Podcast

Media Confidential

Author: Prospect Magazine
Feed episode count: 235
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Summary

Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber—two of the world’s greatest editors—dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financial Times , and Alan, editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, will bring you revealing, high profile interviews and in-depth discussion. Media Confidential is produced by Prospect Magazine. Subscribe to Prospect and enjoy our rigorously fact-checked, truly independent analysis and perspectives. Get one free issue of Prospect when you sign up today: https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/OCT1MFBG/prospect-magazine/OCT1MFG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Jul 30, 2026 · not_requested

So you didn’t get a Burnham interview? Break out the tiny violins

Duration seconds: 1558
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/so-you-didnt-get-a-burnham-interview-break-out-the-tiny-viol

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Jul 27, 2026 · not_requested

Corruption, convictions and vengeance: Maggie Haberman on the inside story of the second Trump presidency

Duration seconds: 2318
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/maggie

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Jul 23, 2026 · not_requested

Burnham’s new cabinet: What did the media miss?

Duration seconds: 1365
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/burnhams-new-cabinet-what-did-the-media-miss

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Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested

Political censorship: How governments are using national security laws to silence journalists

Duration seconds: 2441
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/political-censorship-how-governments-are-using-national-secu

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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

Ann Widdecombe’s murder: Have the police said too much?

Duration seconds: 1892
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Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

Iain Dale: I'm a Conservative but I don't do propaganda (unlike GB News)

Duration seconds: 2167
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/iain-dale-im-a-conservative-but-i-dont-do-propaganda-unlike

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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

It’s the media’s fault! Nigel Farage plays the victim card

Duration seconds: 1877
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/its-the-medias-fault-nigel-farage-plays-the-victim-card

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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Lachlan Cartwright: ‘American media became a propaganda arm to get Trump elected’

Duration seconds: 1853
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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

Will the BBC cave in to Trump?

Duration seconds: 1244
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/will-the-bbc-cave-in-to-trump

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

Vicious media: How the Murdoch press attacks its targets

Duration seconds: 2136
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/vicious-media-how-the-murdoch-press-attacks-its-targets

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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

Starmer’s downfall: Is the media to blame?

Duration seconds: 1684
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/starmers-downfall-is-the-media-to-blame

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Beeban Kidron: What the Online Safety Act gets right (and wrong)

Duration seconds: 2149
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/mc-kidron

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

Murdoch’s biggest deal yet

Duration seconds: 1729
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/mc

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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

The 60 Minutes meltdown: inside the power struggles reshaping America’s iconic news show

Duration seconds: 1890
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/david-folkenflik

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Henry Nowak and how the media fuels racism

Duration seconds: 2102
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/qa-10th

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Joshi Herrmann ‘If we're going to devolve more power to places like Greater Manchester we’re going to need to bulk up the quality of the local media.’

Duration seconds: 2265
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/joshi

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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

Ofcom’s Michael Grade doesn't understand impartiality

Duration seconds: 2177
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Why are Britain’s politicians so weak on freedom of speech?

Duration seconds: 2663
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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

Peter Geoghegan on getting SLAPP’d: ‘It had a huge chilling effect’

Duration seconds: 2447
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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

Hiring on the cheap: Are news organisations exploiting young journalists?

Duration seconds: 1650
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/hiring-on-the-cheap-are-news-organisations-exploiting-young

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Investigative journalist Gabriel Pogrund: ‘Go after big targets because they deserve to be pursued, not because you want to take them down’

Duration seconds: 2398
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/you-want-to-go-after-big-targets-because-they-deserve-to-be

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Will Ofcom finally sanction GB News?

Duration seconds: 1712
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/may-14th-qa

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Liam Byrne: What happens when populists win?

Duration seconds: 1935
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/liam-byrne-what-happens-when-populists-win

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Slapped: Why can’t we talk about Nigel Farage’s crypto donations?

Duration seconds: 2109
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/farage

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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Killing with impunity: the death of Amal Khalil in Lebanon

Duration seconds: 2036
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/tbc

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

Trump: AI accusations and assassination attempts

Duration seconds: 1702
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/trump-ai-accusations-and-assassination-attempts

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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

Press Gazette and the end of ‘Barbara Santini’

Duration seconds: 1917
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/dominic-ponsford

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Mandygate: The megaton bomb that shook Westminster

Duration seconds: 1708
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/mandygate-the-mega-ton-bomb-that-shook-westminster

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Sidney Blumenthal: ‘There’s about to be a real, severe change in American politics’

Duration seconds: 2124
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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

How the media brought down Viktor Orbán

Duration seconds: 1404
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/how-the-media-brought-down-viktor-orban

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Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested

Democracy at risk: The big banks censoring free speech

Duration seconds: 1612
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/rainey-reitman

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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

The madness of King Trump (continued)

Duration seconds: 1654
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/what-happened-next-for-king-trump

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Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested

Susan Glasser on Trump: ‘The big, fat, naked emperor in the room’

Duration seconds: 1944
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/susan-glasser

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Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested

Why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’

Duration seconds: 1619
Source: https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/media-confidential

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