Reporting on a burning planet
Hurricanes and wildfires are becoming more frequent. The extreme forecasts that were predicted a few decades ago are starting to happen, and climate change is an existential crisis for us all. So how ...
21 Nov 202448min
Q&A: Michael Lewis, the Observer and asking difficult questions
How do you ask those difficult questions to guests that you want to probe further? And what do you do when they react unexpectedly—and the interview goes awry? This is the position Alan found himself ...
18 Nov 202424min
Marianna Spring: Truth and the social media scandal
From JFK’s assassination to the moon landing, conspiracy theories have always existed. But the rise of social media has enabled fake news to spread like wildfire.Award-winning journalist Marianna Spri...
14 Nov 202437min
Q&A: The death of local news
Why is local news so important? And how do we protect it?Alan and Lionel are joined by Frances Cairncross for a special edition of Media Confidential. Five years ago, she was tasked with producing the...
10 Nov 202417min
Exclusive: The Observer's existential crisis
After weeks of speculation about Tortoise Media's shock bid for the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, Alan and Lionel are finally joined by James Harding, the former BBC director and Tortoise's founder...
7 Nov 202452min
Q&A: The most embarrassing mistakes of our careers
Alan and Lionel are joined, once again, by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, to answer listeners’ questions on a fast-moving media world.The editors discuss the ethics of whether stories concerning national se...
3 Nov 202422min
US election 2024: The final days
Just days ahead of the US election, Alan and Lionel are joined by Steve Coll, a double Pulitzer prizewinner, senior editor at the Economist and former managing editor of the Washington Post. Steve ...
31 Okt 202445min
Q&A: How influential is Joe Rogan?
Alan and Lionel are joined by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, senior staff editor at the New York Times and former editor-in-chief at gal-dem, for a special edition of Media Confidential’s Q&A.What do newspa...
27 Okt 202420min
