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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…
1 year, 4 months 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…
1 year, 5 months 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…
1 year, 5 months 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…
1 year, 5 months 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 …
1 year, 5 months 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…
1 year, 5 months 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, 5 months ago
Is assisted dying moral? Rowan Williams and Brenda Hale in conversation
Would legalising assisted dying end unnecessary suffering? Or would it instead enable the abuse of some of society’s most vulnerable people?
Kim Leadb…
1 year, 5 months ago
2024 in review: From Sanewashing to the Observer sale
Season 2 Episode 32
For our final episode of 2024, Alan and Lionel look back at their Media Confidential year. They’ve tackled a huge range of stories: from phone-hackin…
1 year, 6 months ago
Q&A: Will machines replace us?
Season 2 Episode 31
Could machine-generated articles replace those created by human beings?
After their series on AI in the media, Alan and Lionel now turn to listeners’ …
1 year, 6 months ago