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Media Confidential

Media Confidential

Prospect Magazine

243 episodesEN

Show overview

Media Confidential has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 243 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 150 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence, with the show now in its 6th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 27 min and 45 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 67 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 98 episodes published. Published by Prospect Magazine.

Episodes
243
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
36 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hasta la vista, baby!

Aug 27, 202635 min

Eternal youth and billionaire biohacking: The politics of longevity

Aug 24, 202625 min

The death of Jason Arday: a modern media morality play.

Aug 20, 202632 min

Jonathan Shainin: Legacy media no longer explains the world

Aug 17, 202639 min

How long will the ‘Burnham bounce’ last?

Aug 13, 202635 min

Patrick Radden Keefe: ‘I’m not your therapist. I’m not your PR person. I’m a journalist’

Aug 10, 202633 min

Rod Liddle: the provocateur who loved to scandalise. But what did he really believe?

Aug 6, 202623 min

Mehdi Hasan: Why US media shies away from talking about genocide

Aug 3, 202644 min

So you didn’t get a Burnham interview? Break out the tiny violins

Jul 30, 202625 min

Corruption, convictions and vengeance: Maggie Haberman on the inside story of the second Trump presidency

Jul 27, 202638 min

Burnham’s new cabinet: What did the media miss?

Jul 23, 202622 min

Political censorship: How governments are using national security laws to silence journalists

Jul 20, 202640 min

Ann Widdecombe’s murder: Have the police said too much?

Jul 16, 202631 min

Iain Dale: I'm a Conservative but I don't do propaganda (unlike GB News)

Jul 13, 202636 min

It’s the media’s fault! Nigel Farage plays the victim card

Jul 9, 202631 min

Lachlan Cartwright: ‘American media became a propaganda arm to get Trump elected’

Jul 6, 202630 min

Will the BBC cave in to Trump?

Jul 2, 202620 min

Vicious media: How the Murdoch press attacks its targets

Jun 29, 202635 min

Starmer’s downfall: Is the media to blame?

Jun 25, 202628 min

Beeban Kidron: What the Online Safety Act gets right (and wrong)

Jun 22, 202635 min
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