How CBS lost its way
With one America’s biggest news broadcasters, CBS News, reportedly in turmoil under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Alan and Lionel are joined by former CBS president Sir Howard Stringer. After Bari Weiss...
11 Jan 24min
Trump, Maduro and the Washington Post
This week, Alan and Lionel return to their Media Confidential duties to analyse the good, the bad and the ugly media reactions to the US abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.They also disc...
8 Jan 23min
Are we losing our civil liberties?
You’ve been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential’s sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HERE. Is Britain becoming a police state?Last Septemb...
5 Jan 39min
‘Despair is a luxury’: A year of hope with Zizek, Mehdi Hasan, Robert Macfarlane and others
You’ve been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential’s sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HERE. In the final podcast of the year, Ellen and Alo...
29 Dec 202542min
Cory Doctorow: How the internet went to sh*t
You’ve been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential’s sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HERE. Why does every platform seem to get worse over ...
22 Dec 202547min
Only in Denmark? The ‘existential editor’ covering life, death, love and everything in between
Back in July, Alan and Lionel were joined by Line Vaaben, who is ‘existential editor’ at Danish newspaper Politiken.Line and her team write stories that explore the complexities of life, love and deat...
18 Dec 202529min
Zanny Minton Beddoes on Steve Bannon: ‘Comparing Trump to Moses was quite something’
Does “no-platforming” have a place in journalism? Alan and Lionel are joined by Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of the Economist.They discuss how to cover far-right politics and whether a re...
15 Dec 202547min
What’s next for Alan Rusbridger?
As his time as editor comes to an end, Alan talks to Lionel about his final edition of Prospect—and what he plans to do next. He reflects on his time at the magazine and how it compares to his old hau...
11 Dec 202523min
