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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How I set up Truth Social
Last Wednesday
Billy Boozer, former Chief Product Officer, on building Trump's social platform
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Fear, threats and intimidation
Wed 3 Apr 2024
The situation for foreign journalists after an Iranian TV host was stabbed in London.
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How conspiracy theories went mainstream
Wed 27 Mar 2024
The media's role in amplifying the internet's wildest speculation.
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Is the clock ticking for TikTok?
Wed 20 Mar 2024
The founder of the UK National Cyber Security Centre gives his view.
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Is seeing still believing?
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Photo journalists on how the Princess of Wales story unfolded.
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Pam Abdy, CEO Warner Bros Motion Picture Group
Fri 8 Mar 2024
Exclusive interview with one of Hollywood's most powerful executives
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Is this the end for TalkTV?
Wed 6 Mar 2024
The opinion-led TV channel is going off air just two years after it launched.
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Reverberations of the Israel-Gaza War
Wed 28 Feb 2024
How the conflict is dividing British society and the media.
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Russia and Ukraine: reporting the war two years on
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Perspectives from Ukraine, Russia and the UK on the challenges of covering the conflict.
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Prince Harry's dispute with the tabloids - who's next?
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Evan Harris, the Duke of Sussex's legal analyst, explains his approach.
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Tucker Carlson's head to head with Putin
Wed 7 Feb 2024
Why the former Fox News host wants to interview the Russian President
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How air fryers cooked up a media feast
Wed 31 Jan 2024
From books to TV to social, the culinary gadget that's hard to miss.
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The Post Office Scandal: a failure of the press?
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Why did it take a TV drama for a huge injustice to get the headlines it deserves?
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Return of The Traitors
Wed 3 Jan 2024
Executive Producer Mike Cotton on a new series of the hit reality TV show.
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How CNN got into Gaza
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Clarissa Ward on reporting from Gaza despite a ban on journalists entering.
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Martin Lewis, Britain's most influential journalist?
Wed 13 Dec 2023
How the Money Saving Expert earned the trust of a nation
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BONUS Lord Grade, Ofcom Chair, in conversation with Katie Razzall
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Lord Grade recorded at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference, 29 November 2023
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Regenerating the Doctor
Wed 29 Nov 2023
The TV supremo who re-launched Doctor Who in 2005 on the latest iteration of the franchise
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Inside the mind of the tech bro
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Understanding the men who are influencing the future.
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Suella Braverman's high-risk media strategy
Wed 15 Nov 2023
How politicians can still make a splash in the papers.
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Conspiracy theories and the Israel Gaza conflict
Wed 8 Nov 2023
How social media users from both sides are spreading disinformation.
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Al Jazeera and the information war
Wed 1 Nov 2023
The role played by the Qatari outlet in bringing news from Gaza.
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From Frozen to the top of Disney
Wed 25 Oct 2023
How Jennifer Lee, Disney's animation boss, changed cinema forever.
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Gaza hospital blast: searching for the facts
Wed 18 Oct 2023
How the media first reported the story.
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