Podcast Episodes

Margaret Sullivan Takes a New Look at Journalism Ethics

Season 10 Episode 22

This summer, Margaret Sullivan, the executive director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School, …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE

Season 10 Episode 21

On Thursday, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring federal agents from using riot control measures like tear gas to disperse j…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Elle Reeve on the Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect’s Inscrutable Memes

Season 10 Episode 20

In 2017, Elle Reeve, then a correspondent for Vice News, became a household name when she reported from the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesvill…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Garrett Graff Thinks the Press Should Be Taking Trump’s Health Much More Seriously

Season 10 Episode 19

Last week, as DC reporters were patting themselves on the back for not falling for internet falsehoods claiming that Donald Trump had secretly died, …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hind Hassan Is Sorry We Didn’t Do More to Make Journalism Safe

Season 10 Episode 18

Earlier this month, Hind Hassan, a decorated documentary news reporter who has covered everything from conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine to the…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?

Season 10 Episode 17

For the past few weeks, MAGA media and conservative podcasters have been torn apart over President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

Anna …

9 months ago

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What’s the Matter with the BBC?

Season 10 Episode 16

Recent weeks have not been very comfortable for the BBC. A documentary about Gaza it refused to broadcast was aired instead by a competitor, to criti…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Kicker Live: Branko Brkic Wants Journalists to Wake Up

Season 10 Episode 15

Last year, Branko Brkic, the founder of the Daily Maverick, a South African news outlet, left his day job to launch an advocacy campaign in defense o…

10 months, 1 week ago

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The Kicker Live: Arwa Damon on Leaving CNN and Telling Stories from Gaza

Season 10 Episode 14

For nearly twenty years, Arwa Damon worked as a journalist covering conflict zones across the Middle East—much of it as a prominent correspondent for…

10 months, 1 week ago

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The Kicker Live: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on American Misadventures in the Middle East

Season 10 Episode 13

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is an award-winning Iraqi journalist for The Guardian and the author of A Stranger in Your Own City (2023), a reported memoir of hi…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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