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Media Storm

News that starts with the people who are normally asked last

Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia · Media Storm

166 episodesENExplicit

Show overview

Media Storm has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 166 episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 27 min and 49 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 10 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 50 episodes published.

Episodes
166
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
43 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

The multi award-winning investigative and current affairs podcast: this is news that starts with the people who are normally asked last. Media Storm is an essential guide to today’s chaotic clickbait climate. Every week, journalists Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia storm through the headlines, and seeking out the voices of the most important (and most overlooked) people in the story: the ones living it. From ‘illegal immigrants’ to sex workers, strikers to prisoners, indigenous groups to trans people, many communities caught in the eye of the media storm are denied a fair voice in the coverage around them. Media Storm restores ‘right of reply’ to underrepresented minorities and equips listeners to take the mainstream media with a pinch of salt. It's your weekly current affairs round-up - but not as you know it. Featuring cross-platform comparisons, shrewd bullsh*t-radars, and finding the facts behind the fear-mongering, Media Storm is guaranteed to leave you with plenty to talk about. Become a supporter: patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast

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Blame, shame and pain: Maternity, midwives and the media

Apr 2, 202649 min

Global debt crisis: How bankers and billionaires keep countries poor

Mar 26, 202648 min

News Watch: Owen Jones vs the BBC, and what's really behind the move to cut jury trials?

Mar 19, 202648 min

Modern slavery is thriving: the media just isn’t telling you

Mar 12, 20261h 0m

News Watch: How the Green Party beat Reform, and is war on Iran legal?

Mar 5, 202653 min

The Epstein Files: Survivors in their own words

Feb 26, 202656 min

News Watch: Making sense of the Epstein Files, and will Reform rollback women’s rights?

Feb 19, 202657 min

Should the UK ban social media for under 16s?

Feb 12, 20261h 1m

News Watch pt.2: Trump's 'new' world order, and who is behind Grok AI deepfakes?

Feb 6, 202633 min

News Watch pt.1: The ICE killings you didn't see, and how do we help Iran?

Feb 5, 202648 min

Q&A Special pt.2: Ask your hosts anything!

Nov 27, 202547 min

Capitalism and clickbait: Who owns the news?

Nov 20, 202545 min

News Watch: Behind BBC ‘bias’, Birmingham football ban, and keeping eyes on Sudan

Nov 13, 202544 min

Fake news! The impact of AI on journalism

Nov 6, 202540 min

‘I want prosecutions’: Should journalists go to prison for Gaza genocide disinformation?

Oct 30, 202542 min

What does anti-abortion and white supremacy have in common?

Oct 16, 202548 min

Q&A Special: Ask your hosts anything!

Oct 9, 202552 min

Piracy & propaganda: Israel ILLEGALLY intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla

Oct 2, 202550 min

Tackling media misogyny: Cheer Up Luv and This Ends Now

Sep 25, 202541 min

News Watch: The UK's radicalised right, Charlie Kirk trans conspiracy, Gaza war is a genocide

Sep 18, 202558 min
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