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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson

@meredithogilviethompson.com
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Twenty-five years reporting from boardrooms to war zones and everywhere in between. FT, Business Day, Vogue, Porter, Variety et al. VPA Award, 2025. meredithogilviethompson.substack.com

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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here it is again in case you missed it. 🎙️ #podcast #mediafreedom #democracy #trump
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 20/08/2026
Out now on All That I Have Met. meredithogilviethompson.substack.com/p/holding-th...
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 19/08/2026
Ex managing editor of @abcnewsbot.bsky.social News Jon Williams (now head of @rorypecktrust.bsky.social ) told me the network was wrong to pay $15M to make a Trump lawsuit disappear. Yesterday, ABC & Disney sued the FCC over exactly that. All That I Have Met, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🎙️RPT Exec Director Jon Williams discusses the fallout from the White House Correspodent's Dinner, the deliberate targeting of journalists and why he'd invest in frontline journalism, on 'All That I Have Met' hosted by @meredithogilviethompson.com podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Holding the Line
Podcast Episode · All That I Have Met · 18 August · 39min
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 18/08/2026
Jon Williams has led newsrooms at the @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social, @abcnewsbot.bsky.social and @news.rte.ie He now runs the @rorypecktrust.bsky.social supporting journalists reporting from the world's most dangerous places. We talked about why journalism matters podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Holding the Line
Podcast Episode · All That I Have Met · August 18 · 39m
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 21/07/2026
Twenty years ago I started writing a memoir. All That Fractures tracks a life between New York, London and Africa — a storied surface that belied a rather ruthless underbelly. First instalment out today. meredithogilviethompson.substack.com/p/flawless
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All That Fractures
Part One: Before the Rains
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 11/07/2026
The number of conflicts around the world is rising. I sat down with Crisis Group head Comfort Ero to talk about what's driving today's wars, what policymakers are getting wrong, and why the consequences extend far beyond the battlefield. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Wars Rising
Podcast Episode · All That I Have Met · July 7 · 53m
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 01/07/2026
Really good episode @edwardluce.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Bonus episode: Rahm Emanuel on how to fix America
Podcast Episode · The Rachman Review · June 28 · 28m
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 04/06/2026
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The Trillion Dollar Conundrum
What happens when a Mac Mini trolls the Magnificent Seven?
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Americans are hurting to afford groceries and gas while Donald Trump and his goons are focused on a ballroom, UFC fight, sending the DOJ after a woman he raped, and this:
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 26/05/2026
My Brushes With Ebola In 1996 a doctor flew from Gabon to Johannesburg with undiagnosed Ebola. A nurse died. An outbreak was barely averted. I reported on it then. Thirty years later the systems that protected us are gone. New essay. open.substack.com/pub/meredith...
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My Brushes With Ebola
The virus is back. The infrastructure that contained it has been dismantled
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Andys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Who will be the next Luigi that’s mad as hell and can’t take it anymore? 😱😂
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 06/05/2026
This has got to stop and we can stop it. Defund this government.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 06/05/2026
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Power of the Purse
Republicans built the mechanism to defund the government. It's time to use it.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Activists in NYC projected a message on the side of Jeff Bezos’ $120 million penthouse ahead of the Met Gala. “Shame on you, Jeff Bezos.”
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 04/05/2026
I have a note from Anna Wintour on my desk. Elegant if a relic. The Met Gala is tonight. I wrote about beauty when craft mattered more than money. Expensive things shaped what everyone could afford. That was fashion's democratic argument. It may still exist. Hard to see over Lauren's décolletage.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 04/05/2026
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Power of the Purse
Republicans built the mechanisms to defund the government. It's time to use it.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 04/05/2026
I have a note from Anna Wintour on my desk. Elegant if a relic. The Met Gala is tonight. I wrote about beauty when craft mattered more than money. Expensive things shaped what everyone could afford. That was fashion's democratic argument. It may still exist. Hard to see over Lauren's décolletage.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 03/05/2026
Every significant federal tax escrow bill in American history was introduced by Republicans. My essay on why it’s time to use that against them @nealkatyal.bsky.social @tribelaw.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @markruffalo.bsky.social @petercoyote.bsky.social @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 03/05/2026
Every significant federal tax escrow bill in American history was introduced by Republicans. My essay on why it’s time to use that against them @nealkatyal.bsky.social @tribelaw.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @markruffalo.bsky.social @petercoyote.bsky.social @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 29/04/2026
Charles’ speech in the capital was really only topped by his speech at the state dinner. From noticing the changes to the East Wing (he may as well have said I love what you’ve done with the place) to the bell from the conning tower. Charles should stay the week and host SNL. Just brilliant.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 28/04/2026
I lived in the UK for 20 years and this is by far the most political speech I've ever heard a sovereign give - from climate change to religious tolerance to the importance of an independent judiciary. Don't be fooled by the Saville Row suit. Charles just gave us a thrashing in front of the world.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 27/04/2026
They need a total ass kicking to remind them they work for us
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 26/04/2026
Is he just a regular on 60 Minutes now? Really?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/04/2026
Trump and Elon Musk destroyed most of the global H.I.V. program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Zambia. Now the US is threatening to cut remaining support, unless Zambia gives access to the country’s mineral resources. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 25/04/2026
Sometimes you just need a story about a great white shark, a hot lifeguard and questionable parenting moment
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Mother of the Year
Don't Let Me Keep You · No. 2
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 25/04/2026
But still no money for Snap or childcare or healthcare or increased social security. All with our money, none of it for us.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 24/04/2026
I am, for once, utterly speechless.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 24/04/2026
I nearly died in Cedars-Sinai, my surgeon told me I didn't have eight hours. I wrote about it. Then sat on it for 15 yrs. A memoir essay about illness, morphine, a handsome Brazilian nurse, and whether you can get a Brazilian wax in ICU. meredithogilviethompson.substack.com/p/the-bridge...
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The Bridge to Nowhere
And the carrot on a luge.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 22/04/2026
A small side project just went live. The Tax Strike design — Not One Cent Without Consent — is now available as stickers, t-shirts, and a few other things on Redbubble. If you've been following my column, you'll know where this came from. www.redbubble.com/people/MOT19...
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 22/04/2026
My latest is live. A memoir essay about illness, survival, morphine, a handsome half-Brazilian nurse and whether you can get a Brazilian wax in a hospital isolation ward. The answer is no. If you're not yet a subscriber, today’s the day. meredithogilviethompson.substack.com/p/the-bridge...
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The Bridge to Nowhere
And the carrot on a luge.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 22/04/2026
It was a vexing vote and I worried we wouldn't win. But we did it. Yay Virginia.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 17/04/2026
My boys grew up in the UK and are avid football fans. Nothing would’ve given me more pleasure than getting tickets for us to go to a few World Cup games. But that is not a reality for me. Or most Americans.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 17/04/2026
New column launched today. Don’t Let Me Keep You — short, personal, occasionally absurd. Weekly. First up: The Reluctant State Trooper. A cautionary tale about what happens when you decide the safest way to speed is to tail a police car. open.substack.com/pub/meredith...
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 16/04/2026
New episode out today — Mark Mansour spent twenty-five years navigating the corridors of power in Washington. And then, he left. open.substack.com/pub/meredith...
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 15/04/2026
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 13/04/2026
In 2023, Hungary’s president pardoned an official who forced child abuse victims to withdraw their testimony. The Minister who countersigned it was Magyar’s ex-wife. Last night he ousted a 16-year autocrat. Americans still waiting on Epstein accountability take note.​​​
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 12/04/2026
Nobody move. Trump is blocking the Straight of Hormuz.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 12/04/2026
I'll bet the bank Orban is on a plane to Mar A Lago within a few hours.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 12/04/2026
I don’t think any public official should communicate by tweet (or similar) - its communication by baby monitor
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 12/04/2026
I launched a Substack (essays and later a podcast) a year ago today with an email to a few close friends and held my breath. Today I wrote to say thank you — and to explain why I think paywalls are bad for democracy. meredithogilviethompson.substack.com/p/one-year-i...
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One year in, here's where we are
A note of thanks. And an ask.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/04/2026
The first generation of parents to have resorted, at least occasionally, to mollifying their children by putting digital screens in their hands has now seen those kids grow up. One of those kids just sued Meta and Google. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7XhGx5
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What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Serving as a signal of a taste in the courts and among the public to have tech companies bear some of the costs of harm that they have allegedly caused, the recent verdict against Meta and Google in California says a lot about the central anxieties of our time.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 12/04/2026
The NYT just published re Orbán's gerrymander. Péter Dósa and I covered it three days ago. Yes, I scooped the NYT. But this isn't just a Hungary story — Trump openly called on Texas and others to redistrict ahead of the midterms. Same playbook. Link in bio
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Here he is tonight. Working hard to end his War in Iran and make life more affordable for Americans like he promised.
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Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson @meredithogilviethompson.com · 11/04/2026
All eyes on Hungary. And thank you to Péter Dósa for talking to me before the polls opened.
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