# Media Confidential Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203.md RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9 Official site: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts Author: Prospect Magazine Episodes: 226 ## Resource 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. 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See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/media-confidential-6620203 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203.md ## Episodes - [Vicious media: How the Murdoch press attacks its targets](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/vicious-media-how-the-murdoch-press-attacks-its-targets) — 2026-06-29T01:00:00+00:00 - [Starmer’s downfall: Is the media to blame?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/starmer-s-downfall-is-the-media-to-blame) — 2026-06-25T01:00:00+00:00 - [Beeban Kidron: What the Online Safety Act gets right (and wrong)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/beeban-kidron-what-the-online-safety-act-gets-right-and-wrong) — 2026-06-22T01:00:00+00:00 - [Murdoch’s biggest deal yet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/murdoch-s-biggest-deal-yet) — 2026-06-18T01:00:00+00:00 - [The 60 Minutes meltdown: inside the power struggles reshaping America’s iconic news show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/the-60-minutes-meltdown-inside-the-power-struggles-reshaping-america-s-iconic-news-show) — 2026-06-15T01:00:00+00:00 - [Henry Nowak and how the media fuels racism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/henry-nowak-and-how-the-media-fuels-racism) — 2026-06-11T01:00:00+00:00 - [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.’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/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) — 2026-06-08T01:00:00+00:00 - [Ofcom’s Michael Grade doesn't understand impartiality](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/ofcom-s-michael-grade-doesn-t-understand-impartiality) — 2026-06-04T01:00:00+00:00 - [Why are Britain’s politicians so weak on freedom of speech?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/why-are-britain-s-politicians-so-weak-on-freedom-of-speech) — 2026-06-01T01:00:00+00:00 - [Peter Geoghegan on getting SLAPP’d: ‘It had a huge chilling effect’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/peter-geoghegan-on-getting-slapp-d-it-had-a-huge-chilling-effect) — 2026-05-28T01:00:00+00:00 - [Hiring on the cheap: Are news organisations exploiting young journalists?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/hiring-on-the-cheap-are-news-organisations-exploiting-young-journalists) — 2026-05-21T01:00:00+00:00 - [Investigative journalist Gabriel Pogrund: ‘Go after big targets because they deserve to be pursued, not because you want to take them down’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/investigative-journalist-gabriel-pogrund-go-after-big-targets-because-they-deserve-to-be-pursued-not-because-you-want-to-take-them-down) — 2026-05-18T01:00:00+00:00 - [Will Ofcom finally sanction GB News?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/will-ofcom-finally-sanction-gb-news) — 2026-05-14T01:00:00+00:00 - [Liam Byrne: What happens when populists win?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/liam-byrne-what-happens-when-populists-win) — 2026-05-11T01:00:00+00:00 - [Slapped: Why can’t we talk about Nigel Farage’s crypto donations?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/slapped-why-can-t-we-talk-about-nigel-farage-s-crypto-donations) — 2026-05-07T01:00:00+00:00 - [Killing with impunity: the death of Amal Khalil in Lebanon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/killing-with-impunity-the-death-of-amal-khalil-in-lebanon) — 2026-05-04T01:00:00+00:00 - [Trump: AI accusations and assassination attempts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/trump-ai-accusations-and-assassination-attempts) — 2026-04-30T01:00:00+00:00 - [Press Gazette and the end of ‘Barbara Santini’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/press-gazette-and-the-end-of-barbara-santini) — 2026-04-27T01:00:00+00:00 - [Mandygate: The megaton bomb that shook Westminster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/mandygate-the-megaton-bomb-that-shook-westminster) — 2026-04-23T01:00:00+00:00 - [Sidney Blumenthal: ‘There’s about to be a real, severe change in American politics’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/sidney-blumenthal-there-s-about-to-be-a-real-severe-change-in-american-politics) — 2026-04-20T01:00:00+00:00 - [How the media brought down Viktor Orbán](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/how-the-media-brought-down-viktor-orb-n) — 2026-04-16T01:00:00+00:00 - [Democracy at risk: The big banks censoring free speech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/democracy-at-risk-the-big-banks-censoring-free-speech) — 2026-04-13T01:00:00+00:00 - [The madness of King Trump (continued)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/the-madness-of-king-trump-continued) — 2026-04-09T01:00:00+00:00 - [Susan Glasser on Trump: ‘The big, fat, naked emperor in the room’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/susan-glasser-on-trump-the-big-fat-naked-emperor-in-the-room) — 2026-04-06T01:00:00+00:00 - [Why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/why-the-us-treasury-secretary-thinks-the-ft-has-become-tabloid-trash) — 2026-04-02T01:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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