Podcast Episodes

The journalists who took down Harvey Weinstein

In January, in a court in Manhattan, Harvey Weinstein will stand trial for the rape and sexual assault of two women. The movie producer denies the ch…

6 years, 6 months ago

Kay Burley does breakfast

Kay Burley has worked for Sky News since it launched in 1989. Now she has a new role as presenter of its breakfast show.

Also in the programme, Clive …

6 years, 6 months ago

How do you report from a repressive regime?

China and Russia are featuring prominently in the two biggest international news stories at the moment in Hong Kong and Syria. We have two top journa…

6 years, 6 months ago

Do machines make the rights choices for children?

Algorithms are increasingly making choices for young people, from recommending new TV shows to the friends they meet. But when machines are so intell…

6 years, 7 months ago

The BBC's Impartiality Crisis

The BBC is engulfed in a row about its handling of a complaint against Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty. Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News an…

6 years, 7 months ago

Who Wants to Be a Peaky Blinder?

Steven Knight is best known as the creator of Peaky Blinders, the BBC gangster drama. But his career hits also include Who Wants To Be A Millionaire …

6 years, 7 months ago

Is opinion the future of journalism?

LBC is gaining listeners thanks to a strategy of employing highly opinionated presenters. What can other news outlets learn from its success? And is …

6 years, 7 months ago

Why we're all watching Britain's nerdiest channel

BBC Parliament is enjoying record ratings as viewers tune in for the latest episode of British political drama. Meanwhile, some MPs have been defying…

6 years, 8 months ago

How to cover chaos

The rules of politics have gone out the window and momentous political events are happening, it seems, every hour. So how do journalists and TV prod…

6 years, 8 months ago

"Hey Media Show, tell me about smart speakers"

Around 20% of UK households now own a smart speaker manufactured by the likes of Google and Amazon. But have we really thought through the consequenc…

6 years, 8 months ago