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Zanny Minton Beddoes on Steve Bannon: ‘Comparing Trump to Moses was quite something’	Media Confidential	47:32
What’s next for Alan Rusbridger?	Media Confidential	23:50
The investigative journalists resisting legal threats	Media Confidential	40:20
‘I’m with you on the free press, it’s the newspapers I can’t stand’: What Tom Stoppard got right about journalism	Media Confidential	25:36
Ben Zand: How to make money in journalism (without selling your soul)	Media Confidential	33:00
The OBR springs a leak! Reporting on a budget shambles story	Media Confidential	27:21
The BBC crisis: The next test	Media Confidential	32:55
‘The New York Times won’t settle’: Why reporters will not be intimidated by Donald Trump	Media Confidential	26:46
What’s next for the BBC? A new director-general	Media Confidential	30:33
‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’	Media Confidential	48:02
The Nerve: ‘We want to shine a light on culture… with a bit of “F— you” energy on the side’	Media Confidential	46:26
The BBC is in a mess—but it’s not what you think	Media Confidential	30:57
Goalhanger co-founder: ‘I’ve stepped in to stop Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart arguing’	Media Confidential	31:29
Has Ofcom opened the door to a British Fox News?	Media Confidential	34:47
Peter Oborne: Is the British media complicit in genocide?	Media Confidential	47:13
How would you prepare to interview Putin?	Media Confidential	52:59
‘We asked Israel to investigate the deaths of our journalists. We’re still waiting’	Media Confidential	38:02
‘Rupert Murdoch follows me on Substack’	Media Confidential	34:15
‘Lord Lebedev called me a prick…which sold extra subscriptions’	Media Confidential	43:56
The Hack: What happens now?	Media Confidential	33:11
The Successor: Who is Lachlan Murdoch?	Media Confidential	40:41
Who gets right of reply?	Media Confidential	31:07
The Hack: What’s the real story?	Media Confidential	47:36
Lisa Nandy: We’re not afraid to regulate US big tech, no matter what Donald Trump says	Media Confidential	50:50
America’s assault on free speech	Media Confidential	35:01
What would you ask Donald Trump?	Media Confidential	23:12
Does the news need gatekeeping?	Media Confidential	35:29
The Murdoch succession: Lachlan gets the power; his siblings get rich(er)	Media Confidential	27:28
Greg Lukianoff: ‘Bring back freedom of speech’	Media Confidential	33:51
Why is the media dancing to Farage’s tune?	Media Confidential	32:00
Trump’s 100 days, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat	Media Confidential	45:12
Ethan Zuckerman: How to escape the internet hellscape	Media Confidential	41:09
Mehdi Hasan: ‘The media doesn’t want to hear certain people’	Media Confidential	39:30
Slavoj Žižek: ‘Elon Musk lives like a communist’	Media Confidential	41:22
Q&A: Has the media contributed to ‘tinderbox Britain’?	Media Confidential	20:02
Tesla exposed: how a whistleblower lifted the lid on Elon Musk	Media Confidential	57:24
Q&A: Can you express your own views as an editor?	Media Confidential	23:26
How long can Ofcom allow Nigel Farage to keep his own show?	Media Confidential	58:28
Q&A: Mamdani vs the media	Media Confidential	15:39
Tom McTague: ‘This country’s problems run deeper than Starmer thinks’	Media Confidential	52:03

Zanny Minton Beddoes on Steve Bannon: ‘Comparing Trump to Moses was quite something’

Media Confidential

47:32

What’s next for Alan Rusbridger?

Media Confidential

23:50

The investigative journalists resisting legal threats

Media Confidential

40:20

‘I’m with you on the free press, it’s the newspapers I can’t stand’: What Tom Stoppard got right about journalism

Media Confidential

25:36