🎙️ What if the BBC wasn’t just public in name, but actually shaped by the public? This week, we talk disability rights, proposed welfare cuts, and what it means to radically democratise our media and culture. From people's assemblies to mutualism, we explore what dignity, care, and creative freedom look like when built from the bottom up.

00:00 - What is it to be human?

00:38 - Welfare cuts: state-sanctioned suffering

08:37 - What you can do about it...

22:10 - The three kingdoms & DPAC

32:17 - Why give a shit about the BBC?

48:13 - A devolved and democratised BBC

57:53 - The state...

01:06:08 - B's 7 questions

01:21:07 – Building our own public media – tell us what you think!!

Check out...

✊ Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) – justice and human rights for all disabled people

📄 Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age – full report & briefing via Commonwealth.org

📩 Catch the full breakdown in this week’s newsletter (on Substack) from the News Club crew (specifically, Chivers).