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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchTech 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.
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone is hosted by Parent Zone. The show has published 143 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 3: Dr Max Shotbolt: Quantum computing, the next big conversation" (20 October 2026, 46 minutes), "Episode 2: Jonathan Baggaley: The Wind of the Song: Treachery of AI" (6 October 2026, 58 minutes), and "Episode 5: Dr Garth Graham: Bringing Education to the World at Scale" (8 July 2026, 36 minutes).
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 143 episodes.
Booking probability for Tech Shock - from Parent Zone is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tech Shock - from Parent Zone requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tech Shock - from Parent Zone's contact route on record: verified email.
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Parent Zone hosts Tech Shock - from Parent Zone, an arts podcast with 143 episodes published.
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Episode #3
In the third episode of Tech Shock’s 13th season, Vicki is joined by Dr Max Shotbolt, a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Miami whose research into cancer treatments using magnetic nanoparticles led him, by...
Episode #2
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...
Episode #6
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...
Episode #5
In the fourth episode of Tech Shock's 12th season, Vicki is joined by two guests: Jeffrey DeMarco, Senior Policy Advisor at Save the Children, and Lisa Felton, Managing Director, Vodafone Foundation. Their...
Episode #3
In the second episode of Tech Shock's 12th season, Vicki is joined by Leon Xiao, Assistant Professor at City University Hong Kong, specialising in video game law and the regulation of loot boxes, gacha mechanics and...
Episode #2
In the final episode of Tech Shock's Spring Special Series on the social media ban and government consultation, Vicki is joined by Melinda Tankard Reist. Melinda is the Movement Director of Collective Shout, a...
Episode #1
In the first episode of Tech Shock's 12th season, Vicki is joined by Natalie Foos, Director of VoiceBox — a global youth organisation that surfaces the lived experience of young people for decision makers. VoiceBox has...
Episode #10
This week in our special episodes examining the arguments for and against the social media ban, Vicki speaks to Haroon Chowdry, Chief Executive of the Centre for Young Lives. The Centre for Young Lives was set up by...
Episode #9
As we continue our special series of Tech Shock exploring arguments for and against the social media ban and the government consultation, this week we are joined by Andy Burrows, CEO of the Molly Rose Foundation. The...
Episode #8
The beginning of March saw the government launch its consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s, as well as calling on the public to share opinions and concerns on more nuanced interventions. But how did...
Episode #7
December saw the launch of an international coalition to end violence against women and girls with additional support to tackle online harms. At the same time, debates around the banning of ‘nudification’ apps continue...
Episode #6
Amidst a paradigm shift in technology, it looks to be the case that a failure to understand (and use) AI is a failure to prepare for a rapidly approaching future. But plenty of questions remain. How best to support...
Episode #5
AI technologies are becoming more and more embedded in daily life – in ways that go well beyond smart speakers or nifty thermometers. But this embedding raises lots of questions. Some people have little faith in Big...
Episode #4
Understanding AI has never been more critical. It’s part of most conversations around emerging tech. It raises endless questions around safety, creativity, copyright and intellectual property. The UK government, too...
Episode #3
The subject ‘RSE’ (Relationships and Sex Education) was introduced to educate pupils about sexual health as well as their relationships and intimacies with others. Is it meeting the challenge or is there a nervousness...
Episode #2
Contrary to what many of us would like to believe, gambling is not an exclusively over 18 activity – in fact it’s far from it. Popular sports and surrounding media burst at the seams with gambling ads, online gaming...
Episode #1
As the Tech Shock podcast returns for its 11th season, Vicki is joined by Sara Grimes, McGill University professor and expert in child rights and ethical game design, to explore the views of young gamers – and the...
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone
Media literacy. It’s at the core of a three-year strategy from Ofcom, featured in DSIT’s ‘Digital Inclusion Action Plan’ and looks set to make more than just a fleeting appearance in the reviewed curriculum this autumn...
Episode #9
After a shift to online learning during COVID-19, EdTech – everything from digital whiteboards and eBooks to Google Classroom and virtual reality equipment – is an industry that’s gone from strength to strength in terms...
Episode #8
Easily accessed tech like generative AI can facilitate the nudification of another's images, platforms’ hate speech policies around gender are suddenly being watered-down, and misogynistic content remains amplified (and...
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Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health Partnerships at YouTube, Google/YouTube and Google Health
Managing Director and Head of Business Development Operations, Better Together
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Louisiana State University, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County
Director of Digital Futures for Children, The London School of Economics and Political Science
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