Tech Shock - from Parent Zone

About Tech Shock - from Parent Zone

Tech Shock: everything you ever wanted to know about tech and family life. Podcasting from Parent Zone, the media literacy experts, host Vicki Shotbolt explores the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests, she looks at online harms to children, from pornography to gambling, and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki also celebrates the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as she considers how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital. Listen every Monday, subscribe, and please give us a five star review.

Publisher

Parent Zone

Category

arts · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Oct 2020

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

143 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Episode 2: Jonathan Baggaley: The Wind of the Song: Treachery of AI

   In the second episode of Tech Shock's 13th season, Vicki is joined by returning guest Jonathan Baggaley. CEO of the PSHE Association, Jonathan joins wearing his Fully Human hat: the association's research and development arm. Over the last decade Fully Human has explored how best to support young people in a dynamic world increasingly shaped by technology. This episode is both practical and philosophical. At the heart of the discussion is a new short film, The Wind of the Song: Treachery of A...

2. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Episode 1: The Rapping Science Teacher: Science, Social Media and the Ban

   In the first episode of Tech Shock's 13th season, Vicki is joined by Matt Green, The Rapping Science Teacher. A former teacher, Matt has built a following of millions by making science accessible and exciting to young people through music and social media. Matt's work is a real-world example of technology doing exactly what it should: reaching young people who might otherwise disengage from education, for free and at scale. Against the backdrop of the social media ban debate, it is also a tim...

3. 

   8 Jul 2026

   Episode 5: Dr Garth Graham: Bringing Education to the World at Scale

   In episode 5, Vicki is joined by Dr Garth Graham, Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health at Google and YouTube. A clinician, researcher and parent of four, Dr Graham brings a rare combination of perspectives to the conversation. This episode moves from policy to the practical and personal. How do platforms like Google and YouTube think about the concept of information as a social determinant of health and what that means for platforms reaching billions of people every day? A...

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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