Episode 1
Media trends to watch in 2015
2015-01-03
The Listening Post offers its predictions for media and journalism in the year to come.
TV season
2015-01-03
Episode 1
2015-01-03
The Listening Post offers its predictions for media and journalism in the year to come.
Episode 2
2015-01-10
Debating free speech in the wake of Charlie Hebdo; plus, the relevance of impartiality and objectivity in journalism.
Episode 3
2015-01-17
The controversial magazine continues to make headlines; plus, the screwball comedy that turned into political standoff.
Episode 4
2015-01-24
How has the media covered the latest Boko Haram attack? Plus, the Charlie Hebdo story through the eyes of cartoonists.
Episode 5
2015-01-31
Will the new Greek government dismantle the old media networks? Plus, covering the new power structures in Yemen.
Episode 6
2015-02-07
Greece's Syriza party challenges the media narrative on austerity. And, the close ties between journalists and NGOs.
Episode 7
2015-02-14
The journalist collaboration behind the biggest leak in banking history; plus, a look at the slow journalism movement.
Episode 8
2015-02-21
ISIL propaganda and the narrative of inevitable war; plus, fonts and typefaces, the loaded letters of the news business.
Episode 9
2015-02-28
The contradictory coverage of a suspicious death; plus, the growing politics behind the world's most watched TV show.
Episode 10
2015-03-07
Netanyahu's allies and enemies in the media; plus, fixers, the local helpers who make international reporting possible.
Episode 11
2015-03-14
Debating the Delhi rape documentary; plus, a look at the internet trolls on the Kremlin's payroll.
Episode 12
2015-03-21
A media post-mortem into the UK's surveillance report. Plus, why five years on in Argentina the media looks so familiar.
Episode 13
2015-03-28
The partisan coverage of Nigeria's vote; plus, the 800 million Indians not deemed newsworthy by their country's media.
Episode 14
2015-04-04
The Yemen conflict and the geopolitics of the coverage; plus, the resurrection of Greece's state-owned broadcaster.
Episode 15
2015-04-11
Politics, religion and freedom of speech in Bangladesh; plus, the ethics of native advertising.
Episode 16
2015-04-18
What Spain's 'gag law' means for the media; and a radio station broadcasting from inside a mental hospital in Argentina.
Episode 17
2015-04-25
The politics and coverage of xenophobia in South Africa; and TV regulation in the UK ahead of a contentious election.
Episode 18
2015-05-02
Race and the media – the debate continues; plus, the politics of reforming Italy's state broadcaster.
Episode 19
2015-05-09
Iraqi journalists are stuck between a rock and a hard place; plus, Thailand, where the media march in step.
Episode 20
2015-05-16
A media post-mortem into the UK's general election; plus, a wiretapping scandal that has gripped Macedonia's media.
Episode 21
2015-05-23
What the coverage of the Bin Laden story reveals about journalism in the US; plus, Cuba's changing media scene.
Episode 22
2015-05-30
Two years on from the Snowden leaks, the surveillance debate continues; plus, journalism in Japan - Abe's 'medianomics'.
Episode 23
2015-06-06
As Turks head to the polls, we look at the country's media; plus, an interview with whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
Episode 24
2015-06-13
How China managed the message after the Yangtze ferry disaster; plus, a look at the face behind the news, the anchorman.
Episode 25
2015-06-20
Anonymous official sources go after Edward Snowden in the UK's media; plus, 30 years of covering Cuba from Miami.
Episode 26
2015-06-27
As the Baku games close, we examine the challenges facing journalists; plus, Angola, Portugal and 'reverse colonialism'.
Episode 27
2015-08-08
We analyse the media coverage of the immigration debate; plus, Cuban bloggers and their quest for freedom of expression.
Episode 28
2015-08-15
Managing the media message after the historic nuclear deal; plus, the problems and perils of reporting on Boko Haram.
Episode 29
2015-08-22
We analyse the consequences of Egypt's new anti-terrorism bill; plus, the risks of reporting on Italy's Mafia.
Episode 30
2015-08-29
Journalist or belligerent? What the Pentagon's Law of War manual means for conflict reporting; plus, tweeting the news.
Episode 31
2015-09-05
A Listening Post special on the jailing of three Al Jazeera staff and the verdict's impact on press freedom.
Episode 32
2015-09-12
We explore Hungarian TV's decision to not show images of refugee children; plus, Nigeria's 'brown envelope' journalists.
Episode 33
2015-09-19
Threats, raids and arrests: Turkey intensifies pressure on the press; Plus, Bosnia's divided media.
Episode 34
2015-09-26
The media versus the rise of anti-establishment politics; Plus, Syria's TV dramas soldier on.
Episode 35
2015-10-03
The battle for legitimacy in the Saudi-Iranian proxy war of words; plus, the deadly trade of journalism in Mexico.
Episode 36
2015-10-10
Battling media narratives in Russian and US bombing campaigns; plus, the conundrum of covering India-Pakistan relations.
Episode 37
2015-10-17
A look at Erdogan's tightening grip on the press; plus, how Canada's oil and gas industry affects the media.
Episode 38
2015-10-24
We analyse the polarising coverage of the clashes in occupied East Jerusalem; plus, the false binaries in the media.
Episode 39
2015-10-31
We explore the love-hate relationship between the media and Donald Trump; plus, the future of Canada's CBC television.
Episode 40
2015-11-07
We examine the state of journalism in Erdogan's Turkey; plus, how to separate fact from fiction when news is breaking.
Episode 41
2015-11-14
We examine the conflicting media reports of the Russian plane disaster in Egypt; plus, the rise of automated journalism.
Episode 42
2015-11-21
We examine whether there's a double standard for victims of terrorism; plus, fixers: the unsung heroes of journalism.
Episode 43
2015-11-28
We look at the Paris attacks, national anthems and the use of sports to promote war; plus, the battle over Rustavi 2 TV.
Episode 44
2015-12-05
We look at Turkey's and Russia's battle in the air and over the airwaves; plus, China's anti-corruption drive.
Episode 45
2015-12-12
We look at the divisive and sensationalist media coverage of the mass shooting; plus, the rise of social news videos.
Episode 46
2015-12-19
We look at the coverage of the COP21 climate change summit; plus, the fatal shooting of a black teen by US police.
Episode 47
2015-12-26
We examine Rupert Murdoch's relationship with the UK government; plus, Nigeria's 'brown-envelope' journalists.