Podcasts by Alexa Stop Podcast

026 - "Bristol woman of the year!" ft. Natalie Fee from 2020-07-21T14:47:25

The second in our special series of good news stories remotely recorded during the CV19 pandemic. This episode sees the guys joined by Natalie Fee, award-winning environmental campaigner, author...

025 - "What is an excessive lifestyle?" ft. Elliot Coad from 2020-07-02T14:00

EP25 comes to you from CV19 lockdown, the first of a series of good news stories the guys remotely recorded during the pandemic. This episode features special guest Elliot Coad from Offset Earth...

024 - "Elfie" Christmas Special from 2019-12-24T15:00:09

The Alexa Stop 2019 Christmas special comes to you live from Jim's flat in Hackney as the guys reflect on the year and look ahead to 2020. Is Dadtech catching on? Is Twitter cool again? Does Jim...

023 - "Obfuscation" ft. Haydn Shaughnessy from 2019-11-19T22:31:11

The second episode of Season 3 sees us joined in the studio by Haydn Shaughnessy to talk business ecosystems, China regulation and dubious curries. We also have a new feature, DADTECH! (groan) a...

022 - "Live from the Facebook privacy cafe" ft. Daniel Harvey from 2019-10-03T13:33:51

Back for A/W19 with the first episode of Season 3, we're joined by Daniel Harvey from The Dots to have a good ole' sweary rant about some of the terrible things going on with big tech companies ...

021 - "What's the yellow light?" - Rob's wedding special from 2019-07-08T06:28:07

It's been Rob's wedding in France and so with both Jim and Rob away they've decided to revisit some of their favourite Alexa Stop! interviews.

This episode features four interviews:

020 - "Great design is timeless" Live @ Brompton HQ ft. Will Butler-Adams OBE from 2019-05-31T11:31:46

Coming to you live from the Brompton factory, Rob and Jim are joined by Will Butler-Adams OBE, CEO of Brompton Bicycles, to discuss the amazing journey th...

019 - "Positive Friction" SXSW2019 ft. Hannah Matthews from 2019-04-30T22:16:04

It's the 2019 SXSW round-up episode! The guys are joined in the studio by Hannah Matthews, Managing Partner at Karmarama, to talk about her experiences of the festival over the years and explore...

018 - "Put your tech down and give someone a hug" ft. Rod Banner from 2019-03-22T01:09:37

For the second episode of 2019 the guys are joined by Rod Banner to discuss what's wrong with Big Tech and how its focus could shift from profit to joy. Check out http://www.joytech.org to read ...

017 - "Give it a go!" ft. Jo Loxton from 2019-02-17T16:37:04

Brought to you in association with D/SRUPTION magazine, this month the guys are joined by Jo Loxton who shares a startup story less often told. From breakfast in bed to Jeff Bezos's pecker, there's...

016 - "Live for the day" ft. Rev Pete Trainor from 2018-12-24T16:12:39

Rounding off the year in festive style with returning special guest, newly adorned Reverend Pete Trainor. The conversation includes the amazing digital legacy of James Dunn, what does spirituality ...

015 - "Powerful engine for positive change" ft. Professor Stephen Emmott from 2018-11-22T22:10:03

Returning from a brief summer hiatus this episode features the incredible Professor Stephen Emmott, Head of Computational Science at Microsoft Research from 2004-2018, talking about his plans to cr...

Innovation Social x Alexa Stop - Computational Creativity from 2018-07-31T15:03:09

Alexa Stop brings you a series of extra special podcasts in collaboration with Innovation Social. For the second special in the series, we’re focusing on Computational Creativity. Jim is joined in ...

014 - "What's the minimum investment?" ft. Lydia Gregory from 2018-05-20T23:44:51

This month we're revisiting the world of artificial intelligence with a musical twist courtesy of our studio guest Lydia Gregory, co-founder of FeedForward, a London-based artificial intelligence c...

013 - LIVE from SXSW 2018 (The Best is Yet to Come, Digital Renaissance) from 2018-04-24T14:02:24

LIVE from SXSW 2018, this special episode features the talk Rob and Jim delivered at this year's festival titled 'The Best is Yet to Come, Digital Renaissance.' We've all heard the dystopian stori...

012 - "Be more pirate" ft. Sam Conniff from 2018-02-25T21:13:16

A truly inspirational interview is the main event of EP12. We're joined in the studio by Sam Conniff, founder of Livity, to talk about his amazing work building a purpose lead organisation and lear...

011 - "AI is not the only answer" ft. Andy Budd from 2018-01-29T07:53:30

Back for 2018 with a blast, this episode features ballistic missile shenanigans, Intel's security faux pas and a robot bear. We're joined in the studio by the amazing Andy Budd, CEO of Clearleft, t...

Innovation Social x Alexa Stop - CES Special from 2018-01-22T14:59

Alexa Stop brings you a series of extra special podcasts in collaboration with Innovation Social. For the second special in the series, we’re focusing on Computational Creativity. Jim is joined in ...

LIVE! Xmas special from 2017-12-24T20:37:48

Alexa Stop Live Xmas special! We're joined by a live audience and the fantastic Victoria Buchanan, Strategic Researcher at The Future Laboratory, to recap the key trends from 2017 and discuss what ...

"A comprehensive campaign of interference" from 2017-11-07T21:59:30

Fake, fake news! Nigel Gwilliam, Media and Emerging Technologies Consultant at The IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising), joins us in the studio to talk computational propaganda and how i...

“What do you think the trolley service is like?” from 2017-10-20T01:23:12

Recorded live at Casa Felipe in Portugal, this month's special episode welcomes the digital legend and typographer extraordinaire Phil Jones of Podge fame to the podcast to share his amazing life s...

“Oh look, there’s a train!” from 2017-09-26T00:30:52

What does the future of transportation look like? A blend between a spaceship, a train and an autonomous vehicle. Nick Earle, SVP of Global Field Operations for Hyperloop One, joins us in the studi...

"Free music and tuna" from 2017-08-14T01:36:06

Innovation and Blockchain are the stars of the show this month, as Lawrence Weber, Managing Partner - Innovation at Karmarama, joins Jim and Rob in the studio to talk nut ice cream, hatred of 80s m...

"Digital Cocaine" from 2017-07-16T21:47:52

We're joined by Pete Trainor, Director of Human Focused Digital at Nexus CX and Silja Litvin, Founder and CEO at PsycApps, for an AI & Machine Learning special. We explore how our guests are using ...

"Say yes to everything." from 2017-06-23T15:49:49

We're joined by Julie Dodd and Emma Lawton from Parkinsons UK to talk all things health tech. Emma developed Parkinsons at age 29 while working as a creative director and took part in the BBC's 'Bi...

“Forlornly wave among the clickbait” from 2017-06-01T17:14:11

This month Jim and Rob are joined by Dan Machen, Innovation Director at Hey Human, to talk about his TEDx talk 'Unchanging Man: Relationships, Behaviours & Brains in The Digital Age'. Regular featu...

"South by South.. what?!" from 2017-04-21T14:31:13

Jim and Rob debate the United airlines debacle, hacked road signs and computer assisted thought. They also reflect on if the best is yet to come or if we should head for mars and never look back! T...

"Beware the AI guru." from 2017-03-31T11:40:34

Jim and Rob are joined by Syd Lawrence, Co-founder of the Bot Platform, to discuss how to deliver successful bots. Talking points include pitfalls of the connected houses of the future, Bill Gates’...