{"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":"Peter Geoghegan on getting SLAPP’d: ‘It had a huge chilling effect’","slug":"peter-geoghegan-on-getting-slapp-d-it-had-a-huge-chilling-effect","published_at":"2026-05-28T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/peter-geoghegan-on-getting-slapp-d-it-had-a-huge-chilling-effect","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/it-had-a-huge-chilling-effect-peter-geoghegan-on-getting-sla","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9/e/6a17709bc92816b5444a5fb0/media.mp3","summary":"On this week’s Media Confidential Alan and Lionel talk to Peter Geoghegan, journalist, broadcaster and founder of Democracy for Sale. The three discuss the problem of SLAPPs, lawsuits used by the wealthy to silence and intimidate critics. They talk about the chilling effect these lawsuits can have have on democracy, and how they discourage journalists from pursuing stories in the public interest. Why has the government made such slow progress in tackling them? They’ll discuss what it is like as a small media outlet or single journalist to receive the financial and emotional weight of a SLAPP and the lobbying actions of media lawyers. The three will also discuss Democracy for Sale’ s investigation into Labour Together and ask about the thinktank's impact on UK politics. Read the investigation here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"On this week’s Media Confidential Alan and Lionel talk to Peter Geoghegan, journalist, broadcaster and founder of Democracy for Sale. The three discuss th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2447,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/media-confidential-6620203/episodes/peter-geoghegan-on-getting-slapp-d-it-had-a-huge-chilling-effect/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/peter-geoghegan-on-getting-slapp-d-it-had-a-huge-chilling-effect.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}