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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 🎙️ Patriotism: Whose flag is it anyway? Can you love your country without envisioning an enemy? When does pride become prejudice? Can the Left ‘take the flag back’? 🗣️ Imam Adam Kelwick and Kojo Kyerewaa from @blmuk.bsky.social

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ ADHD is recognised as an established neurodevelopmental condition by the world’s most respected medical and health organisations. So why did a Channel 4 ‘documentary’ seek to undermine this? ⬇️ This is our rebuttal 🗣️ @katbrownwrites.com & Leanne Maskell from ADHD Works

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The Great ADHD Media Myths

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 👉 Heatwaves & Net Zero: Who sets the climate agenda? How did long established climate science become a culture war? How does the news cycle run on fossil fuels? 🗣️ with @thediyora.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social from @desmog.com

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Heatwaves and Net Zero: Who sets the climate agenda?

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Adult social care is one of the hardest, lowest-paid jobs in the country. Governments of both main parties call the system “broken” - yet keep declining to fix it. It’s an underreported topic tied to inflammatory immigration headlines. ⬇️⬇️

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This episode is about Jason Arday. Never has a story encapsulated the words ‘media storm’ so well. The episode critically analyses how an accusation of plagiarism made by a man with extremely racist views (though no legacy media outlet described them as such) managed to make so many front pages.

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Jason Arday: Anatomy of a media storm

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 17/08/2026

What's been your gig of the summer? On this week's podcast we're testing out a new format and had some fun nattering with @helenawadia.bsky.social about some incredible shows she's seen lately. We'd love to know what you think of this experiment www.drownedinsound.org/our-gig-yap-...

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Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Was good to be part of this discussion yesterday with @joshih.bsky.social, @helenawadia.bsky.social and @mathildamall.bsky.social. What's to blame for the decline in local news? I argue it was the sector's acquisition by large corporations, and the rewiring of priorities that came with that.

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 🗞️ The local news decline and why it matters 🎙️ With journalist & author @journoramzy.bsky.social and founder of @millmedia.bsky.social, @joshih.bsky.social ⬇️ LISTEN

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Helena Wadia @helenawadia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Loved this episode. As someone who began my journalism career in local news, it’s very important to me to examine what the decline of local news means for community, for disinformation and for democracy. Please give this a listen! ⬇️

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🌩️ New episode 🌩️ ➡️ ‘I don’t do politics’: How to fight news fatigue ❓Almost half of us in the UK say we actively avoid the news. But can you really tune out politics, if everything is politics? 🎙️ With @natashadevon.bsky.social & @femi-oluwole.bsky.social

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Helena Wadia @helenawadia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Who would be good to come on my news podcast to talk about any or all of these topics?: - the links between crypto and the political right in the UK (e.g. Farage, Harborne) - the Trump family’s entanglement with crypto - crypto being at the centre of betting about geopolitical issues like war

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Had so many thoughts after my chat with Lord Brennan so did a yap episode with @helenawadia.bsky.social It includes a great idea for any music fans campaigning for election podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

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From Paris Hilton to Andy Burnham: Sean & Helena's Lord Brennan Interview Debrief

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 🎙️Bad Think Tanks: How fake facts get into the news ‘Think tanks’ with highly opaque funding sell bogus research on highly political topics. How do these fake facts become headlines? When you trace the money, it tells a terrifying story. 🎙️ @peterjukes.bsky.social ⬇️ LISTEN

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Bad Think Tanks: How fake facts get into the news

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 🎙️Bad Science: Faux facts, health fads and influencers ❓How does the media turn science into clickbait? 👂Hear from the leading expert on the wellness industrial complex, @debscohen.bsky.social ⬇️ LISTEN

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Bad Science: Faux facts, health fads and influencers

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Do we need to change the voting system? That’s the question we ask on this episode with Mark Kieran from @openbritain.bsky.social and Shaun Roberts from @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social 🗳️ Listen ⬇️🎧

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If, like me, you didn't know that several of the players in the men's world cup have been credibly accused of rape/sexual assault, but still allowed to play, it might be worth giving this episode a listen. Especially if you just thought "innocent until proven guilty."

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ News Watch: ➡️ Why are accused and convicted rapists playing in the World Cup? ➡️ What really went wrong for Starmer? 🎙️ @helenawadia.bsky.social & @mathildamall.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7xo3...

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News Watch: World Cup rapists - and what really went wrong for Starmer

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Great to see Stop Funding Hate featured in this week's @mediastormpod.bsky.social - with the excellent @helenawadia.bsky.social & @mathildamall.bsky.social Listen here: mediastormpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22/06/2026

This basically. Labour has relentlessly increased the salience of the issues Reform prioritises, whilst winning over basically no Reform voters, and simultaneously alienating their own base. It's just terrible politics.

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ Deport. Detain. Deter: The moneymaking anti-migrant machine Why do countries spend money to avoid the ‘migrant crisis’, rather than to solve it? 🎙️ @mathildamall.bsky.social @helenawadia.bsky.social

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Deport. Detain. Deter: The moneymaking anti-migrant machine

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Lucy Frankel @lucyfrankel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You wonder what ‘generations of European elites’ refers to; it’s the Habsburg family amongst others who fund far-right activity to restore aristo power 🤯. All covered in this excellent journalism by @mediastormpod.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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Foreign interference: Who bankrolled Brexit and Britain’s far-right?

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

George Michael was a real one 🎤 Loved this chat with @sathnam.bsky.social for the @drownedinsound.org Podcast with my new cohost @helenawadia.bsky.social 🎧 drownedinsound.org/podcasts

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

📺 NEWS WATCH 📺 🦠 Hantavirus v Ebola: what does our news coverage tell us about Western bias? 📰 Teen boys who r*ped two teenage girls in Hampshire had a history of sexual violence. Why did only one article mention this? 🎙️ hosts: @helenawadia.bsky.social @mathildamall.bsky.social

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News Watch: Hantavirus v Ebola. Teenage rapists avoid jail.

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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If you're curious about the economics of being an independent band, the second part of @helenawadia.bsky.social and I chatting to Gareth from @loscampesinos.bsky.social is now live wherever you get your podcasts apple.co/4o8zZ0Z

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Los Campesinos! Part! Two! On Class, Privilege, And The Economics Of Bands vs Solo Artists

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A good moment to flag the most recent episode of @mediastormpod.bsky.social which mentions various kinds of dark money from European funders, many of which are very pro reviving the aristocracy.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 06/01/2026

have a column on this in the next issue of the New World - between stuff like below and people turning up to eg non-existent fireworks or Christmas markets, I wonder if AI companies won't regret releasing their products too soon: people can be lazy and/or forgiving but they don't like feeling dumb!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Elon Musk has proudly built an AI that can be exploited for what is basically child pornography. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is calling for the execution of his political opponents. And people are… ok with this?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.

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caitlin powell @acaitlinpowell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

so many men in the series this year who would block your promotion at work then tell you to smile more round the office #thetraitors

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Stephen Kelly @spkellywriter.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Hugo is so The Rest is Politics-coded #thetraitors

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Not saying there's unconscious racial bias in this country but... #TheTraitors

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

well, we know why you got on the show #TheTraitors

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The week we saw an explosive & important report from the @nytimes.com on the US anti-abortion movement's aims for the UK, I spoke to @mediastormpod.bsky.social about my long-term research into the anti-abortion movement, its funding, networks & ideology open.spotify.com/episode/4sB4...

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ What does anti-abortion and white supremacy have in common? Funding, for one thing. Political frontmen, for another. The question is why? 🗣️ With the excellent @sianushka.bsky.social 🎙️ Hosted by @helenawadia.bsky.social & @mathildamall.bsky.social

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🔴‘The Media Lets Misogyny Thrive – It’s Their Job To Call It Out’ The media must not allow Reform UK to push the narrative that immigrants are putting women and girls in danger, argues @helenawadia.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/m...

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'The Media Lets Misogyny Thrive - It's Their Job To Call It Out'

The media must not allow Reform UK to push the narrative that immigrants are putting women and girls in danger, argues Helena Wadia

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Helena Wadia @helenawadia.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

You saw the headline - but will you see the correction? When false headlines like this one from The Telegraph get printed on national front pages, the damage is done. A tiny printed correction won’t change that. To hold the media truly accountable, corrections should be as big as headlines.

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Telegraph inaccurately calculated 'one in 12 in London is illegal migrant' stat, IPSO finds

The Telegraph's sums to conclude that "one in 12 in London" is an illegal migrant were inaccurate, IPSO has confirmed.

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

68% of those arrested at the Farage Riots last summer had previously been reported for domestic abuse. You know, the ones claiming their violence was a response to concerns about the safety of British women and girls.

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

On today’s News Watch: 👉 Doctors strike - do they make £100k? 👉 Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals rampant Islamophobia 👉 What does the Afghan data leak tell us about the UK media’s priorities? 👉 Japan’s far-right surge 🎙️ Your hosts are @helenawadia.bsky.social & @mathildamall.bsky.social LISTEN ⤵️

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News Watch: Striking doctors' salaries, Islamophobia against Zohran Mamdani, and Japan's far-right surge

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Almost as if its a cynical ploy to obtain the legal precedents necessary to expel trans people from public life perpetrated by the same people who overturned Roe v. Wade

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Ever heard of a war reporter? You could probably even name a few… perhaps you’ve even seen them played on the big screen by Hollywood stars. Now tell us - ever heard of a fixer? If you haven’t, you need to listen to this ⬇️ 🎙️ War Reporters: White saviours or vital journalists?

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War reporters: White saviours or vital journalists?

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 News Watch: 👉 Diddy’s domestic abuse ignored 👉 Welfare ‘U-turns’ and disability blaming 👉 Gaza aid traps LISTEN NOW! open.spotify.com/episode/2Zbz...

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News Watch: Diddy's domestic abuse, disability-blaming, welfare 'U-turns', Gaza aid traps

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We’re pleased to see more women speaking out in support of the trans community. 🙏🏻 Thank you @mathildamall.bsky.social and @helenawadia.bsky.social for writing about this in @bylinetimes.bsky.social and for mentioning our letter: change.org/NION_women bylinetimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

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'Supreme Court Gender Decision Achieved Nothing and Was a Waste Of Money'

Eleven weeks after the ruling, Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia tear it apart and explain how the media is making matters worse

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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 07/07/2025

Thank you to @mathildamall.bsky.social and @helenawadia.bsky.social for this article. Bylines seems to be one of the few outlets noticing how stupid the whole "clarity" thing has turned out to be

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

it honestly feels like there’s a section of the media which just wants an endless Westminster soap opera, while salivating over Farage’s every word without ever holding him to the same standard as others, rather than anyone fixing anything ever

The Times headline: After a terrible anniversary week, is Keir Starmer finished?
While Nigel Farage sipped champagne at the Spectator's summer party, one cabinet minister said the prime minister's reign 'feels like it's done'

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Vidda @vidda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

What I know, what Katy knows, just as you know: most cis women support trans women. But hearing your beautiful embrace of the community gives such hope, at a time when all we hear elsewhere is hate; this is why I had to say thank you for the pod. It lifted me up. 💕💕💕

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Jo Lemon @jolemon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

They choose their words wisely - this 'question' is indeed one that only concerns media and politicians. I don't believe anyone has ever asked it in good faith

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Vidda @vidda.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I’ve only just discovered your pod. OMG, Helena and Matilda, how you go about this topic, what a breath of fresh air!! Thank you! 🏳️‍⚧️ You’re amazing! The one problem, I now have to work my way through your back catalogue.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Huge thank you to @katymontgomerie.com for giving a shoutout to our letter - “Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community” - on the latest @mediastormpod.bsky.social podcast with @mathildamall.bsky.social & @helenawadia.bsky.social 🩷 Please sign our letter here ✍🏼 change.org/NION_Women

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Media Storm @mediastormpod.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 ‘What is a woman?’ The question that has plagued British media and distracted politians for years. This episode, we ask: why? 🗣️ With @katymontgomerie.com 🎙️ Hosts @helenawadia.bsky.social & @mathildamall.bsky.social

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