{"podcast":{"title":"Crashed","slug":"crashed-7542126","podcast_index_feed_id":7542126,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/crashed","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1760700774961-cd2f6012-99f8-449a-8fa6-3a0e8b296f42.jpeg","author":"Alex Hudson","episode_count":49,"summary":"In the Crashed podcast, the tech podcast about everything else, hosts Alex Hudson (@alexhuds) and Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) delve into the complexities of technology and its implications on politics, business and wider society. It’s smart, it’s nerdy and it’s two journalists trying to make sense of a complex tech landscape in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T14:23:14.783224+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126"},"episode":{"title":"Royal Mail can't even deliver parcels to the Post Office","slug":"royal-mail-can-t-even-deliver-parcels-to-the-post-office","published_at":"2026-06-11T05:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126/royal-mail-can-t-even-deliver-parcels-to-the-post-office","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126","url":"https://shows.acast.com/crashed/episodes/royal-mail-cant-even-deliver-parcels-to-the-post-office","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea/e/6a29ebd13f4eb34728dcab7b/media.mp3","summary":"Royal Mail can't even deliver mail to Post Offices... and there's literally no way to speak to a Parcelforce customer service operator directly, no matter how hard you try. Wasn't the delivery revolution meant to make everything better? The regulator keeps fining them for all the targets being missed. Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker talk about expensive stamps, the demise of Post Office branches and how hard it is to deliver post to the Post Office. Maybe they could organise a p*** up in a brewery? In the episode, we also cover the \"aggressive\" investment in British industry and why the iPhone is being blamed for the drop in birth rate. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcast Follow: Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker  / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Royal Mail can't even deliver mail to Post Offices... and there's literally no way to speak to a Parcelforce customer service operator directly, no matter…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crashed-7542126/episodes/royal-mail-can-t-even-deliver-parcels-to-the-post-office/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126/royal-mail-can-t-even-deliver-parcels-to-the-post-office.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}