The Explanation Episodes Episode guide
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The Media Show
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin
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The Media Show
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin
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The Media Show
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin
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The Media Show
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin
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The Media Show
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin
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The Media Show: Jimmy Kimmel鈥檚 suspension
Treatment of the US talk show host raises questions about US media and political pressure
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The Media Show: Reporting Charlie Kirk鈥檚 killing
How journalists have covered the murder of a polarising figure
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The Media Show: Super Mario Bros at 40
Why Nintendo鈥檚 1985 adventure is remembered as a turning point for video games
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The Media Show: France鈥檚 political crisis
Coverage of Fran莽ois Bayrou鈥檚 political gamble and the rise of 鈥楤loquons Tout鈥�
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The Media Show: The mystery freelancer
Outlets remove articles amid suspicions AI was behind a freelance byline
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The Media Show: Trump, Zelensky and the cameras
Journalists on covering Zelensky鈥檚 White House talks with Donald Trump
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The Media Show: Interview of an AI avatar
How the AI avatar of a school shooting victim was made 鈥� and interviewed.
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The Media Show: Taiwan鈥檚 war drama tests political boundaries on screen
A fictional Chinese attack sparks debate over Taiwan鈥檚 media and censorship
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The Media Show: Is AI polluting the internet beyond repair?
鈥淒ead internet theory鈥� raises questions about trust, authenticity and AI鈥檚 role in news
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The Media Show: YouTubers and the migrant hotel protest
Footage from citizen journalists challenges traditional news coverage of Epping disorder
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The Media Show: A superinjunction that gagged the media
A government data leak led to press blackout. How journalists challenged the court order
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Big Tech 鈥� too big to hide from?
We find out how Big Tech companies may know more about you - than you do, with Joe Tidy.
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The Media Show: Oasis concert photo row
Photographers hit out at Oasis for limiting use of pictures from comeback gig
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Why is the Gulf Stream and AMOC so important to our climate?
AMOC ocean currents enable heat to be distributed around our planet, but could they stop?
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The Media Show: Gaza documentary controversy
Channel 4 airs Gaza film dropped by the 成人快手 over impartiality concerns
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What Is Nato?
How has Nato's remit changed in the seven decades since its foundation?
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The Media Show: Iranian harassment of 成人快手 journalists
鈥淧sychology warfare鈥� waged against staff at 成人快手 Persian
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The Good Friday Agreement
Denis Murray shares how the Good Friday Agreement helped bring peace to Northern Ireland.
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The Media Show: Israel-Iran coverage
Challenge in reporting Iran-Israel conflict due to limited access and state restrictions
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What makes a good peace mediator?
Lyse Doucet on how peace is brokered between warring nations, with host Claire Graham.
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The Media Show: Will AI kill the advertising industry?
Meta鈥檚 plan for new tools that will let anyone make ads
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The Media Show: Can NPR survive Trump鈥檚 cuts?
CEO of US public radio sets out survival strategy
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The Media Show: NYT editor Joe Kahn, and travel presenter Simon Reeve
Journalism in a divided America and documentary storytelling in Scandinavia
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The Media Show: Full-time for Lineker at the 成人快手
How a social media post led to football presenter鈥檚 departure
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The Media Show: Misinformation and the India-Pakistan Standoff
How false claims have flooded social media during border tensions
