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Media Storm

News that starts with the people who are normally asked last

Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia · Media Storm

178 episodesENExplicit

Show overview

Media Storm has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 178 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 28 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 2 weeks ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 50 episodes published.

Episodes
178
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
44 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

Latest Episodes

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The local news decline and why it matters

Aug 13, 202649 min

'I don’t do politics': How to fight news fatigue

Aug 6, 202657 min

Bad Think Tanks: How fake facts get into the news

Jul 30, 202640 min

Bad Science: Faux facts, health fads and influencers

Jul 23, 202644 min

Do we need to change the voting system?

Jul 9, 202644 min

News Watch: World Cup rapists - and what really went wrong for Starmer

Jul 2, 202639 min

Ad-funded news: Who pays for hate & clickbait?

Jun 25, 202644 min

Deport. Detain. Deter: The moneymaking anti-migrant machine

Jun 18, 202648 min

Surveillance nation: Palantir, facial recognition and the UK

Jun 11, 20261h 0m

News Watch: Hantavirus v Ebola. Teenage rapists avoid jail.

Jun 4, 202646 min

Angry Young Women: Did the media manufacture the femosphere?

May 28, 202642 min

Foreign interference: Who bankrolled Brexit and Britain’s far-right?

May 21, 202647 min

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
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