Tech for Good Live

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you were listening last week, you’ll know we were joined by the lovely Harry Harrold , Head of Neontribe , a digital agency committed to tech for good! We are delighted to say that Harry is back to talk to us in more depth about himself and his work! We talked about how he got started, his love for user research and because it's 2024, we of course...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to make a positive social impact, or how more often than not, it’s making a negative impact. Chat GPT and Google have made some improvements to accessibility – so now even more people can plagiarize stuff. Google has introduced some new AI updates to the way search works. And fina...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you listened to last week’s show, you’d have heard from the wonderful Nicki Lyons, UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone.  We're delighted to say she’s joining us this week for another episode so we can get to know more about her, and her fascinating work. ---------------------------- List...

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you’re keeping count, today is something like our ten thousand and five hundredth episode or something. Who knows? The main takeaway is that this has gone on too long.  But this weeks show looks like it’ll be worth the price of admission.  Today we’ll be imagining a world where social media is ruled by people, not algor...

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff. Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski Our guest this week is Lily Comlan , a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on...

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff. And this week's episode is no different! We're talking about Apple’s shoddy privacy, Estonia being a boss at digital transformation and ROBOTS! Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live tea...

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim. Our special guest is Sarah Peña , Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. We find out about her path to the role, her work on a generative AI Easy Read solution and why she loves governance....

Hello and welcome to yet another season of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we’ll be talking about an increase in ethical shopping in the UK. Amazing! Sure we’re a nation of self-centred, awful, monstrous, racist muppets… but we do take our shopping seriously at least.  We’ll also be talking about two poverty porn influencers who are having a fight.  Host Bex is joined by Tech For...

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you joined us for last week’s episode you’ll have heard from Georgia, a freelance writer specialising in tech and we’re super excited to have Georgia back on the podcast this week to chat with us a little bit more. We talk about being a content writer in the data ethics and civic tech spaces, working in the content moderation space, and how social...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech For Good Live podcast!  The world is on fire, so of course we’re spending our time talking about tech for good. That’s fine. We’re all making good choices here. This week's show is what they call “a real humdinger”.  We’re going to be talking about “Introspective Inner Development Goals”. Not sure what that means, but they’re all pretty powerfu...

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield. In this episode we learn more about our special guest, Emma Ockleford .  Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter , who support Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focu...

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. In this episode we are talking about the steps that Meta is taking around political content in what is an astoundingly important year across the world for elections. Is Zuck continuing on his mission to destroy the world, or are there some positive...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you’re new here, it’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact on the world. Uncanny valley resus-puppet Mark Zuckerberg stood up in congress, turned to face the parents of children that Meta has allowed to come to harm, and apologised to them. It was a rare opportunity to see the humanity in Zuck...

Content Warning: This podcast includes discussion of Child Sexual Exploitation, listener discretion is advised. Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you joined us for the last episode you’ll have heard from the wonderful and very lovely Roy . A long time design and tech entrepreneur, he had a second career as a Higher Ed educator teaching in UK, Europe and China. His third...

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. In this episode, we are talking about influencers and whether or not 2024 is the year they’ll finally unionize.  We discuss the Taliban giving away a load of free sim cards. Sure there’s no ulterior motives there. And finally Greg tells us about e-...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as th...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we talk about taking AI seriously. We also talk about not taking AI seriously, because apparently the human manifestation of bin juice, Elon Musk, is getting into the AI business. It’s going as well as you’d expect. NOTE: This podcast was recorded shortly before last weekend's fireworks in the world of AI...

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact! Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. If you listened to last week’s show you’ll have heard from our guest Christina Cran   as she joined us for our news round up. You wanted more, and we are very happy to s...

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact! In this episode we talk about the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill. Is this a helpful thing, or just another way for society to stop Greg from going online? Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer P...

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a show where we chat about how technology can be used for positive social change. But also how it’s mostly used to destroy everything we love and hold dear. If you listened to last week’s show (of course you will have done because, how could you not?) you’ll have heard from our special guest Aurelie Lionet . We are delighted to have mo...

Hello and welcome back to a new season of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact.  And of course that means that this week we are talking about knitting. Apparently some tech dudes bought knitting.com and it sounds like they’re the absolute worst.  Tom Hanks continues to show his range. He’s leapt into a volcano, he’s dated a merm...

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski In this episode we chat to Nicki Clegg from STEM Learning UK , finding out more about STEM Learning UK’s vision to have a world-leading STEM education for every young person in the UK. Links from the chat: Smashing Stereotypes in the Tech...

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we are talking about some good news for environmental activists, as well as the good, and the bad of social media… and is it possible to have any kind of decent balance there? Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this time round is Nicki Cle...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast about tech being used for good, but also how it’s being used for bad and how that needs to stop, please and thank you.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest is Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle University, which is a world-...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast about tech being used for good, but also how it’s being used for bad and how that needs to stop, please and thank you.  In this episode we are talking about charity donation trends, online identity and Billion Dollar Barbie.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul...