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How to fight polarisation: With Jess & Nathan from Channel 4's Go Back To Where You Came From
Season 5 Episode 4
Warning: strong language
For the first time since they wrapped filming, Mathilda, Jess, & Nathan from Channel 4's four-part documentary Go Back To Whe…
1 year, 7 months ago
News Watch: Palestinian child murder trial, BBC Gaza doc, and is history repeating in Germany?
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Time for another weekly news debrief: we pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make sen…
1 year, 7 months ago
Antisemitism: Israel, Anti-Zionism, and the politics of hate
Season 5 Episode 3
Between the rise of the far-right and Israel’s ongoing warfare, today’s world is a feeding frenzy for antisemitism, and many Jewish people are afraid…
1 year, 7 months ago
News Watch: Chagos Islands, GB News queerphobia, and Sweden's mass shooting victims
Time for another weekly news debrief: we pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make sense of the mainstream media, helping you consume th…
1 year, 7 months ago
Why does asexuality make the media so angry?
Season 5 Episode 2
It's Valentine's Day! A day full of overpriced chocolates, high expectations, and focus on how much sex you're going to have.
So what about those who…
1 year, 8 months ago
News Watch: Trump’s ‘war on women’s sports’, hostage handovers, and is Labour Reform-ing?
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This week’s political news reads like a playbook in fascist propaganda - and rule number 1 is throwin…
1 year, 8 months ago
Female Genital Mutilation: Can we achieve zero tolerance with zero coverage?
Season 5 Episode 1
This week, we’ve decided to cover a topic that’s hugely underreported in the mainstream media: FGM. Yesterday was FGM Zero Tolerance Day, so you may …
1 year, 8 months ago
News Watch: Trump’s bid for Gaza, Congo’s conflict, Axel Rudakubana's missed misogyny
Welcome to the first episode of Media Storm series 5! Helena questions Mathilda about her motivations in taking part in a Channel 4 documentary about…
1 year, 8 months ago
ARCHIVE What is the refugee 'crisis'? Plus: Media Storm Series 5 announcement
Media Storm is returning next week! Series 5 will begin on Thursday 6th February - and there are now TWO episodes of Media Storm every week.
Every Thu…
1 year, 8 months ago
News Watch: Luigi Mangione mania, Dunkirk shooting, Trump and trans healthcare
Join Mathilda and Helena on their weekly news debriefs! We pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make sense of the mainstream media - hel…
1 year, 9 months ago