Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Great British Nostalgia Trip
Welcome to the era of the reboot. Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen doing up people’s living rooms, Ruby Wax interviewing Hollywood stars. New versions of Nev…
4 years, 8 months ago
How to earn a living on social media
Social media platforms earn a fortune from our unpaid labour. Users share pictures on Instagram, tell stories on Twitter, and offer up their music on…
4 years, 8 months ago
Reporting on the ground in China
How hard is it to report on the ground in China? Journalists covering the recent floods found their presence was not always welcome. Major titles - i…
4 years, 9 months ago
Deborah Turness, boss of ITN
ITN News is part of the iconography of British television news. But who watches bulletins these days? Younger audiences are moving online for their f…
4 years, 9 months ago
Sports broadcasters fight for our attention
This is a packed summer of sport, from the Olympics and the Euros, to a new cricket competition called The Hundred on primetime BBC. But in the age o…
4 years, 9 months ago
Inside The Pegasus Project
A group of news outlets from countries around the world have banded together to expose the alleged use of a phone hacking tool to spy on leading jour…
4 years, 9 months ago
Why can't social media companies stop online abuse?
Footballers are being racially abused on social media. Why can't social media companies stop this from happening? An investigation by two New York Ti…
4 years, 10 months ago
The unstoppable rise of TikTok
TikTok had a fantastic pandemic, stacking up over 800 million users. Hollywood studios are casting TikTok stars. Record labels are snapping up TikTok…
4 years, 10 months ago
The tabloids claim a scalp
A scoop in The Sun forced health secretary Matt Hancock to resign. But how did The Sun come to have this explosive story, and what did they do with i…
4 years, 10 months ago
Channel 4 facing privatisation?
The government has launched a consultation on the future of Channel 4 and privatisation is being considered. But what could that mean in practice? Wo…
4 years, 10 months ago