Podcast Episodes

Outrage in the age of Twitter

The New Yorker has cancelled an interview with Steve Bannon, President Trump's former strategist, after an online backlash. Meanwhile, The Economist …

7 years, 8 months ago

The secrets of Social success

Louise Pentland has built an audience of millions via social platforms like YouTube and Instagram. What does her success tell us about the future of …

7 years, 8 months ago

Print is dead. Long live print

The Metro is only UK national paper to increase its circulation and the TLS has also seen a significant rise in its readers this year. How are they b…

7 years, 8 months ago

The BBC will not appeal Cliff Richard case

The BBC has announced it will not appeal the judgement of the High Court that its coverage of a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard violated his privacy…

7 years, 9 months ago

Big tech deletes Alex Jones

YouTube, Facebook and Apple are among the tech platforms to have deleted content from InfoWars, the media company owned by the conspiracy theorist Al…

7 years, 9 months ago

Is campaigner-funded journalism really journalism?

Who can afford investigative journalism? And should we care about who pays for it?

This week Unearthed, the journalism team of Greenpeace, revealed a…

7 years, 9 months ago

Plotting the future of history on TV

The historian Dan Snow claims that traditional TV channels have neglected history programmes and has launched HistoryHit.TV, a new subscription servi…

7 years, 9 months ago

Privacy, liberty and Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard has won an initial £210,000 in damages from the BBC after a judge ruled that coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014 was a "v…

7 years, 9 months ago

Will the BBC ever solve its pay problem?

The BBC has published its Annual Report which includes a list of its highest paid stars. The top 12 earners are all men despite the outcry that follo…

7 years, 10 months ago

How to win in sports journalism

England's World Cup success is a boon for the media but where's the line between journalist and fan? Amol Rajan is joined by Jess Brammar, Head of Ne…

7 years, 10 months ago