The New Yorker and Nicola Sturgeon, Social Media Boycott and Andrew Marr / with Andrea Baker
- S2E64
- 1:03:46
- May 5th 2021
Stuart and Eamonn are joined by returning guest commentator, Andrea Baker! This week - The New Yorker’s piece on Nicola Sturgeon and her ‘quest for Scottish Independence’, a recent social media boycott demanding action against racist abuse and criticism of Andrew Marr’s Prince Philip comments. At the end of the show, the trio share their personal media recommendations.
The New Yorker piece, ‘Nicola Sturgeon’s Quest for Scottish Independence’: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/nicola-sturgeons-quest-for-scottish-independence
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Stuart: ‘This Time with Alan Partridge’ - BBC1 series - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002v3d
Eamonn: ‘The Donut King’ - film directed by Alice Gu - www.donutkingmovie.com
Andrea: ‘What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition’ - book by Emma Dabiri - www.waterstones.com/book/what-white-people-can-do-next/emma-dabiri/9780141996738
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Talk Media
Broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove and Professor Eamonn O’Neill host 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.
A working journalist and writer -previously a senior writer for Vanity Fair and Esquire. Associate Professor of Journalism at Edinburgh Napier University and a 2020 JFK/Hemingway Grant Recipient.
