Crashed

By Alex Hudson

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 politi... more

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How many episodes does Crashed have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.

Crashed episodes:

February 12, 2026 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.
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Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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54min
February 05, 2026 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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1h 7min
January 29, 2026 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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58min
January 22, 2026 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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53min
January 15, 2026 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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January 08, 2026 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/@st0kel
Spotify: 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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51min
January 01, 2026 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 Eckersley
Jo’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/@st0kel

Spotify: 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1h 6min
December 25, 2025 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/@st0kel

Spotify: 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 podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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35min
December 18, 2025 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/@st0kel

Spotify: 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 predictions

To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
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48min
December 11, 2025 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/@st0kel

Spotify: 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 media

To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcast

Follow:
Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds
Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel

Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV
RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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41min

FAQs about Crashed:

How many episodes does Crashed have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.