In Episode 6 of Posh and Specs, James and Hannah tackle one of the biggest, most misunderstood questions of our time: artificial intelligence, what it actually is, and what it means for our future. This is not a tech lecture, and it is not a doomsday episode. Instead, it is a grounded, honest conversation between two people coming at the same topic from completely different angles.

Hannah represents the majority of the population. Curious, slightly anxious, openly confused, and only loosely familiar with AI through tools like ChatGPT, Canva, and the increasingly surreal videos filling her TikTok feed. To her, AI feels abstract, intrusive, and faintly unsettling. Chiropractors throwing people out of windows. Hyper-real clips that look convincing until they suddenly are not. Algorithms that seem to know her better than she knows herself.

James, on the other hand, lives and works inside this world. As a serial entrepreneur, fintech founder, and long-time investor working closely with AI-driven companies, he sees the machinery behind the magic. He understands how these systems are built, why they feel comforting, and where the real risks actually lie. His argument is simple but firm: the debate about whether we want AI is already over. The only meaningful question left is how prepared we are to live alongside it.

Taking Posh and Specs to the streets of both London and Glasgow, the pair uncover something unexpected. While some people barely know what AI is, many are already using it daily in deeply personal ways. As a counsellor. As a dating coach. As a mediator during arguments with partners. For some, it has become a neutral third party, a safe space, even a quiet emotional crutch. That discovery shifts the tone of the episode. This is no longer just about jobs or technology, but about relationships, trust, and what happens when human conversations are quietly replaced by frictionless ones.

The discussion moves fluidly between humour and discomfort. From an infamous slip-of-the-tongue street interview about “robots” that spirals into a wider debate on future relationships, to genuinely thoughtful questions about companionship, loneliness, and whether society is already forming emotional bonds with machines. The idea of “robosexuality” is floated half-jokingly, half-seriously, raising uncomfortable parallels with past social shifts and how resistance to change is often framed.

At its core, the episode asks a hard but necessary question: if AI is already shaping how we communicate, decide, and feel, what happens next? James does not sugar-coat the reality of the job market. Many roles will disappear or fundamentally change. Doctors, lawyers, tradespeople, creatives, and care workers are all touched by this shift. But his message is not fear. It is agency. The people most at risk are not those in specific professions, but those who refuse to adapt.

Rather than encouraging career panic, James offers practical reassurance. You do not need to become a programmer. You do not need to “work in tech”. You simply need to become the person in your field who knows how to work with AI rather than compete against it. Integration, not avoidance, is the difference between being replaced and being indispensable.

Still unmistakably Posh and Specs, the episode is softened with humour, cocktails, cultural references, and moments of levity, including a dangerously strong Ab Fab-inspired Stolly Bolly to take the edge off an otherwise heavy topic. But beneath the charm sits one of the podcast’s most important conversations to date.

This episode is not about predicting the future. It is about recognising that it has already arrived, and choosing to meet it informed, curious, and prepared rather than scared.

Welcome back to Posh and Specs, 2026 edition. This week, we are not looking forward. We are going backwards. Right back into the emotional, chaotic, pixelated heart of the 90s and early Y2K, when life was simpler, our technology was crueler, and apparently some of our childhood toys are now worth more than a small car.

Hello Kitty pyjamas make an appearance. Questionable 90s headwear is forced upon us. There is a “slow, sexy reveal” that absolutely does not land as intended. And yes, we crack open a throwback drink at ten in the morning purely in the name of nostalgia and poor decision-making.

We hit the streets of London and Glasgow to ask one simple question: what from the 90s still has a grip on you? The answers are instant, emotional, and deeply relatable. From Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Saved by the Bell, to underage drinking stories that definitely should not be written down, it turns out nostalgia is a universal language. It also turns out James accidentally gives “BBC newsreader energy” when asking strangers about Pokémon, which confuses everyone involved.

Then comes the trauma.

Hannah attempts to raise a Tamagotchi in 2026. She feeds it. Waters it. Cleans up after it. Gives it medicine. Checks on it during the night like a Victorian governess. Despite all of this, it dies within ten hours. The grief is immediate and real. The conclusion is bleak: Tamagotchis may actually be harder to keep alive than children. If you ever handed yours to your mum before school and came home to heartbreak, this episode will unlock something deep in your nervous system.

From there, we spiral into peak retro gaming. Bomberman gets a full explanation, including skates, bombs, trapping your friends, and the kind of competitive energy that defined playground politics. Crash Bandicoot makes a comeback, along with the realisation that old games were designed to break your spirit, not protect your feelings. Hannah reveals she had a full Casper-the-Friendly-Ghost themed bedroom, complete with glow-in-the-dark stars, which honestly feels like something we should all be bringing back as adults.

And then we reach Pokémon.

Hannah admits she actively hated it as a child because it felt too boyish. James, meanwhile, is firmly stuck in the belief that there are only 150 Pokémon and anything beyond that is propaganda. What starts as playful debate turns serious when James opens his childhood Pokémon folder and reveals what is actually inside it. A first-edition shiny card. Playground traded. Kept for decades. Now worth tens of thousands of pounds. Possibly more.

What makes this moment land is not the money. It is the memory. The playground politics. The first ever “business deal”. The realisation that nostalgia is not just about looking back, it is about holding onto versions of ourselves we are not quite ready to let go of.

We also finally take Posh and Specs on the road to Glasgow, where the vibes note immaculate, the people are generous, and the nostalgia runs deep. Next stop might be Liverpool, because one of you emailed in and honestly, we love being told where to go.

In this episode:

• Y2K and 90s nostalgia and why it is everywhere again

• Tamagotchi grief and why they still emotionally destroy people

• Bomberman, Crash Bandicoot, and retro gaming chaos

• TV shows that raised us and questionable childhood crushes

• Pokémon cards, playground trades, and accidental £30k nostalgia

• Glasgow street interviews and where we should visit next

If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review, send it to the friend who definitely cried over a Tamagotchi, and tell us: what 90s thing still has a grip on you?

And if you know how to play Bomberman properly in 2026, please tell us immediately.

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Welcome to the Posh and Specs Hogmanay Special Edition, where New Year’s Eve becomes New Year’s honesty, Scottish tradition collides with English scepticism, and one innocent wee dram very quickly proves it has opinions of its own.

This is not your polished, goal-setting, vision-board New Year episode. This is the one recorded slightly off-balance, post-Christmas, mid-whisky, and with absolutely no intention of pretending that “New Year, New Me” has ever worked for anyone with a functioning nervous system.

James and Hannah come together for a quick but chaotic special edition, recorded in the strange, liminal days between Christmas and New Year, when everyone is full, tired, reflective, and quietly wondering whether they should be a different person by midnight. Spoiler alert: most people think it’s a lot of rubbish.

From the very start, it’s clear this is not a normal episode. Masks appear for reasons that are never fully justified. Hannah realises far too late that this is a special edition and wonders aloud whether she should be wearing her wedding dress. James, meanwhile, has committed fully, arriving dressed like he’s about to host the Edinburgh Street Party itself and accidentally triggering a tartan identity crisis that spirals into accusations of clan fraud.

What follows is a deeply British, mildly Scottish, and increasingly whisky-influenced conversation about what New Year actually means. Hannah explains why Hogmanay is not just a night but a three-day cultural event, why “the bells” are a thing, and why New Year will always feel inherently Scottish to her. James, representing England, admits he has simply been calling it “midnight” his entire life and is visibly shaken by the revelation.

As the whisky flows, so do the confessions. Christmas dinners are reviewed with forensic seriousness. Potatoes are discussed at length. Honey-roasted pigs in blankets make an appearance. Madeira cake is described with such passion that James blurts out “yum yum yum” mid-sentence, sounding sarcastic but actually just being honest and slightly drunk.

The episode then turns reflective. Both hosts look back on a year that, surprisingly, has been one of the best of their lives. Reality TV secrets, weddings, new homes, career highs, financial relief, and the unexpected launch of this very podcast all get unpacked in real time. There is gratitude, pride, and just enough fear that next year might not live up to the hype.

Naturally, this leads to the great New Year debate: can you really change your life at midnight? Should you even try? James and Hannah take to the streets of London to ask real people what they think about “New Year, New Me”, only to discover that almost everyone has quietly opted out. Gym memberships are mocked, meal prep is exposed as a fantasy, and one poor man named Jason becomes the accidental poster child for setting expectations far too high.

Instead of preaching reinvention, this episode gently dismantles the pressure we put on ourselves every January. It questions why we treat self-improvement like a personality transplant rather than a gradual process. It celebrates small wins, lower bars, and the radical idea that it might be fine to stay exactly who you are, just with slightly better snacks and fewer unrealistic promises.

This Hogmanay Special Edition is messy, funny, warm, culturally revealing, and refreshingly honest. It is what happens when two people sit down after a very full year, pour a whisky, and decide to talk properly about endings, beginnings, and why subscribing to the platinum package of life would be quite nice actually.

If you are tired of resolutions, allergic to hustle culture, curious about Scottish traditions, or simply want to hear two friends gently unravel under the influence of Arran whisky, this one is for you.

Happy Hogmanay. Happy New Year. And no pressure to change a thing.

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