Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture.

In this episode, Carl & Tony get into a heavy and somewhat downbeat news week by tackling the Huw Edwards scandal that has embroiled the BBC, and poses big questions again about the regulation of British press and the public interest.

Also, they react to the recent SAG-AFTRA strike by actors in the US, in solidarity with the ongoing Writers Strike, and wonder just how this might affect the American entertainment sphere.

Plus, Elon Musk strikes again! As he makes Twitter unuseable, so begins a new exodus to platforms such as Bluesky and Threads, so Carl & Tony unpick the new, unravelling landscape...

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Carl Sweeney

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Tony Black

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