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Q&A: How to interview a president
Season 2 Episode 42
This week, we get up close and personal with Alan and Lionel as they discuss dream guests, hobbies and personal media habits.
How does a high-flying …
11 months ago
Norm Pearlstine: “Media is Trump’s cocaine”
Season 2 Episode 41
Alan and Lionel are joined by American editor and media executive Norman Pearlstine. They reflect on Trump’s second term so far, and how news outlets…
11 months, 1 week ago
Q&A: Reporting as an act of resistance
Season 2 Episode 40
Alan and Lionel return to answer listeners’ questions on today’s hot topics.
With Lionel currently in New York, attention turns to American news cov…
11 months, 1 week ago
Are UK journalists under state surveillance?
Season 2 Episode 39
On 18th June 1994, Catholic pubgoers in Loughinisland, County Down, were watching a World Cup match when a loyalist paramilitary group burst in and m…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Saad Mohseni: The tycoon and the Taliban
Season 2 Episode 38
Alan and Lionel are joined by Saad Mohseni, the tycoon who reshaped Afghanistan's media landscape.
In 2001, Saad was forging a career in international…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Prince Harry wins, Telegraph in Limbo: What next?
Season 2 Episode 37
Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (NGN) has finally admitted that unlawful behaviour was carried out by private investigators working for the Su…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Q&A: The BBC, a broken tape recorder and a fake Meryl Streep
Season 2 Episode 36
The BBC, a broken tape recorder and a fake Meryl Streep. That’s right, it can only mean a new edition of Media Confidential’s Q&A show.
Alan is joined…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Armando Iannucci: "X is an industrial piss factory"
Season 2 Episode 35
How do you solve a problem like Elon? The billionaire owner of X controls one of the world's biggest social media channels, treating the platform as …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Q&A: When Lionel met Obama and Alan met the queen
Season 2 Episode 34
Alan and Lionel kick off the 2025 with a brand-new Q&A episode.
While primetime CNN attracts a mere 400,000 listeners, the Joe Rogan Experience reache…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
2025: Buckle up! It’s going to be quite a year
Season 2 Episode 33
Alan and Lionel are joined by Janine Gibson, editor of the Weekend FT, to look ahead to what promises to be a “yuge” year for journalists.
As Trump en…
1 year ago