Tech, Power & Media

By 1949, George Orwell was dying. He didn’t know it, but the next 12 months would be his final stand against totalitarianism. Stuck in the Cranham Sanatorium in the Cotswolds, Orwell, real name Eric Blair, was attempting to get over the ‘white plague’ of tuberculosis, publish 1984, which he had completed by December 1948, and spread the readership of Animal Farm. He would also cooperate with a new secretive organisation, The Information Research Department, and correspond with an agent operating for another unit from the secret world, The Pond. With thanks to The Imperial War Museum, Paul Lashmar, Dorian Lynskey and Mark Stout. Lashmar’s Spin, Spies and the Fourth Estate can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spin-Spies-Fourth-Estate-Lashmar/dp/1474443087/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1614502073&refinements=p_27%3APaul+Lashmar&s=books&sr=1-1Lynskey’s Ministry of Truth can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ministry-Truth-Biography-George-Orwells/dp/1509890734/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RBKVCZKRPG2K&dchild=1&keywords=dorian+lynskey&qid=1614502154&s=books&sprefix=Dorian+Lynskey%2Cstripbooks%2C185&sr=1-1Music credit: Scott Buckley’s Machina, Beautiful Oblivion and Ascension licenced under CC-BY 4.0https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/Audio credits: Emma Topping, Ash Steel, Norman Reddaway (interviewed by ©The Imperial War Museum) and Christopher Hitchens reading Robert Conquest’s George Orwell (1969) poem About the Tech, Power and Media Podcast The Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.com​​​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmpod​​Research ResourcesThe National Archives’ FO 1110 seriesHistory Notes from The Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeReport of The Bloody Sunday InquiryBritain's Secret Propaganda War by Paul Lashmar and James OliverIn Celia’s Office by Robert Conquest for The Hoover InstituteOur Job Is To Make Life Worth Living (Complete Works S.) edited by Peter DavisonThe Orwell Archive at University College LondonThe Centre for Conflict, Security and Terrorism at The University of NottinghamTime To Explain by Christopher MayhewFree Agent: The Unseen War 1941–1991 by Brian CrozierA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreThe British Diplomatic Oral History Programme at Churchill College, Cambridge UniversityThe Oral History Programme at the Imperial War Museum, LondonThe Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training at the Library of CongressThe CIA Reading RoomThe Pond: Running Agents for State, War, and the CIA by Mark StoutThe House of Commons’ Hansard Service for 13 January 1981The Margaret Thatcher Foundation Archive

Meet Ben O'Loughlin, a Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, The University of London. He’s a pioneer when it comes to academic research into strategic narratives – the stories nation states, organisations and others tell about themselves to ultimately influence the world we live in. He’s advised NATO, the EU and some branches of the UK government.  You can read his work here: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Narratives-Communication-Routledge-Information/dp/0415717604/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1372439412&sr=8-15&keywords=strategic+narrativesFuture News essay here: https://www.news-future.com/p/how-disinformation-is-forcing-a-paradigmThe Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.com​​Podlink: https://pod.link/1548566138Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmpod​​Visual credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/4142290...​Image credit: "Chaos Administration" by Markusszy under CC BY 4.0  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...​Music Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, "Neon" https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/libra... 

As the latest Bitcoin bull run drew more attention from the mainstream media, TPM talked to one of the leading reporters in the space, Billy Bambrough a freelancer who regularly appears in Forbes. We discussed what it's like to cover the crypto currency beat on the day-to-day and what respect the space has among journalists. Check-out Billy's work here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/#3be6999d6a89The Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.com​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmpod​Visual credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/4142290...​Music Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, "Neon" https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/neon/

In our digital, social media age, do political cartoons have a future? TPM talked to Morten Morland, a pioneer in the space who works for The Times, Spectator and a range of other outlets.  You can follow Morten's work here: http://morlandcartoon.co.uk/The Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.com​Video credit: CC-BY 3.0 Beachfront, "Led Volume Meters" https://www.videvo.net/profile/beachf...​Music Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, "Neon" https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/libra...​Visual Credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/4142290...

Lisa Napoli is an author and media historian. Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Making of 24-Hour News looks at the origin story of the world’s first all-news cable channel.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmpodThe Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.comMusic Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, "Neon" https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/neon/Visual Credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/41422909@N00/1117587017You can buy Lisa's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Up-All-Night-Turner-24-Hour/dp/1419743066

Professor Sir David Omand is a former director of GCHQ, the UK's signals intelligence organisation. He was also the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, responsible to the Prime Minister for the professional health of the intelligence community, national counter-terrorism strategy and 'homeland security'.  The Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmpodMusic Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, "Neon" https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/neon/Visual Credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/41422909@N00/1117587017You can buy Sir David's book here:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Spies-Think-Lessons-Intelligence/dp/0241385180/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=how+spies+think&qid=1611425004&quartzVehicle=3514-1426&replacementKeywords=how+spies&sr=8-1 

Rachel Schindler is a co-founder of Punchbowl News, a daily newsletter service focusing on Washington DC. She helped launch the B2C political outlet alongside Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer and John Bresnahan. Schindler has worked at Facebook and Politico in the past. Freddy Gray is editor of The Spectator USA and deputy editor of The Spectator USA. He has previously worked for The American Conservative and describes himself as a "free speech enthusiast". Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmpod The Tech, Power and Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. Hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News https://www.news-future.com Music Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, "Neon" https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/neon/ Visual Credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/41422909@N00/1117587017

The Tech, Power & Media podcast looks at the intersection and relationships between technology, media and the power it creates, limits and changes. The show is hosted by Ian Silvera, editor of Future News, which focuses on innovation and development within the news media industry. Visit https://www.news-future.com Music Credit: CC-BY 4.0 Scott Buckley, 'Neon' https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/libra... Visual Credit: "TV Error" by Sibe Kokke is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/4142290...