pod.link/1592553644
pod.link copied!
Media Storm
Media Storm
Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia

The multi award-winning investigative and current affairs podcast: this is news that starts with the people who are normally asked last. Media Storm... more

Listen now on

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Overcast
Podcast Addict
Pocket Casts
Castbox
Podbean
iHeartRadio
Player FM
Podcast Republic
Castro
RSS

Episodes

News Watch: Luigi Mangione mania, Dunkirk shooting, Trump and trans healthcare

Join Mathilda and Helena on their weekly news debriefs! We pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make... more

19 Dec 2024 · 37 minutes
News Watch: PinkNews allegations, Syrian asylum claims, and don't forget about Georgia

Content warning: descriptions of violence, mentions of rape, descriptions of transphobia Join Mathilda and Helena on their weekly news debriefs!... more

12 Dec 2024 · 36 minutes
News Watch: Syria, Sex Workers, 'Sickfluencers', and Gregg Wallace is sorry-not-sorry

Join Mathilda and Helena on their weekly news debriefs! We pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make... more

05 Dec 2024 · 36 minutes
News Watch: Another general election, ICC arrests, GRT discrimination, and... Wicked

Join Mathilda and Helena on their weekly news debriefs! We'll pick apart the most unhinged headlines and try to make... more

28 Nov 2024 · 28 minutes
News Watch: Farmers' 'tractor tax', Trans awareness, Amsterdam attacks

Introducing: Media Storm's News Watch! Join Mathilda and Helena on their weekly news debriefs! We'll pick apart the most unhinged... more

21 Nov 2024 · 28 minutes
ARCHIVE Assisted dying: What do terminally ill people think?

The End of Life Bill being debated in UK parliament marks a historic moment for a country with one of... more

18 Nov 2024 · 34 minutes
ARCHIVE ‘One man’s terrorist’: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond

We bring back Media Storm's episode on 'terrorism' to reflect on the escalating war in the Middle East, and ask... more

03 Oct 2024 · 48 minutes
Nuclear weapons: deterrence or destruction?

Nuclear weapons: peace in our times, or destruction in our future? What you think probably depends on where in the world... more

26 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
What the media won't say about the monarchy

Prince Harry’s 40th birthday, Kate Middleton back at work, and ANOTHER dramatisation of that Prince Andrew interview. Headlines about the... more

19 Sep 2024 · 56 minutes
Violence against women is a man's problem: Gisèle Pelicot, Rebecca Cheptegei, and millions more

Content warning: rape, sexual assault, and gender-based violence Headlines about gender-based violence are sadly not rare. But over the last week,... more

12 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Why is no one talking about Sudan? Plus Jess Phillips NHS claim and pub garden smoking ban

Headlines about wars in Ukraine and Gaza have flooded front pages - yet, the "world's biggest humanitarian crisis" is battling... more

05 Sep 2024 · 59 minutes
Paralympics: An afterthought? Plus ‘two-tiered’ policing and Labour’s migrant ‘amnesty’

The Paralympic Games are underway - and there's plenty to celebrate! More coverage than ever before, a public-participating opening ceremony,... more

29 Aug 2024 · 53 minutes
Prisons: Overcrowding, Operation Early Dawn, and child strip-searches

‘UK PRISONS OVERCROWDED AFTER RACIST RIOTS!’ ‘A CHILD IS STRIP-SEARCHED EVERY 14 HOURS’ ‘SCORES OF CRIMINALS COULD BE FREED IN DAYS’ Headlines this... more

22 Aug 2024 · 59 minutes
Just Stop Oil: Why do people hate them so much?

Cult members. Fanatics. Selfish. Evil. All words that have been used to describe climate activists in the mainstream media. Just Stop... more

15 Aug 2024 · 1 hour,
Bigotry & bad information: Islamophobia, far-right riots and Olympic boxing row

This week has seen stories of bigotry, fuelled by bad information. Anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant riots sprung up across the UK, with... more

08 Aug 2024 · 53 minutes
Southport stabbings: Why do people join the far-right?

On Monday, three young girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport at a Taylor Swift themed dance class.... more

01 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
Mina Smallman: Misogynoir, survival, and A Better Tomorrow

Warning: Strong language “Race is always seen as Black men's issue, gender is always seen as white women's issue. So... more

11 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
General Election, Gen-Z, and propaganda in the papers

It's VOTING DAY! How did you pick who to vote for? Hopefully not by relying too heavily on our mainstream media.... more

04 Jul 2024 · 56 minutes
Pride Month under attack: rainbow-washing, queerbaiting, and fears of "gender ideology"

Quite a lot to NOT be proud of this Pride Month, with corporations creeping away cowardly as ultra-Conservatives boycott their... more

27 Jun 2024 · 54 minutes
World Refugee Day: Inclusion and solutions

Today is #WorldRefugeeDay - an international day designated by the UN to honour refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day... more

20 Jun 2024 · 41 minutes
Rape Off The Record: The price of open justice

This investigation contains discusses of rape, sexual assault, and suicide which some listeners might find distressing. If you need someone... more

13 Jun 2024 · 37 minutes
Media racism: Faiza Shaheen, Palestine coverage, and the limits of representation

This week, Faiza Shaheen announced she has resigned from the Labour Party, after a shock email revealed she had been... more

06 Jun 2024 · 56 minutes
South Africa elections: worldviews in 'the West' vs 'the rest'

As South Africans head to the polls, Media Storm is seizing the opportunity to break out of the Western worldview.... more

30 May 2024 · 49 minutes
Police: misogyny, mistrust, and The Met

Content warning: mentions of violence against women, rape, and assault. This episode was recorded just before the general election was announced!... more

23 May 2024 · 44 minutes
Ulez: Pollution or politics? Plus Eurovision boycott and Voter ID

The climate crisis is wreaking havoc in headlines this week: heatwaves in southeast Asia, flooding in Kenya and Brazil, and... more

16 May 2024 · 47 minutes
The death debate: Assisted dying and the legacy of CoppaFeel!

There’s a morbid theme to Media Storm’s first new weekly format - but that’s ok because it’s Dying Matters Awareness... more

09 May 2024 · 46 minutes
Everything you need to know about Media Storm

We're back for Series 4! It’s been a while, so here's your refresher episode which tells you everything you need... more

02 May 2024 · 40 minutes
SERIES 4 TRAILER

Media Storm returns next week! Get a taste for what is to come from your essential guide to today’s chaotic... more

25 Apr 2024 · 4 minutes
Helena and Mathilda's Little Revolutions

This week, the roles are reversed as your Media Storm hosts become the interviewees! Helena Wadia & Mathilda Mallinson sit... more

08 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Abortion on trial: Poland and the politicisation of human rights

Access the episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4vphsyps Warning: This episode contains mentions of suicide Justyna Wydrzyñska is appealing a criminal conviction in Poland for... more

29 Nov 2023 · 43 minutes
S3E12 ‘One man’s terrorist’: Resistance and radicalism in Gaza and Beyond - with Gulwali Passarlay and Zahera Harb

Support Media Storm’s work from as little as £3 a month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast  The war in Gaza involves everyone, as... more

26 Oct 2023 · 55 minutes
Live show! 2023's biggest media storms - Luis Rubiales and Spanish football's sexism problem

Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast This is... more

19 Oct 2023 · 27 minutes
Live show! 2023's biggest media storms - Titan submarine impolsion

Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast This... more

12 Oct 2023 · 25 minutes
Live show! 2023's biggest media storms - The Huw Edwards Scandal

Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast This is part one of Media Storm's... more

05 Oct 2023 · 23 minutes
Are refugees really 'stealing our homes'?

Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast A few weeks ago we released an... more

28 Sep 2023 · 16 minutes
Russell Brand: Innocent until proven guilty?

Content warning: This episode discusses rape, sexual assault, and gender-based violence. If you need support, you can call Rape Crisis... more

21 Sep 2023 · 36 minutes
S3E11 The solutions: Undoing an institutionally racist police force

Episode transcript: https://mediastormpodcast.com/2023/09/14/3-11-the-solutions-undoing-an-institutionally-racist-police-force/ Join Media Storm LIVE at Kings Place, London, Saturday 16th Sep, 7pm: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm-2/   This is the final instalment of... more

14 Sep 2023 · 20 minutes
S3E10 Why are so many Black people being rejected from the police force?

Episode transcript: https://mediastormpodcast.com/2023/09/14/3-10-why-are-so-many-black-people-being-rejected-from-the-police-force/ Join Media Storm LIVE at Kings Place, London, Saturday 16th Sep, 7pm: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm-2/   Last week, Media Storm made... more

07 Sep 2023 · 29 minutes
S3E9 An institutionally racist police force: Process of elimination

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: https://mediastormpodcast.com/2023/09/04/3-9-an-institutionally-racist-police-force-process-of-elimination-pt-1/ Join Media Storm LIVE at Kings Place, London, Saturday 16th Sep, 7pm: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm-2/   This is the first in a... more

31 Aug 2023 · 26 minutes
S3E8 Housing crisis: A lifetime in ‘temporary’ accommodation - with Kwajo Tweneboa

Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast Media Storm... more

24 Aug 2023 · 49 minutes
Media Storm
S3E12 ‘One man’s terrorist’: Resistance and radicalism in Gaza and Beyond - with Gulwali Passarlay and Zahera Harb
Media Storm
0:00
-0:00

Listen now on

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Overcast
Podcast Addict
Pocket Casts
Castbox
Podbean
iHeartRadio
Player FM
Podcast Republic
Castro
RSS

Description

Support Media Storm’s work from as little as £3 a month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast  The war in Gaza involves everyone, as the global... more