Misogyny, boomers, and China just got Krissed
Top Comment
BBC
4.0 • 545 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
When newly-elected Green Party MP Hannah Spencer gave her maiden speech on International Women's Day, she was subject to a torrent of online abuse targeting her appearance, with one user on X prompting Grok to "smarten up" her look. The chatbot continues to be flooded with similar requests, despite a crackdown by the platform on 'undressing' content earlier this year. Marianna and Matt discuss how AI is supercharging misogyny online, and hear from Hannah Spencer about her experience.
Also on this episode, apparently it's a bad week to be a boomer (unless you're Kris Jenner). We chat about Paul McCartney's Reddit ban, the leaked photos exposing the private life of Kristi Noem's husband, and a crypto hoax wrongly announcing the death of a 194-year-old tortoise.
Plus, why an animatronic snowman is sending the internet into meltdown.
Top Comment is hosted by Marianna Spring and Matt Shea. The series producer is Laurie Kalus. The social producer is Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The editor is Justine Lang. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | An abandoned psychiatric hospital. |
| 0:10.7 | As if staff had simply walked out one day and never returned. |
| 0:14.3 | And the unexplained death of a nursing assistant. |
| 0:17.8 | Mary Glasgow 35 had died when on Judy. |
| 0:20.8 | It wasn't just an altercation. The room was wrecked. |
| 0:23.2 | The curtains were on the floor. |
| 0:24.9 | She didn't just die at her workplace. |
| 0:27.0 | Something strange happened. |
| 0:29.9 | Assume nothing. What happened to Mary Glasgow? |
| 0:33.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | It's been a pretty bad week for boomers on the internet, hasn't it? |
| 0:38.7 | First, you had Paul McCartney being banned from Reddit after posting photos of his own gig. |
| 0:43.1 | You had Christy Noam's husband being out at us having a very strange fetish online. |
| 0:48.7 | You had Jonathan the Tortoise, the Superboomer, a 194 year old, has died or has he? |
| 0:56.9 | And are any of these people boomers or not to be discussed? |
| 1:00.1 | The other thing that we're talking about on the podcast is the evolution of misogyny on social media |
| 1:05.8 | and especially how AI is being weaponized in that kind of abuse. |
| 1:10.5 | And why are people in China changing their profile pictures to Chris Jenner? |
| 1:21.2 | Okay Matt, do you know this MP, Hannah Spencer? |
| 1:23.3 | The winner of the Gorton and Denton by-election. |
| 1:24.9 | Exactly. |
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