Hosted by The Big Light · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 307 episodes
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Broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove and guests bring you Talk Media: a forensic analysis of how the media works, and who works the media. Packed full of candid commentary and informed opinion, Talk Media features a weekly guest commentator from the worlds of journalism, entertainment and politics. Full episodes are published weekly on Wednesday evenings via our Supporters Club. Join our Supporters Club now to listen for 99p per week: thebiglight.com/talkmedia
The Big Light hosts Talk Media, a news show with 307 episodes published.
Stuart is back with Paddy Duffy as they digest the big stories in the media this week. They're looking at the fallout from Keir Starmer's resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party, the reaction to the
Foreign Correspondent David Pratt (The National, The Herald) joins Stuart Cosgrove (Off The Ball, BBC Radio Scotland) to discuss the latest from the front lines of conflicts in Iran & Ukraine and how the UK media is port
Paddy Duffy, the Quiz King of Glasgow, returns to give his verdict on the Holyrood elections. A Reform surge, a Labour collapse and an Independence Supporting majority. Who are the big winners in the new Scottish Parliam
Quiz King Paddy Duffy sits down with Stuart Cosgrove to discuss the upcoming Holyrood election. Who will be First Minister? Will Reform UK take a big ol' pile of seats? Will Scottish Labour collapse after Anas Sarwar tri
We are delighted to welcome back Laura Webster to the show again this week. Thanks to Laura for taking time away from The National to chat with us. Later today, we will post an unedited video version of the main show rec
A special episode with Prof sir John Curtice. Many thanks to John for giving us his time. To hear these episodes fresh from the studio each week, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia For the price of a cup of coffee, you get
Journalist, photographer and foreign correspondent David Pratt brings us up to date with the current chaos in 'The Middle East’ and ‘Nobody told ME!’ and 'BBC Cuts'. It's great to have David back safe and sound from his
It's a pleasure to welcome back Shona Caven to Talk Media this week. If you want to hear the episode on Wednesdays and the listener questions bonusode each week, support us at www.Patreon.com/talkmedia
Paddy's in the house once again to chew over this week's topics over multiple cups of tea with Stuart. Listener questions and recommendations from the boys will follow in tomorrow's bonusode! If you want to hear the epis
Here's our show from Wednesday 25th Feb with Stuart Cosgrove and guest TV producer, Quiz supremo and all round talking encyclopaedia, Paddy Duffy. To receive the show as it happens and to hear our extended listener quest
Stuart and Eamonn are back to dissect the happenings in the media! Labour Together have been up to some suspicious stuff, bringing Keir Starmer’s position into more doubt, the BBC are looking to claw back £600 million in
We're delighted to welcome Laura Webster, Editor of The National to the show. Unfortunately Laura is suffering with a really bad cold and had to record from home, which shows a little in the quality of the audio but her
This week Stuart and Eamonn return as they dissect the Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice and ask what they mean for some of the major names implicated in the convicted paedophile's crimes. This is th
This week it’s a very special episode of Talk Media as we welcome the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP, John Swinney MSP, to the programme. In conversation with broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove, the First Mini
We hope you enjoy this free full episode of Talk Media from Wednesday 12th November. If you would like to hear the show on the day of recording and support the making of this podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia Our
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John Swinney
Scottish First Minister · Scottish National Party
1 appearance on this show
Gregg Wallace
host · Masterchef
1 appearance on this show
Michael Sheen
1 appearance on this show
Huw Edwards
1 appearance on this show
Chris Mullin
Strategy Dir., Data & Measurement · Lumina Foundation
2 appearances on this show
Nicola Sturgeon
former First Minister of Scotland
4 appearances on this show
Andrea Baker
Blogger and Crossfit coach · Communities United for Action (CUFA]
8 appearances on this show
Steve Richards
Richards and Richards
5 appearances on this show
Sir Keir Starmer
Leader of the Labour Party · United Kingdom
1 appearance on this show
Michael Stewart
Community Lead at Sudowrite · Great Commission Association of Churches
2 appearances on this show
Boris Johnson
Former UK Prime Minister · United Kingdom
2 appearances on this show
Jacinda Ardern
former Prime Minister of New Zealand · New Zealand government
1 appearance on this show
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