The Media Show Podcast
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
Episodes to download
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The British drama boom
New Year's Day 2020
UK producers are capitalising on the global demand for new shows - how long will it last?
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Ian Hislop's review of the year in media
Sun 22 Dec 2019
Private Eye editor on making jokes about Boris Johnson, Prince Andrew and Greta Thunberg
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Delete the media?
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Yet again the media misread the election. Is it time to rethink political journalism?
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Ronan Farrow's Battle to Report
Wed 11 Dec 2019
How the Pulitzer winner picked a fight with an untouchable Hollywood mogul
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Will Amazon deliver a revolution in sports media?
Wed 4 Dec 2019
Amazon has the Premier League for December, as big tech flirts with live broadcasting
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The media's criminal obsession
Wed 27 Nov 2019
From podcasts to a new magazine, why covering crime pays
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Trust me, I'm a journalist
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Channel 4's Dorothy Byrne and how journalism can help restore public trust in politics
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Facebook's Steve Hatch on paying tax and political ads
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Exclusive interview with Facebook's boss in Northern Europe
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Making The Mouse Roar: Disney CEO Bob Iger
Wed 6 Nov 2019
Extended interview with the man who's transformed Disney
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The journalists who took down Harvey Weinstein
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story that ignited the #MeToo movement
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Kay Burley does breakfast
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Sky News presenter on her new show and long career in news
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How do you report from a repressive regime?
Wed 16 Oct 2019
The challenges of reporting stories from the frontline and the black hole left by Fortnite
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Do machines make the rights choices for children?
Wed 9 Oct 2019
The role of AI in the lives of young people, recorded at the 大象传媒 Blue Room conference.
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The 大象传媒's Impartiality Crisis
Wed 2 Oct 2019
The crisis at the 大象传媒 following complaints against Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty.
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Who Wants to Be a Peaky Blinder?
Wed 25 Sep 2019
From hit game shows to gangster drama, Steven Knight on his extraordinary career.
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Is opinion the future of journalism?
Wed 18 Sep 2019
LBC is gaining listeners thanks to a strategy of employing highly opinionated presenters.
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Why we're all watching Britain's nerdiest channel
Wed 11 Sep 2019
大象传媒 Parliament is enjoying record ratings as the political drama unfolds.
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How to cover chaos
Wed 4 Sep 2019
As politics goes into meltdown, the journalists trying to make sense of it all.
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"Hey Media Show, tell me about smart speakers"
Wed 28 Aug 2019
What the rapid growth of virtual assistants in the home means for you.
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Why advertisers are blacklisting news
Wed 21 Aug 2019
Some brands are ensuring their ads do not appear with news stories they disapprove of.
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Taking care of reality TV guests
Wed 14 Aug 2019
How can reality TV and radio take better care of participants?
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Hunting spies and exposing lies
Wed 7 Aug 2019
How Eliot Higgins founded Bellingcat and reinvented investigative journalism
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Changing the game of sports journalism
Wed 31 Jul 2019
The Athletic has hired some of the UK's most popular football writers.
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The power of the columnist
Wed 24 Jul 2019
As Boris Johnson swaps punditry for Downing Street, how much power do columnists have?
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Who's watching the 大象传媒?
Wed 3 Jul 2019
The 大象传媒's Annual Report reveals that fewer young people are tuning in.
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The lure of the obvious
Wed 26 Jun 2019
From Brexit to Trump, why do so many journalists keep getting it wrong?
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How the media sells us gender equality
Wed 19 Jun 2019
Harmful stereotypes have been banned from ads, and ITV is banning all-male writing teams.
