Saad Mohseni: The tycoon and the Taliban
Alan and Lionel are joined by Saad Mohseni, the tycoon who reshaped Afghanistan's media landscape.In 2001, Saad was forging a career in international banking. But after the invasion of Afghanistan, an...
27 Jan 202522min
Prince Harry wins, Telegraph in Limbo: What next?
Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (NGN) has finally admitted that unlawful behaviour was carried out by private investigators working for the Sun and the News Of The World.They've offered "a full...
23 Jan 202540min
Q&A: The BBC, a broken tape recorder and a fake Meryl Streep
The BBC, a broken tape recorder and a fake Meryl Streep. That’s right, it can only mean a new edition of Media Confidential’s Q&A show.Alan is joined by Janine Gibson, in Lionel’s absence, to tackle q...
20 Jan 202521min
Armando Iannucci: "X is an industrial piss factory"
How do you solve a problem like Elon? The billionaire owner of X controls one of the world's biggest social media channels, treating the platform as his own propaganda machine.Armando Iannucci—the sat...
16 Jan 202546min
Q&A: When Lionel met Obama and Alan met the queen
Alan and Lionel kick off the 2025 with a brand-new Q&A episode.While primetime CNN attracts a mere 400,000 listeners, the Joe Rogan Experience reaches over 17 million subscribers on YouTube. What expl...
13 Jan 202518min
2025: Buckle up! It’s going to be quite a year
Alan and Lionel are joined by Janine Gibson, editor of the Weekend FT, to look ahead to what promises to be a “yuge” year for journalists.As Trump enters his second term in the White House, should we ...
9 Jan 202545min
Is assisted dying moral? Rowan Williams and Brenda Hale in conversation
Would legalising assisted dying end unnecessary suffering? Or would it instead enable the abuse of some of society’s most vulnerable people?Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill has passed its second r...
2 Jan 202558min
2024 in review: From Sanewashing to the Observer sale
For our final episode of 2024, Alan and Lionel look back at their Media Confidential year. They’ve tackled a huge range of stories: from phone-hacking and the rise of AI, to Ofcom’s battles with GB Ne...
26 Dec 202444min
