# The News Meeting Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716.md RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6447cb7391dbd3001135bccf Official site: https://observer.co.uk/ Author: The Observer Episodes: 672 ## Resource Every Monday and Friday three journalists battle it out to try and convince the editor that their pitch should lead the news. Discover what goes on behind the scenes in a newsroom. Why do some stories dominate, while others fail to make the cut? 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See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-meeting-5853716 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716.md ## Episodes - [What’s driving disorder in Belfast?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/what-s-driving-disorder-in-belfast) — 2026-06-11T16:36:30+00:00 - [Who can actually afford to go to the World Cup?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/who-can-actually-afford-to-go-to-the-world-cup) — 2026-06-04T16:53:23+00:00 - [Why is Pope Leo against AI?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/why-is-pope-leo-against-ai) — 2026-05-28T16:29:01+00:00 - [Why has Married at First Sight UK been pulled off air?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/why-has-married-at-first-sight-uk-been-pulled-off-air) — 2026-05-21T16:51:35+00:00 - [Who might challenge Keir Starmer’s leadership?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/who-might-challenge-keir-starmer-s-leadership) — 2026-05-14T16:53:56+00:00 - [How worried should we be about hantavirus?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/how-worried-should-we-be-about-hantavirus) — 2026-05-07T15:40:17+00:00 - [How will Britain respond to a rise in anti-semitic terror attacks?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/how-will-britain-respond-to-a-rise-in-anti-semitic-terror-attacks) — 2026-05-01T15:11:05+00:00 - [Is this the worst hay fever season yet?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/is-this-the-worst-hay-fever-season-yet) — 2026-04-23T16:04:44+00:00 - [Why are Trump and the Pope feuding?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/why-are-trump-and-the-pope-feuding) — 2026-04-16T16:42:39+00:00 - [How dangerous is Anthropic’s new AI?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/how-dangerous-is-anthropic-s-new-ai) — 2026-04-09T16:48:59+00:00 - [Antisemitism and the return of Kanye West](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/antisemitism-and-the-return-of-kanye-west) — 2026-04-02T16:26:14+00:00 - [How did a woman sue Meta and Google and win?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/how-did-a-woman-sue-meta-and-google-and-win) — 2026-03-27T13:27:59+00:00 - [Who’s behind the arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/who-s-behind-the-arson-attack-on-jewish-charity-ambulances) — 2026-03-23T17:46:57+00:00 - [Does the US have plans for Cuba?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/does-the-us-have-plans-for-cuba) — 2026-03-19T17:06:07+00:00 - [What’s behind the mass displacement of people in Lebanon?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/what-s-behind-the-mass-displacement-of-people-in-lebanon) — 2026-03-16T17:32:17+00:00 - [What’s in the Mandelson files?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/what-s-in-the-mandelson-files) — 2026-03-12T18:11:57+00:00 - [Who is the new supreme leader of Iran?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/who-is-the-new-supreme-leader-of-iran) — 2026-03-09T17:55:30+00:00 - [How is Shabana Mahmood shaking up the immigration and asylum system?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/how-is-shabana-mahmood-shaking-up-the-immigration-and-asylum-system) — 2026-03-05T17:05:44+00:00 - [What’s next for Iran?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/what-s-next-for-iran) — 2026-03-02T18:16:28+00:00 - [Who are the men taking their looks to dangerous extremes?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/who-are-the-men-taking-their-looks-to-dangerous-extremes) — 2026-02-27T17:07:50+00:00 - [Has Russia launched World War 3?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/has-russia-launched-world-war-3) — 2026-02-23T18:18:44+00:00 - [The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor) — 2026-02-19T15:41:45+00:00 - [Did Russia poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/did-russia-poison-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny) — 2026-02-16T18:22:27+00:00 - [Did the government make it harder for graduates to pay off student loans?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/did-the-government-make-it-harder-for-graduates-to-pay-off-student-loans) — 2026-02-12T17:44:21+00:00 - [Why does Keir Starmer face a perilous week ahead?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/why-does-keir-starmer-face-a-perilous-week-ahead) — 2026-02-09T19:12:30+00:00 - [Will Peter Mandelson bring down Keir Starmer?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/will-peter-mandelson-bring-down-keir-starmer) — 2026-02-05T17:18:14+00:00 - [Will Peter Mandelson’s Epstein links see him removed from the House of Lords?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/will-peter-mandelson-s-epstein-links-see-him-removed-from-the-house-of-lords) — 2026-02-02T17:49:35+00:00 - [Is ChatGPT introducing porn?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/is-chatgpt-introducing-porn) — 2026-01-30T15:48:15+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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