News Watch: Labour's benefit-bashing, Gaza & Yemen airstrikes, and a new nuclear era for Europe
Time for another weekly news debrief: Europe’s surging defence budgets and the hidden realities of the nuclear armament debate (03:09), the attack on benefits in our government and media - which are c...
20 Mar 202538min
TRAILER: The News Meeting x Media Storm
Introducing...The News Meeting from our friends at Tortoise. Your Media Storm hosts Mathilda & Helena were invited on Tortoise's podcast to pitch a story we think should lead the news. Are welfare r...
18 Mar 20252min
Abuse in academia: Are universities protecting predatory professors?
This week, Media Storm investigates how universities handle sexual misconduct cases - when their prestigious professors are at the centre of the scandal. It all started when our intern, a student at ...
13 Mar 202541min
S5E5 Maternity and paternity leave: Why parents are so angry at politics
This week, Media Storm delves into a vastly underreported topic - and one of the biggest potential barriers to gender equality, child welfare and family security. The UK has the least generous patern...
7 Mar 202547min
News Watch: Trump v Zelensky, Gaza ceasefire sabotage, and the law putting Black boys in prison
Time for another weekly news debrief: we pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make sense of the mainstream media, helping you consume the news critically. In this episode, we take you thr...
6 Mar 202538min
S5E4 How to fight polarisation: With Jess & Nathan from Channel 4's Go Back To Where You Came From
Warning: strong language For the first time since they wrapped filming, Mathilda, Jess, & Nathan from Channel 4's four-part documentary Go Back To Where You Came From are reunited! In the documenta...
28 Feb 202539min
News Watch: Palestinian child murder trial, BBC Gaza doc, and is history repeating in Germany?
Vote for Samfire to perform at Tramlines festival! Time for another weekly news debrief: we pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make sense of the mainstream media, helping you consume t...
27 Feb 202542min
S5E3 Antisemitism: Israel, Anti-Zionism, and the politics of hate
Between the rise of the far-right and Israel’s ongoing warfare, today’s world is a feeding frenzy for antisemitism, and many Jewish people are afraid of prejudice and attack. But as many provocateu...
21 Feb 202546min
