A podcast for anyone who supports young people - Youth worker Louisa Street talks to Professor Andy Phippen about the issues young people face online, from harassment to too much porn, from managing your digital footprint to dealing with trolls. We focus on building resilience in young people, rather than a simple 'online safety' approach.
We use the Headstart Digital Resilience tool (and supporting training) to inform our discussions - you can find it at www.headstartkernow.org.uk/digital-resilience.
The government announced that young people will be banned from social media from Spring 2027, so in this episode Andy and I talk about what these means for anyone supporting young people. We discuss the realities of the ban, as well as offering our advice on how to have conversations with young people about social media going forwards.
I mention the Sexting Safeguarding Training, which you can book on to here: https://ciossafeguarding.org.uk/events/event/sexting-safeguarding-training.
I also mention Johan Hari's book 'Chasing the Scream' which you can buy from all good retailers, or secondhand from World of Books: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/search?q=chasing%20the%20scream
Don't forget to head over to the Headstart website for all the digital resilience tools (https://www.headstartkernow.org.uk/digital-resilience/) or you can email me (louisa.a.street@outlook.com) or Andy (phippenandy@gmail.com) with any questions.
13 May 2026
Episode 51 - AI Relationships and Hallucinations
In this episode Andy and I discuss the issues with having long term and / or romantic relationships with AI. We talk about why people might be tempted to have a relationship with AI, and why these long term interactions can cause AI safeguards to fail.
We finish with a brief discussion of AI hallucinations, and as always, offer a bit of advice to anyone supporting young people in having conversations about these topics in a non-judgemental and supportive way.
1 May 2026
Episode 50 - Bans Update
In this episode Andy and I discuss the update on bans relating to young people and the digital world. Initially we discuss the issue with saying that it will be 'illegal' for young people to have phones in schools. We then move on to discuss the developments of the under 16s social media bans. We take our usual approach, thinking critically about bans and aiming to give some general advice to anyone who is supporting young people, to help you navigate the sometimes confusing messages in the media.
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