, and much more besides. They discuss recent developments, historical parallels, and the future implicat…
Chayn founder and CEO Hera Hussain joins Alex Hudson and guest presenter Dr Carolina Are to discuss the complex issues surrounding image-based abuse, consent, and digital safety, especially in conservative cultures and diaspora communities. She highlights the importance of nuanced policies, communi…
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