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‘Despair is a luxury’: A year of hope with Zizek, Mehdi Hasan, Robert Macfarlane and others
Season 3 Episode 33
You’ve been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential’s sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HE…
6 months ago
Cory Doctorow: How the internet went to sh*t
Season 3 Episode 32
You’ve been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential’s sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HE…
6 months, 1 week ago
Only in Denmark? The ‘existential editor’ covering life, death, love and everything in between
Season 3 Episode 31
Back in July, Alan and Lionel were joined by Line Vaaben, who is ‘existential editor’ at Danish newspaper Politiken.
Line and her team write stories t…
6 months, 1 week ago
Zanny Minton Beddoes on Steve Bannon: ‘Comparing Trump to Moses was quite something’
Season 3 Episode 30
Does “no-platforming” have a place in journalism?
Alan and Lionel are joined by Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of the Economist.They discu…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
What’s next for Alan Rusbridger?
Season 3 Episode 29
As his time as editor comes to an end, Alan talks to Lionel about his final edition of Prospect—and what he plans to do next. He reflects on his time…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The investigative journalists resisting legal threats
Season 3 Episode 28
Franz Wild is our guest on this week’s Media Confidential. He’s the editor-in-chief and CEO of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism—also known as “…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
‘I’m with you on the free press, it’s the newspapers I can’t stand’: What Tom Stoppard got right about journalism
Season 3 Episode 27
This week, Alan and Lionel discuss editorial independence, the BBC’s search for a new director general and ask if the current structure is even worki…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ben Zand: How to make money in journalism (without selling your soul)
Season 3 Episode 26
Alan and Lionel are joined by documentary maker Ben Zand, founder of documentary company Zandland and co-host of the new current affairs podcast Unta…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The OBR springs a leak! Reporting on a budget shambles story
Season 3 Episode 25
After this month’s media chaos, Alan shares his experience of Monday’s select committee hearing, where BBC board members were brought before MPs. But…
7 months ago
The BBC crisis: The next test
Season 3 Episode 24
The Media Confidential team got up early to talk through the options in advance of BBC heads facing the cross-party Culture, Media and Sport select c…
7 months ago