Media Confidential
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Media Confidential is a news podcast hosted by Prospect Magazine. It has 204 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber—two of the world’s greatest editors—dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong?Lionel, former editor of the Financial Times, and Alan, editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, will bring you revealing, high profile interviews and in-depth discussion.Media Confidential is produced by Prospect Magazine.Subscribe to Prospect and enjoy our rigorously fact-checked, truly independent analysis and perspectives. Get one free issue of Prospect when you sign up today: https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/OCT1MFBG/prospect-magazine/OCT1MFG Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener
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The madness of King Trump (continued)
Susan Glasser on Trump: ‘The big, fat, naked emperor in the room’
Why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’
Does the Washington Post have a future?
Breaking news: the BBC’s new director-general
Why isn’t Ofcom investigating GB News?
Pete Hegseth and the future of American press
What gets lost when war hits the headlines
The Telegraph: The deal is done
The Murdochs: Autopsy of a family’s slow death
Reporting on Iran: How to cover total warfare
Is the Westminster lobby a victim of groupthink?
Arresting images: How to snap an (ex) prince
‘It’s dangerous work’: The battle against digital disinformation
Labour Together’s snooping operation on journalists
Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s ‘death spiral’
‘Jeff Bezos could have saved the Washington Post. Instead he’s trashed it’
Bellingcat founder: ‘Playing whack-a-mole with disinformation is always going to fail’
Bezos, the BBC and reporting the Epstein files
When did climate coverage become part of the culture wars?
Alex Pretti, ICE and the New York Times
How to protect the BBC from its enemies
Prince Harry v the tabloids
Elon Musk vs Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales on why democracy won’t survive without facts
Liz Truss and the rise of YouTube politics
How CBS lost its way
Trump, Maduro and the Washington Post
Are we losing our civil liberties?
‘Despair is a luxury’: A year of hope with Zizek, Mehdi Hasan, Robert Macfarlane and others
Cory Doctorow: How the internet went to sh*t
Only in Denmark? The ‘existential editor’ covering life, death, love and everything in between
Zanny Minton Beddoes on Steve Bannon: ‘Comparing Trump to Moses was quite something’
What’s next for Alan Rusbridger?
The investigative journalists resisting legal threats
‘I’m with you on the free press, it’s the newspapers I can’t stand’: What Tom Stoppard got right about journalism
Ben Zand: How to make money in journalism (without selling your soul)
The OBR springs a leak! Reporting on a budget shambles story
The BBC crisis: The next test
‘The New York Times won’t settle’: Why reporters will not be intimidated by Donald Trump
What’s next for the BBC? A new director-general
‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’
The Nerve: ‘We want to shine a light on culture… with a bit of “F— you” energy on the side’
The BBC is in a mess—but it’s not what you think
Goalhanger co-founder: ‘I’ve stepped in to stop Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart arguing’
Has Ofcom opened the door to a British Fox News?
Peter Oborne: Is the British media complicit in genocide?
How would you prepare to interview Putin?
‘We asked Israel to investigate the deaths of our journalists. We’re still waiting’
‘Rupert Murdoch follows me on Substack’
‘Lord Lebedev called me a prick…which sold extra subscriptions’
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