Media Democracy Pod

Having spent a week as daily readers, Dan and Tom review 'The Sun' and discuss the rise and slow decline of Britain's highest circulating daily newspaper.

This week journalist and campaigner Caroline Molloy joins us to talk about the current state of the NHS, the media's coverage of healthcare, and the way back from the brink. Caroline's work, and unrivalled coverage of the NHS, can be found at the OurNHS strand on Open Democracy.

In Episode 5 of Media Democracy we speak to David Wearing about British foreign policy and its underlying political economy, how it is discussed in the mainstream media and what the opportunities are for challenging a dangerous elite policy consensus.

This week on Media Democracy, Dan and Tom discuss the debate over online abuse in politics and the media over the last fortnight.

In Episode 3 of Media-Democracy, we speak to Spinwatch's Tamasin Cave about the lobbying industry in the UK.

In episode 2 of the Media Democracy podcast, Tom Mills (@ta_mills) and Dan Hind (@danhind) discuss the role, and conception, of the public in public service media in the UK.

Episode 1 of the Media Democracy podcast with Tom Mills (@ta_mills) and Dan Hind (@danhind). In this show we talk about the recent UK general election and begin to explore some of the themes we'll be looking at in more detail over the coming weeks and months.