{"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":226,"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":"2026-06-29T08:18:32.158969+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203"},"episode":{"title":"Investigative journalist Gabriel Pogrund: ‘Go after big targets because they deserve to be pursued, not because you want to take them down’","slug":"investigative-journalist-gabriel-pogrund-go-after-big-targets-because-they-deserve-to-be-pursued-not-because-you-want-to-take-them-down","published_at":"2026-05-18T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/you-want-to-go-after-big-targets-because-they-deserve-to-be","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9/e/6a0a050fefd1f558b0408892/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Media Confidential , Alan and Lionel talk to Gabriel Pogrund, newly appointed editor of Insight, the Sunday Times investigative team. After Gabriel exposed £730,000 in undeclared donations to Labour Together, he and other journalists became victims of a smear campaign. He discusses why the thinktank commissioned an investigation into him—and how he was falsely accused of having Russian ties. As the co-author of Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer , Gabriel also discusses the prime minister’s leadership. Plus, in an age of weaponised libel laws and abusive SLAPP lawsuits, the trio discuss the challenges facing investigative journalists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode of Media Confidential , Alan and Lionel talk to Gabriel Pogrund, newly appointed editor of Insight, the Sunday Times investigative team. A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2398,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/media-confidential-6620203/episodes/investigative-journalist-gabriel-pogrund-go-after-big-targets-because-they-deserve-to-be-pursued-not-because-you-want-to-take-them-down/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/investigative-journalist-gabriel-pogrund-go-after-big-targets-because-they-deserve-to-be-pursued-not-because-you-want-to-take-them-down.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}