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
146 episodes transcribedFunding, for one thing. Political frontmen, for another. The question is why Money trailing into Far-Right groups connects European aristocrats with...
This week your Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena answer all your questions - from hellish headlines to book recommendations to life with or withou...
We recorded this episode in the knowledge that Israel's planned illegal interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla was imminent. Overnight, the abducti...
Whether it's the Reform Party weaponising women's safety, Donald Trump diminishing domestic abuse, or worrying stats about girls' safety in schools,...
It's time for another News Watch, helping you get your head around the headlines. This week we start by looking at Trump’s new Caribbean front in th...
This week, co-host Mathilda brings you a report from Tunisia, just before she sets sail on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Ordinary people have made extr...
Media Storm is back! And it's time for another News Watch, helping you get your head around the headlines. This week saw the 10 year anniversary of...
Support us on Patreon! UK university students pay almost £10,000 per year, and international students about four times the amount. Tu...
Issy Vine was a staff officer with the Metropolitan Police in South London. A series of incidents with a male colleague in her call handling team ba...
Support us on Patreon! Keir Starmer announced earlier this year that he would reduce the aid budget to 0.3% of national income, from...
Support us on Patreon! This week on News Watch: Spot the omissions and exaggerations in right-wing coverage of NHS doctors’ strikes. Wh...
Ever heard of a war reporter? You could probably even name a few… perhaps you’ve even seen them played on the big screen by Hollywood movie stars. No...
This week, we look at the outcome of the case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in the US - and how evidence of domestic abuse, coercive control, and power d...
'What is a woman?' The question that has plagued British media and politicians over the past decade culminated in a Supreme Court ruling that declar...
As the US military intervenes in another Middle East conflict, we’re told it’s because Iran is harbouring weapons of mass destruction (in contradictio...
This week is Refugee Week, a time to celebrate the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. And here at Medi...
It's time for another News Watch, helping you get your head around the headlines. Locals face-off law enforcement in LA, as Trump sends the military...
How do we 'cancel' Fascism without censorship? Can we protect free speech as well as fact-checking? This week, something different: we dive deep into...
Let’s talk about how the media is fuelling the rise of Reform. This is not a new topic. The News Agents called it a "lefty cop-out" to blame the medi...
Warning: this episode contains mentions of baby loss. Three years ago, we brought you the story of a Nigerian fishing community suing Shell in UK cou...
