Tech for Good Live

Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With…” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry. This time, Ben White and Fay Schofield from the TFGL team are chatting with Victoria Tran . Victoria is the Community Director at InnerSloth , producers of the wildly popular game Among Us. She...

Welcome to another episode of the Tech For Good Live podcast. We’re officially in March 2021. The main difference between March 2020 and March 2021 is… well… the spelling.  Here in Britain though, March means it’s time to fill up the paddling pool and get the BBQ going, all because it’s a whopping 10ºC In this episode we are discussing social media a whole lot! Facebook has finally reached a lawsu...

Welcome to a new episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Another space rover has landed safely on Mars. But we're still stuck on Earth trying to figure out how to use the mute button on Zoom. On this week’s episode we’re talking about the big existential questions in tech today. Should Artificial Intelligence be used to read our emotions? Can the law keep up with the ever-growing gig economy? A...

Hello and welcome to those who have both read, and understood, the standing orders. We're back with another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We are “Team Jackie Weaver” and Bex will stand for no nonsense on this episode. This week we’re talking about a more inclusive census. A sincere move or a tokenistic gesture? We discuss cancer charities teaming up to collaborate. We love to see it!...

Hello friends and enemies, welcome to a new episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We’re talking about trees, NCVO's horrendous bullying problem and a new project to help the homeless in Manchester. Is there genuine intent there, or just another PR stunt. Joining host Bex , we have TFGL's Greg Ashton and Sam Milsom . Our special guest is Katy Preen . Katy is a reporter for The Meteor , an inde...

It's finally February. The longest January in existence is finally over! Hope is on the horizon… that was until a rodent in Pennsylvania called Punxsutawney Phil predicted earlier today that we're in for another six weeks of chilly winter . Cheers Phil. That's right folks, it's Groundhog Day.  Fay Schofield is hosting today, she’s joined by TFGL’s Greg Ashton and Ben White . Our special guest this...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live Podcast. As always, there’s been tons going on in the world of tech since we last got angry about people taking tech and doing bad things, so we have plenty to discuss. Harry Bailey takes on the hosting duties this week. He is joined by Ankur Asthana and our special guest Phyllida Swift , CEO of Face Equality International . This week’...

Hello lonely and bored people, welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! We’re talking about some shocking stories. The Washington Post reports that if you kick liars off twitter, then there is less lying on Twitter. There’s some stats to back up this unbelievable statement. We’ve a Third Sector News report that politicians are having some major beef with campaigners and activists. Again, ve...

A lot has happened this week. Jonny made some delicious white chocolate and cranberry cookies and went on a wintery hike in the hills. Trump got banned from Twitter, and everywhere else, oh – and there was a deadly attempted coup in the United States. Yep. It’s been a week. Technology and the role it plays in society has perhaps never been under more scrutiny than it is now. We’ve been banging on...

Happy New Year and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast!  It is a brand new year filled – so far – with the same kind of awful as 2020. I guess a consistent level of horror is better than a rollercoaster of horror? In this episode, we’ll be talking about LGBTQ+ arrests in Egypt, an increase in donations to charities in the US, Google scraping the barrel of evil and finding out that it ju...

Welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you listen carefully, you might just hear the sound of sleigh bells ringing. Why? Because it’s the Christmas episode of the podcast! Right now, across the world, parents carry out their most treasured Christmas tradition: sterilising the chimney and immediate areas around the Christmas tree. Remember, Santa is very, very old...

Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With…” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry. In this episode, Sam Milsom is talking data and privacy with Anouk Ruhaak, a Mozilla Fellow working on data governance models & data trusts. You can find out more about Anouk at her website...

On this week's show we’re talking about just how effective the labelling of former president – and future prison inmate – Donald Trump’s social media posts has become by Facebook and Twitter. We discuss MacOS privacy and look at a study on the mental health benefits of gaming. If there’s a comments section to that study though, I wouldn’t recommend looking at it. Regulars Bex and Greg are joined b...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. This time we’re talking about how fossil fuels just aren’t that hot any more. It’s all about them renewables, y’know. We discuss The Brooke charity’s use of 360 video, and we’re talking about a new, and fabulous, research study, courtesy of Manchester Metropolitan University. Bex is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team membe...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Nothing can stop us. Not the pandemic, not the deep sense of shame we feel at the end of every episode, and not even that online petition that Bex's mum started. Nothing! In this show we're talking about volunteering! We're talking about free school meals! And – just to mix things up – we're talking about Facebook. Bex is on hosting...

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast! It’s a podcast all about technology being used for good. If you’d figured that out already… well… that’s what they call in the biz “good branding”. In this episode we’re talking about Facebook and democracy. We look at some COVID data which is apparently beautifully presented. That seems like the priority right now. AND we’re talking about the charity Rec...

The US election is upon us, and since today’s already going to be a complete-nightmare from which we may never awake, we figured... what’s the harm in adding to the horror, by doing a live recording. In this election special we’ll be talking about political facebook adverts. We’ll be talking about bias accusations against social media. We’ll be talking about the Hold the Line – a guide to defendin...

Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With…” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry. In this episode, Fay Schofield is chatting with Hardy Merriman and Kifah Shah, members of the team behind Hold The Line, a guide to defending democracy. The guide is designed to help people from...

Everything is on fire as local lockdowns are declared. Tech bros are being tech bros on Twitter again, and the US political system is dying in real time before our very eyes. So, not much has changed since March. Don’t despair though, because what better way to bring some joy and delight into your otherwise dreary day, than listen to us prattle on about Tech for Good. We’re talking data and WASTE....

It's October so it's officially the start of spooky season. All of the folks on the podcast today are based in the US so it's been the countdown to Halloween for us since April. Gotta love that American capitalism. But scary definitely is the theme of this week's podcast as we'll be discussing the rise of anti masker groups on Facebook, the battle of misinformation and bears. Joining special guest...

Welcome to a brand new season of the Tech for Good Live Podcast! We’ve been doing this for over 4 years now! Clearly there is no god. We’re talking about the Ice Bucket Challenge. Remember that? Back in the distant past when we used to be able to laugh and have social connections and stuff. Well, we’re going to be talking about that again. We’re also heading up north, metaphorically, to immerse ou...

For the last four years we’ve been talking about how tech can be used to make the world a better place. How’s that working out? Ah. Never ones to let failure get us down, we have an epic show lined up. We’re talking about the radical global shift to working from home and its effect on work-life balance. We’re talking about the National Trust and them facing a backlash for… telling the truth about...

In this episode we’re talking about how charities - especially those working with the world’s poorest people – are at risk of closing down, discussing the future of fundraising. And, weirdly, a 212 storey skyscraper in Australia.  Host Greg Ashton is joined by Rebecca Rae-Evans and Tom Passmore This week’s topics: Stat of the week  Almost half of UK charities for world's poorest set to close in a...

The sunshine has gone away and normal rainy service has resumed in Manchester. But whilst the weather might be grim, our spirits refused to be dampened. Why? Because we’re here to talk to you about technology being used for social good.  In this episode we’re talking about how an algorithm has screwed over loads of young people awaiting their exam results, especially hitting poorer student and how...

Welcome to a brand new season of the Tech for Good Live podcast! We’ve not been recording for a few weeks so let’s just quickly check to see how the world is going: Ok, the world is still ravaged by the global pandemic. Racism is still everywhere, and awful, with no sign of improving. Charities are collapsing due to lack of funding. People have given up on social distancing... Cool.  Oh – but Tayl...