2016
Episodes • 2016

1. Radio La Colifata: Argentina's 'loony radio'
minHow a radio station that broadcasts from inside a psychiatric hospital changes attitudes towards mental illness.
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2. Saudi Arabia vs Iran: Beyond the Sunni-Shia narrative
minWe look at the Saudi-Iran crisis reflected in the media; plus, US elections and "horse race journalism".
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3. Poland: The EU's media freedom conundrum
minWe examine what Poland's new contentious media law means for journalism; plus, covering Pakistan's northwest.
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4. Egypt's media: Revolution and reality
minWhat is the state of Egypt's media five years after the toppling of Mubarak? Plus, behind the UK's surveillance reform.
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5. The UK Snoopers' Charter: A threat to press freedom?
minWe look at Britain's controversial surveillance reform and its impact on journalism.
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6. Killing the messengers: Afghan media under fire
minWe look at the Taliban threat and the future of Afghan journalism; plus, Davos - global news event or PR exercise?
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7. What happened in Iowa: Bursting the US media bubble
minThe White House race - candidates the media like to cover and those the people vote for. Plus, Venezuela's media battle.
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8. Telling Syria's story: Media across the battle lines
minA look at efforts in Damascus to sell the war inside Syria; plus, how exiled Syrian journalists send the news back home.
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9. Patriot or traitor: Dark choice for Indian journalists
minWe look at a sedition case that has sparked violence against the media; plus, Donald Trump, speaking the unspeakable.
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10. Spinning the occupation: Israel and the media
minWe look at Israel's crackdown on journalists over alleged media bias; plus, the media landscape in South Africa.
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11. The Donald Trump show
minWe look at the love-love relationship between the presidential hopeful and the media; plus, Germany's refugee story.
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12. Tightening the grip: Turkey's media takeover
minWe explore the government's clampdown on critical media; plus, we talk to Can Dundar, a journalist released from jail.
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13. Brazil's Petrobras scandal: Dilma Rousseff's Watergate?
minWe look at the media coverage of the political crisis in Brazil; plus, the friends and foes of South Africa's president.
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14. Brussels attacks: Hijacking terror for political points
minA look at the coverage of the Brussels attacks and the politics behind it; plus, the red lines in Morocco's media.
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15. Russia vs the West: The information war over Palmyra
minWe examine why the Palmyra story's significance depends on where you get the news; plus, covering Obama's Cuba visit.
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16. Panama Papers: Have the media censored the story?
minCan the corporate-owned media really hold the corporate world to account? Plus, Julian Assange on the Panama Papers.
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17. The murder of Giulio Regeni: The politics of coverage
minThe murder of Giulio Regeni: The politics of coverage
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18. New York: Primaries, politics and the press
minTrump and Clinton won in NYC, but what part did the media play in their victories? Plus, the battle against ad blockers.
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19. Brazil: Behind the Dilma Rousseff impeachment story
minWhat is driving the story in Brazil, corruption or the media? Plus, how messaging apps are reshaping how news is shared.
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20. Trade Secrets: Covering the TTIP leaks
minWe explore the coverage behind the US and EU trade deal. Plus, the media weaponry fuelling Yemen's information war.
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21. Turkey: Media showdowns and legal breakdowns
minIs President Erdogan's media face-off jeopardising rule of law in Turkey? Plus, the challenges of reporting on the EU.
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22. Silencing the critics: Iraq's media muzzle
minBaghdad's broken press promises; plus, reinventing the 24-hour wheel: TV news' fight for survival.
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23. Decoding your Facebook newsfeed
minSocial media platform or news gatekeeper? Plus, one journalist's challenges reporting on the drone war in Pakistan.
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24. Peru's election: Media, money and manipulation
minCorruption and cover-ups: How the media cover Peru's elections; plus, war and peace: Colombia's unreconciled narratives.
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25. Brexit or Bremain? Covering the EU referendum
minAs Britain's EU future hangs in the balance, are the media helping or hindering voters? And, Australia's refugee policy.
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26. Orlando: Media narratives of mass shootings
minWe analyse the coverage of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida; plus, cartoonist Gado on the state of Kenya's media.
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27. Brexit: The UK referendum, the rhetoric and the result
minAfter an EU referendum campaign replete with racism and fear, we examine the British media's impact on the result.
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28. Did the UK media help make Brexit a reality?
minHas the tone of UK media coverage shifted since the EU referendum? Plus, the coverage of solitary confinement in the US.
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29. Turkey: From failed coup to media crackdown
minA look at the ongoing crackdown facing Turkish media. Plus, Oscar-winning screenwriter Josh Singer talks 'Spotlight'.
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30. Kashmir: Tortured politics, fractured media
minCovering Kashmir: political unrest and polarised media. Plus, the fight to cover Sudan's forgotten war.
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31. Facebook vs ad blockers: It's all about the money
minWhat does the Facebook - ad blocker battle mean for news outlets? Plus, we take a look at Globo, Brazil's media giant.
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32. Omran Daqneesh and the limits of war photography
minWhy do some war images, like the one of Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, resonate more than others? Plus, Ecuador's media law.
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33. Zimbabwe unrest: Media triggers, media controls
minWhat role does social media play in the current Zimbabwe protests? Plus, journalism caught in the crossfire in Yemen.
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34. New politics, new journalism in Hong Kong
minA tug of war between legacy and upstart media in Hong Kong. Plus, the untold stories of the Amazon.
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35. US elections and the media: How did we get here?
minWe explore how a lack of regulation and absence of a strong public broadcaster has impacted the coverage of US politics.
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36. Venezuela's Maduro: Fighting a losing media war?
minProtests in the streets and a battle of media narratives in Venezuela. Plus, the Greek newspaper with nine lives.
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37. Clinton vs Trump and the role of the moderator
minShould moderators be allowed to fact-check the presidential nominees? Plus, the Ukraine-Russia information war.
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38. India-Pakistan: The media turns up the heat
minTensions between India and Pakistan are matched by heated rhetoric on the news. Plus, radio silence in Burundi.
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39. Viktor Orban and Hungary's faltering media opposition
minWas the suspension of Hungary's main opposition paper due to low sales or a media crackdown?
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40. WikiLeaks: Neutral reporter or political player?
minAs WikiLeaks hits Hillary Clinton, we ask if it is doing its journalistic mission or interfering in the US election.
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41. Mosul and Aleppo: A tale of two besieged cities
minWe examine the difference in the coverage of Mosul and Aleppo. Plus, the Lebanese media mosaic.
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42. Outnumbered outlets: Turkey's post-coup media crackdown
minThe story of Turkey's media crackdown, told through the numbers. Plus, the state of the media in Serbia today.
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43. Trumped: The abyss between reporters and the reported
minPolitical journalism in the United States - its spectacular failure in the 2016 election and how it got to be this way.
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44. Normalising Trump: The US media whitewash
minHow the US media begins the process of 'normalising' Donald Trump; plus, reporting the rise of the right in Germany.
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45. Face-off at Egypt's Press Syndicate
minEgypt's Press Syndicate is under fire from the Sisi government; plus, the rise of the far-right in the Dutch media.
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46. Fidel Castro: Contested legacy, competing narratives
minWe analyse the competing narratives around Fidel Castro; plus, the UK's new surveillance law, the 'Snoopers' Charter'.
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47. Dakota Access Pipeline: Protests, politics and coverage
minDespite scant media attention to the protests, Native Americans emerge victorious; plus, Netanyahu, Israel's media man.
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48. Secrets and hacks: Russia's role in the US election
minA look at how reporting Russia's role in the US election has turned political; plus, the Indian PM's monthly radio show.
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