21. MEDIA: Truth, trust and podcasts…

Bother! Benni’s gone holidaying… So what do we do? In the 21st episode of This Time Tomorrow, Omri calls Ted on his rotary dial phone (you’ll get it if you listen to the episode) to discuss media ethics in the era of Joe Rogan… and it’s all because of something BBC journalist Nick Robinson told The Guardian last month.As trust in traditional journalism crumbles and podcasts rise to fill the gap, a new media battle is underway… and this one may just be reshaping democracy itself. Are values-driven platforms holding power to account, or do they just feed polarisation? With unchallenged interviews, partisan narratives, and collapsing editorial norms, the line between informing and influencing is vanishing fast. Can modern media still serve the public good, or have they become tools for ideological warfare? Is This Time Tomorrow ’creepy’ and ’partisan’…? Whether yes or no, how do we know how to make the distinction?Join us as we debate whether media today can be partisan, popular, and still serve the democratic good. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thistimetomorrowpod.substack.com