{"podcast":{"title":"Media Confidential","slug":"media-confidential-6620203","podcast_index_feed_id":6620203,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9","website_url":"https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1695204572199-dbd559804b4d1ed9f96adfdf41e2e083.jpeg","author":"Prospect Magazine","episode_count":235,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T12:17:31.419442+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203"},"episode":{"title":"Iain Dale: I'm a Conservative but I don't do propaganda (unlike GB News)","slug":"iain-dale-i-m-a-conservative-but-i-don-t-do-propaganda-unlike-gb-news","published_at":"2026-07-13T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/iain-dale-i-m-a-conservative-but-i-don-t-do-propaganda-unlike-gb-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/iain-dale-im-a-conservative-but-i-dont-do-propaganda-unlike","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9/e/6a53d376a410914b58153bea/media.mp3","summary":"In this week’s episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by presenter and commentator Iain Dale. As he releases a new memoir, the three discuss his life in broadcasting and a brief stint of political ambition, as well as his ideological leanings.  Iain discusses how he tries to keep his LBC show unbiased and the behind-the-scenes work that goes into creating lively debate with a broad spectrum of views. He also reflects on Brexit, GB News and the BBC and his thoughts on the future of political broadcasting.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this week’s episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by presenter and commentator Iain Dale. As he releases a new memoir, the three di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/media-confidential-6620203/episodes/iain-dale-i-m-a-conservative-but-i-don-t-do-propaganda-unlike-gb-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/iain-dale-i-m-a-conservative-but-i-don-t-do-propaganda-unlike-gb-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}