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The media world in 2024
Season 1 Episode 15
2024 is a crucial year for liberal democracies around the world, with over 50 nations voting in general elections and up to 4.2bn people casting thei…
2 years, 5 months ago
Review of the Year with Beth Rigby
Season 1 Episode 14
Sky News’s Political Editor Beth Rigby joins Alan and Lionel to reflect on 2023’s key events and to launch the inaugural Media Confidential “awards”,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Lynsey Addario: how I took the defining image from Ukraine
Season 1 Episode 13
One of the world’s leading photojournalists discusses her career in conflict zones and tells the story of how she captured a famous, horrific image w…
2 years, 6 months ago
Reporting on Gaza: bravery, brutal facts and the need for context
Season 1 Episode 12
Alan and Lionel hear Israeli and Palestinian perspectives on how the war in Gaza is being covered and on the continuing fight to control the media na…
2 years, 6 months ago
The phone hacking scandal gets an extra dimension
Season 1 Episode 11
Award-winning journalist Nick Davies broke the story of phone hacking by UK newspapers back in 2009 and now lays out the startling implications of Ne…
2 years, 6 months ago
Legendary photographer Sir Don McCullin “damaged” by his work in war zones
Season 1 Episode 10
A remarkable interview with arguably Britain’s greatest living photographer, Sir Don McCullin. He opens up about his career in-and-out of war zones, …
2 years, 6 months ago
Mona Chalabi on Gaza, bias and the New York Times
Season 1 Episode 9
Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalist and artist Mona Chalabi, a contributor to the New York Times, discusses her eye-catching work, her criticism o…
2 years, 7 months ago
James O’Brien on the media figures who “broke Britain”
Season 1 Episode 8
Alan and Lionel speak to LBC broadcaster and author James O’Brien, who takes aim at Daily Mail chief Paul Dacre, news mogul Rupert Murdoch and journa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Should Ofcom get GB News under control?
Season 1 Episode 7
With former prime minister Boris Johnson soon joining Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lee Anderson and Nigel Farage as a presenter on GB News, there appears to be l…
2 years, 7 months ago
AI and the future of journalism with Mathias Döpfner
Season 1 Episode 6
One of the key figures in global media talks to Alan and Lionel about how artificial intelligence will transform the industry.
Mathias Döpfner is the…
2 years, 7 months ago