The Addition

By Charlotte Henry

Charlotte Henry adds together media, tech, politics and culture with the help of some fantastic guests.... more

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The podcast currently has 145 episodes available.

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February 26, 2025 How to Save Journalism – with Branko Brkic
Whether it's money or political authoritarianism, journalism is in crisis. We all know that. What's more interesting is find ways to save it. Branko Brkic, founder of The Daily Maverick in South Africa, has some ideas...
A call to arms for journalists – British Journalism Review
The Daily Maverick
Charlotte Henry on Bluesky
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
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31min
February 05, 2025 More Musk Madness, Deep Seek and AI in Journalism – with James Ball
With the arrival of Deep Seek, journalist and author James Ball returns to the show to look at the reality of the Chinese-made model and discuss how AI can impact journalism. It's clear there are opportunities to use these tools to do better work, but it's unlikely media proprietors will see their development as anything other than a way to cut costs. We also discuss the latest bits of Elon Musk madness and evaluate how the media is covering it. (Spoiler: mostly not very well.)
Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors – Bloomberg News
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover – Wired
Was this the week DeepSeek started the slow unwinding of the AI bet? – Guardian
DeepSeek gives Europe's tech firms a chance to catch up in global AI race – Reuters
James Ball on Twitter
James Ball on Bluesky
James Ball at The New European
Charlotte Henry on Bluesky
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
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37min
January 29, 2025 Covering the Dark Side of Luxury
Former GQ and Bloomberg News journalist Conrad Quilty-Harper joins the show to discuss his new publication, Dark Luxury. Through original reporting, he and his business partner seek to expose the underbelly of the industry that provides some of the world's most expensive (and desired) goods and services. Before that, we discuss the sudden rise of the DeepSeek AI app and why it's freaking everyone out.
DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking – BBC News
Dark Luxury
Charlotte Henry on BlueSky
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
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31min
January 08, 2025 Musk and Meta go MAGA – With Chris Stokel-Walker
I'm back with the first podcast of 2025! This week, I'm discussing Elon Musk's closeness to President-elect Donald Trump with the journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker. We also unpack Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end fact-checking across Meta's various platforms.
More Speech and Fewer Mistakes
Chris Stokel-Walker on Twitter
Chris Stokel -Walker on LindkeIn
Charlotte Henry on Twitter
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
Chris Stokel-Walker’s Books
YouTubers: How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created A New Generation Of Stars
Amazon
Bookshop.org
Waterstones
TikTok Boom: The Inside Story of the World's Favourite App
Amazon
Bookshop.org
Waterstones
How AI Ate the World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence - And Its Long Future
Amazon
Bookshop.org
Waterstones
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33min
December 30, 2024 TV+ Talk: 2024 Round-up
Co-hosts Charlotte Henry and Chuck Joiner take part in a year-end round-up of Apple TV+ in TV+ Talk. We discuss their favourite shows from the year and have a look to the future too.
The Addition on YouTube
Charlotte Henry on Twitter
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
The Addition blog
MacVoices
Chuck Joiner on Twitter
MacVoices on Twitter
Chuck Joiner on Mastodon
https://youtu.be/VjmC9aXLe98
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41min
December 18, 2024 The Biggest Media Trends of 2024 – With AdWeek’s Mark Stenberg
Mark Stenberg of Adweek returns to the show to reflect on the biggest media trends of 2024. It's rather fitting, as he was on the first episode of this year giving his predictions. This time, themes including the downsizing of the industry, the rise of paywalls, the increased importance of sports rights and, of course, AI.
See you in 2025!
Mergers, Sports Rights, AI and More in 2024
Mark Stenberg on Twitter
Mark Stenberg at Adweek
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on BlueSky
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
Image by Annette Meyer from Pixabay
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32min
December 11, 2024 Passion or Profit? – With Peter Houston
We all want to work on projects we're passionate about, but sometimes compromises need to be made. This is particularly true in the current media environment. Is there a way to turn that passion into profits and therefore a sustainable media business? Peter Houston from Media Voices and Magazine Diaries/Grub Street Journal comes back on the show to discuss it all.
Starting a Print Magazine… in 2023?!
Grub Street Journal
Magazine Diaries
Media Voices
Pod in a Pub: Publishing’s pivotal moments this year, and predictions for 2025
Peter Houston on Twitter
Peter Houston on Bluesky
Charlotte Henry on Twitter
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
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37min
November 29, 2024 Tortoise Purchase of The Observer – With ex-Guardian Journalist James Ball
James Ball, The New European's political editor and a former Guardian staffer, joins the show to discuss the potential sale of the Observer to Tortoise. The deal has caused widespread upset in the Guardian News and Media newsrooms, with staff at both the Guardian and Observer voting to strike and show they have no confidence in owner The Scott Trust. Editor Kath Viner sits on the board of the Scott Trust, meaning her newsroom has now effectively shown it has no confidence in her. It is a messy situation and few are better placed to explain the various nuances than James.
Scott Trust says ‘talks continue to progress’ over Observer sale to Tortoise – Press Gazette
Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer – The Guardian
James Ball on Twitter
James Ball on Bluesky
James Ball at The New European
Charlotte Henry on Bluesky
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
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36min
November 20, 2024 Coverage of Trump and the 2024 Election – With Ben Mullin
Ben Mullin of The New York Times joins the show once again to discuss coverage of the US presidential election and Donald Trump, and what it means for the media going forward. He feels the media did a good job of holding all the candidates to account. I'm not so sure. We also discuss the growing power of podcasts when people are preparing to go to the polls.
Ben Mullin at New York Times
Ben Mullin on Twitter
Charlotte Henry on Twitter
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
Charlotte Henry TikTok
The Addition on YouTube
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29min
November 06, 2024 Discovering a Kill List – With Carl Miller
This week on the show, I take the rather unexpected approach of encouraging you to listen to another podcast! Journalist and researcher Carl Miller joins to explain his gripping new podcast "Kill List". It is an extraordinary series, that brings together hit men, human relationships and the dark web. We also discuss issues of journalistic ethics and practice, as Carl and his team found themselves in an awful position.
"Kill List" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Wondery
Carl Miller's website
Charlotte Henry on Twitter
Charlotte Henry on Threads
Charlotte Henry on Instagram
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36min

FAQs about The Addition:

How many episodes does The Addition have?

The podcast currently has 145 episodes available.