The Explanation Podcast
Claire Graham and guests explain the important, long-running stories that are in the news.
The Explanation is a snackable audio guide giving you the backstory behind the headlines. In each episode, presenter Claire Graham meets a 蜜芽传媒 News correspondent who has lived and breathed these stories. She鈥檒l hear clear analysis along with powerful archive. The Explanation will go back in time to unpack complex chains of events and will make the stories in question easier to understand.
Episodes to download
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The Media Show: Jeans, cars, deodorant
Boxing Day 2024
Advertising legend Sir John Hegarty on creating some of the world鈥檚 most famous ads
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The Media Show: CNN鈥檚 Syria report controversy
Thu 19 Dec 2024
CNN faces backlash over Syrian prisoner misidentification
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The Media Show: Reporting Syria and reaction to Luigi Mangione
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Syria enters a new era for journalists after the fall of the Assad regime
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The Media Show: Reddit's rise
Thu 5 Dec 2024
Why Reddit is one of the world鈥檚 fastest growing social networks
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The Media Show: 蜜芽传媒 presenter defection
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Mishal Husain leaves the 蜜芽传媒 after 26 years to join Bloomberg
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Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?
Fri 22 Nov 2024
John Simpson examines the risk of nuclear escalation in Russia鈥檚 war with Ukraine
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The Media Show: Jake Paul v Mike Tyson
Thu 21 Nov 2024
What the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson boxing bout on Netflix tells us about the future of media
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Unspun World: What can the world expect from a second Trump term?
Fri 15 Nov 2024
John Simpson explores the implications of a second Trump term for US foreign policy
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The Media Show: US Election and its impact on media
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Why Trump鈥檚 victory poses a credibility challenge for journalism
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Unspun World: What does the US election tell us about America?
Fri 8 Nov 2024
How the US presidential campaign highlighted the deep divisions in the country
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The Media Show: Trump's winning media strategy
Thu 7 Nov 2024
The pundits and pollsters who got the election wrong
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The Global Jigsaw: Russia鈥檚 鈥渟pecial demographic operation鈥�
Sat 2 Nov 2024
Why is the Kremlin worried about population decline?
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Unspun World: What will Iran do now?
Fri 1 Nov 2024
How the Iranian regime might respond to Israel鈥檚 attack
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The Media Show: Ballots, bias and big tech
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Ros Atkins is in Washington DC and asks what role the media is playing in the election
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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey鈥檚 anti-LGBT drive
Sat 26 Oct 2024
What鈥檚 behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?
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Unspun World: The Middle East: The regional perspective
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Analysing attitudes of other regional powers towards Israel鈥檚 wars in Gaza and Lebanon
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The Media Show: The king of reality TV
Thu 24 Oct 2024
How Andy Cohen created the Real Housewives phenomenon
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Unspun World: Israel's Middle East strategy
Thu 17 Oct 2024
John Simpson analyses Israel鈥檚 long-term strategy in the Middle East
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The Media Show: ISIS Prisons Museum
Thu 17 Oct 2024
The journalists documenting the atrocities of the so-called Islamic State
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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Ten years on, where do the warring parties in Yemen stand?
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Unspun World: The Middle East, a year on from the October 7th attacks
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Analysing the prospects for the Middle East after a year of fighting
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The Media Show: Reporting from inside Gaza
Thu 10 Oct 2024
The 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Rushdi Abualouf on life for journalists in a warzone
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Unspun World: What will Iran's strategy be?
Fri 4 Oct 2024
We look at the debate inside Iran in the wake of Israel鈥檚 assault on Hezbollah
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The Media Show: Secrets of The Sidemen
Thu 3 Oct 2024
The manager of Europe鈥檚 biggest YouTube creators reveals their strategy
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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities
Tue 1 Oct 2024
Sanaa, Aden and Taiz - stuck in a 鈥渘o war, no peace鈥� limbo
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The Media Show: Reporting the Predator at Harrods
Thu 26 Sep 2024
How the 蜜芽传媒 exposed the billionaire businessman Mohamed Al Fayed
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The Media Show: Trump鈥檚 Pet-eating Conspiracy Theory
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Tracing the origin of the rumour that spawned an extraordinary political soundbite
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The Media Show: Russia鈥檚 alleged influencer propaganda plot
Thu 12 Sep 2024
US says YouTubers have been paid to post videos with 鈥渉idden Russian government messages鈥�
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The Media Show: Why Korean TV rules the world
Thu 5 Sep 2024
From Squid Game to The Masked Singer some of the most popular shows come from South Korea
