# How Palestine Mainstreamed Alternative Media Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/palestine-deep-dive-5682707/how-palestine-mainstreamed-alternative-media Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/palestine-deep-dive-5682707/how-palestine-mainstreamed-alternative-media.md Podcast: [Palestine Deep Dive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/palestine-deep-dive-5682707) Published: 2026-07-01T18:34:18+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/palestine-deep-dive/episodes/How-Palestine-Mainstreamed-Alternative-Media-e3lhhao Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/110460bd4/podcast/play/122258200/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-1%2F427183459-44100-2-81687cd0b1552.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/palestine-deep-dive-5682707/episodes/how-palestine-mainstreamed-alternative-media Duration seconds: 5350 ## Resource Ahmed Al-Naouq and Hala Hanina are joined in the studio by Richard Sanders of Double Down News, an independent media platform founded in 2017 and known for its in-depth reporting, political analysis, and commitment to telling stories that often don’t make it into the mainstream. They are also joined by Gaza-born journalist Jehan Alfarra, the new Executive Director of Palestine Deep Dive.They discuss the role of alternative media, how narratives around Palestine are shaped and challenged, the pressures on those reporting in this space, and what it means to build platforms committed to context, humanity and accountability while navigating the media and political landscape in Britain and the wider West. πŸ‘‰ Support us by becoming a paid subscriber from as little as Β£1 a month. Your support helps us build independent Palestinian-led media in a world which has never needed it more urgently: https://donorbox.org/support-palestine-deepdive πŸ‘‰ Follow us: https://x.com/PDeepDive https://instagram.com/palestinedeepdive https://facebook.com/palestinedeepdive *DISCLAIMER:*The views and opinions expressed by guests on Palestine Deep Dive are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or editorial position of Palestine Deep Dive. Palestine Deep Dive is committed to fostering informed, open and respectful dialogue for a broad range of perspectives on Palestine-related issues, developments and conversations of significant public interest. Publishing these discussions does not imply agreement with, endorsement of, or verification of every claim made by participants. Viewers are encouraged to engage critically and consult a range of sources. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/palestine-deep-dive-5682707/episodes/how-palestine-mainstreamed-alternative-media/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/palestine-deep-dive-5682707/how-palestine-mainstreamed-alternative-media.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.