Q&A: Who is the rudest person you've ever interviewed?
In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel discuss their most difficult interviews.They also discuss why journalists are no longer sent out to cover council meetings and whether that has an impact on...
19 Maj 202522min
CNN's CEO: ‘If we didn't have politicians on air who might lie, we'd struggle to fill the airwaves’
At the Truth Tellers summit in London, Alan and Lionel sit down with Mark Thompson, the CEO of American media giant CNN.Mark is asked if he has sat down with Trump since he started in office.Does he ...
15 Maj 202538min
Q&A: How to make the Evening Standard great again
In this week’s Q&A session, Alan and Lionel are asked whether there’s still a market for the London Standard and what they would do if its owner Evgeny Lebedev came asking for advice.They also discuss...
12 Maj 202531min
Harry Shukman: Undercover in the Far Right
This week on Media Confidential, journalist Harry Shukman joins Alan and Lionel to discuss his year spent infiltrating the far right.Harry’s new book Year of the Rat explores this journey. He shares w...
8 Maj 202534min
Q&A: It’s ‘Da Business’— The launch of Alan and Lionel's (imaginary) new newspaper
In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel are presented with a thought experiment: if they had to join forces, how would they run a brand new media venture?What’s it all about? Where is the money coming fro...
5 Maj 202520min
New hope for the newsroom?
Alan and Lionel are joined by Lea Korsgaard, co-founder and editor-in-chief at Zetland, the Danish media organisation revolutionising the way people engage with the news.She discusses what makes the m...
1 Maj 202535min
Q&A: How do you prepare for the death of a Pope?
Following the death of Pope Francis last week, Alan and Lionel answer how a reporter should prepare for the expected—and the unexpected.They discuss the perks of having a network of correspondents and...
28 Apr 202519min
Are cartoonists about to be cancelled?
What is allowed to be a joking matter? And where does one draw the line?This week, Alan and Lionel discuss the pitfalls of being a satirist in 2025. They talk to political cartoonist Steve Bell, who w...
24 Apr 202554min
