Fourth Estate

This week we look over the wreckage from the Voice Referendum and ask did our media do its job and did we also just see a shift in the way politics is argued in this country. Our guest this week is Professor Mark Kenny. Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the nature and tone of the debate around the Voice and we also ask are recent changes to Twitter (X) the final straw for media organisations on the platform. Our guests were Paul Karp and Charlie Lewis.Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a special chat with comedian and satirist Mark Humphries about his career and what he thinks of satire and the media. Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the full recording of the recent UTS Truth-Telling and News seminar. Panelists: Lorena Allam, Indigenous Affairs Editor, The Guardian Australia; Dr Archie Thomas, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UTS; Associate Professor Inker-Anni Sara, Sámi University of Applied Sciences; Professor Eli Skogerbo, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recently a seminar was held at UTS Sydney called Truth-Telling and News Media. The event had a range of speakers talking about the issues and cultural awareness needed for our media to conduct truth-telling about indigenous peoples and the aftermath of colonialism. The seminar was facilitated by Dr Archie Thomas who is the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UTS. Panelists were Lorena Allam, Indigenous Affairs Editor, The Guardian Australia; Associate Professor Inker-Anni Sara, Sámi University of Applied Sciences; Professor Eli Skogerbo, Department of Media and Communication, University of OsloThis episode is an edited excerpt from the seminar. If you want to hear the full seminar it is available now in the Fourth Estate Podcast feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk with Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien about their new book The Voice To Parliament Handbook. In a wide-ranging discussion, we talk about why the Voice is necessary and how the media should cover the debate. Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at Elon Musk's moves to remove the block function from Twitter/X. We spoke to Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson from RMITProduced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk with Lucinda Holdforth about her new book 21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy.Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's program is a chat with Stuart Coupe about his new book Shake Some Action. Stuart takes us through his decades-long career as a journalist working in the music industry.Producer and host was Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with Leonid Ragozin about Prigozhin's failed mutiny and what this means for Putin. Your host this week was Monica AttardProduced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices