S4E7 Pride Month under attack: rainbow-washing, queerbaiting, and fears of "gender ideology"
Quite a lot to NOT be proud of this Pride Month, with corporations creeping away cowardly as ultra-Conservatives boycott their rainbow campaigns. Meanwhile, much of the mainstream media refuses to rep...
27 Jun 202454min
S4E6 World Refugee Day: Inclusion and solutions
Today is #WorldRefugeeDay - an international day designated by the UN to honour refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day feels especially relevant at Media Storm, because refugees make one of the...
20 Jun 202440min
Rape Off The Record: The price of open justice
This investigation contains discusses of rape, sexual assault, and suicide which some listeners might find distressing. If you need someone to talk to, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123 or Rape C...
13 Jun 202436min
S4E5 Media racism: Faiza Shaheen, Palestine coverage, and the limits of representation
This week, Faiza Shaheen announced she has resigned from the Labour Party, after a shock email revealed she had been deselected as a candidate in this year's General Election. The Labour Party candid...
6 Jun 202455min
S4E4 South Africa elections: worldviews in 'the West' vs 'the rest'
As South Africans head to the polls, Media Storm is seizing the opportunity to break out of the Western worldview. Last season, former UN Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani criticised the "...
30 Mai 202449min
S4E3 Police: misogyny, mistrust, and The Met
Content warning: mentions of violence against women, rape, and assault. This episode was recorded just before the general election was announced! Register to vote here. This week, it was reported the ...
23 Mai 202444min
S4E2 Ulez: Pollution or politics? Plus Eurovision boycott and Voter ID
The climate crisis is wreaking havoc in headlines this week: heatwaves in southeast Asia, flooding in Kenya and Brazil, and exotic spiders smuggling their way into the UK - all this marks a record lea...
16 Mai 202446min
S4E1 The death debate: Assisted dying and the legacy of CoppaFeel!
There’s a morbid theme to Media Storm’s first new weekly format - but that’s ok because it’s Dying Matters Awareness Week so we all need to get talking about death! Our key voices today are people wit...
9 Mai 202445min
