Weinstein, Channel 4 and David Steel / with Gayle Anderson artwork
Talk Media

Weinstein, Channel 4 and David Steel / with Gayle Anderson

  • S1E2
  • 46:04
  • February 27th 2020

Stuart and Eamonn are joined by Gayle Anderson (former editor of Jackie Magazine) to discuss Harvey Weinstein, in light of Monday’s court verdict, threats to privatise Channel 4, and the resignation of former Liberal Democrat leader David Steel, following the publication of findings from a child abuse inquiry. Stuart, Eamonn and Gayle also share their personal media recommendations.


Recommendations

Stuart: 'Antisocial' book by Andrew Marantz: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562022/antisocial-by-andrew-marantz/

GayleOpen Culture website with links to 125 Korean films: http://www.openculture.com/2012/12/a_wealth_of_20th-century_korean_cinema_free_online_from_the_korean_film_archive.html

Eamonn: New Yorker article 'A Suspense Novelist's Trail of Deception' by Ian Parker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions


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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.

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Professor Eamonn O'Neill
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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.

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Former Head of Nations and Regions for Channel 4 and the prize-winning author of the Soul Trilogy (soul music and social change in Memphis, Detroit and Harlem).

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