Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast he talks about his consultant restricting him to one type of drug "to see how his body reacts". Also about the invitation to his local rugby club Christmas lunch, where he was unexpectedly asked to do a speech and discovered "there are not that many jokes about cancer".

Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast he talks about the fantastic feeling he had when he hosted an evening reflecting on his career, and how amazed he's been at hearing from over 4,000 listeners following his appearance on PM.

Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast he discusses the benefits of talking openly to the media about his condition.

Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast he talks about the importance of drinking fluids and how, with hindsight, he realises "that ever since the radio therapy started, I haven't been eating and drinking enough".

He says it's now a critical time and he hopes that on his next visit to the hospital, his condition will have "sufficiently improved, so that I can have the chemo".

After suffering years of bullying at school and online, Lucy Alexander's son Felix killed himself earlier this year.

Ben Smith ran 401 marathons in as many days, raising awareness for LGBT and anti-bullying charities after he suffered bullying at school for his sexuality.

They discuss their experiences of bullying with Eddie Mair.

Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast Steve talks about visiting the "business class" area of the hospital, otherwise known as the private patients unit, to take a new cancer drug. He also shares his experience of wearing a "Paxman", a new machine for the cold cap, which gave him "a worse headache than (Jeremy) Paxman ever managed".

(Photo: Steve Hewlett Credit: BBC)

Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast, he talks about the option of using "his son's inheritance" and paying around £12,000 for a new drug to treat the cancer.

Almost 30 years ago, a book was published entitled The Art of the Deal.

On the cover a large photo of Donald Trump. His surname was in large letters and underneath, as you'd expect, details of the authors: Donald J Trump with Tony Schwartz.

The Art of the Deal was on the New York Times bestseller list for 48 weeks and many commentators say it was instrumental in helping propel Donald Trump from being famous in New York, to being famous across America.

Those commentators include Tony Schwartz - that other name on the front page of the book.

As he tells PM in an exclusive radio interview he regrets ever writing the book and insists that Donald Trump never wrote a word.

Earlier this year Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4's The Media Show, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, and has been telling us over the last few weeks about his approach to treatment.

In this podcast, he talks about having radiotherapy.

The attempt by Iraqi Government and Kurdish forces to oust so-called Islamic State from Mosul goes on.

Meanwhile IS has unleashed a counter-attack in the north of Iraq in and around the city of Kirkuk.

Watching with interest from the UK is a man who knows the conflict first hand. He uses the nom-de-guerre Macer Gifford (not his real name) and has been to Syria to try to take on IS in a number of ways. He's 30-years-old and was moved to do something when he saw what IS was doing.