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Jul 3

Football and politics: How to play the game

With England through to the knockout stages of the World Cup and hopes rising that football might finally be coming home, Westminster is watching nervously — and closely. The beautiful game shapes the national mood like little else. For politicians, that creates both huge opportu ... Show More

38m 27s

Jun 26

Does being a good mayor make you a good prime minister?

The Greater Manchester mayoralty made Andy Burnham famous. Now he's hoping he can take the approach he developed in the city to the whole country. This week on Westminster Insider, host Sascha O'Sullivan speaks to four serving mayors — and one former one about whether the role wi ... Show More

32m 29s

Jun 24

Robert Jenrick's plan to take on 'Reform Slayer' Andy Burnham

Makerfield has proved to be the making of Andy Burnham’s bid for the top job, but could it also be the moment that Nigel Farage’s ambitions for Number 10 took a knock? While Reform UK continues to lead the national polls, it failed to capture the Greater Manchester seat last week ... Show More

32m 54s

Jul 2015

The artisanal economy, campaign Twitter spats, and an inexplicable flash crash

Shannon Bond explains why presidential campaigns are spending so much on social media platforms, Allison Schrager predicts how men will cope with a post-industrial economy, and Joe Rennison guides listeners through the Treasury flash crash of October 15th. Cardiff Garcia hosts. C ... Show More

36m 50s

Jul 2022

The fall of Boris Johnson

<p>In this week’s bumper episode, we’ll be taking you behind the scenes on a week that brought Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister to a rather bitter close. We’ll take you through his handling of the Chris Pincher affair, the dramatic Cabinet resignations and the moments the p ... Show More

41m 20s

Oct 2020

Timcast IRL #149 - Biden Email Leak Triggers Democrat Panic, Big Tech Is Cheating To Help Biden, Jack Murphy Guests

Tim, Ian, Lydia, and regular Jack Murphy (@JackMurphyLive on Twitter, YouTube) go over the day's breaking news concerning Joe Biden, Hunter Biden's sordid history, corruption in politics, corruption in media, corruption at every level and what it means for the 2020 election. Sup ... Show More

2h 12m

May 2024

Is this the TikTok election?

A week into the election, we explore party control of the media message and the gaffes that happen when things go wrong. We hear live from the Labour battle bus, talk to Boris Johnson's former social media strategist and look at the way the different campaigns are crafting their ... Show More

57m 41s

Nov 2021

Twitter Threads

What connects a Chinese tennis star, the new Culture Secretary and a viral karaoke show? Adam explains why the answer is Twitter, with a load of great voices for this bumper Tuesday episode... The BBC's new Culture Editor, Katie Razzall, was watching the Culture Secretary, Nadine ... Show More

34m 31s

Apr 2023

Ben Smith on the Bust of the Digital Media Age

The media world over the last few week has been rocked by major disruptions: Fox ousts Tucker Carlson, CNN fires Don Lemon, BuzzFeed News is shutting down, Twitter has become a less reliable resource, and Vice Media shutters its flagship program “Vice News Tonight.” Over the last ... Show More

35m 5s

Mar 2023

Elon Musk And The Twitter Trolls

Twitter insiders have told the BBC that the company is now much less able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation. Marianna takes the rest of the Americast team though her BBC Panorama investigation into how one of the world ... Show More

41m 43s

Jul 2024

Electioncast: How did social media shape the election?

All the things we learnt from the undercover voters in the election. On this episode of Newscast, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring joins Adam to explain what we learnt from the undercover voters over the past few weeks. Using data from the National Ce ... Show More

20m 44s

Jul 2023

Can Threads unravel Twitter?

As Meta launches its Twitter competitor, The Verge’s David Pierce says that we are watching the end of the social internet in real time. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael with help f ... Show More

25m 57s

Aug 2023

The Political Editors: How Reporting Changed

<p>From sending stories by mail to sacking ministers by tweet, 'The Political Editors' series showed how the news, and the creators of news, changed over the last half a century. In this final episode, Matt reflects on the evolution of political journalism, and how you might ... Show More

46m 31s

Through the lens of Twitter: Watching a ...