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Jul 14, 2015 • 32min

9: Honours and Letters

Episode 9. For episode 9.4, a triple letter score: Letters after one's name (Solomon Hughes on the honours system), Letters From Berlin (Anthony Goldman, Private Eye's global bureau chief) and Letters From The Great British Public (Tristan Davies, Chief Subeditor). Final episode of Series 1 - free hanky with every download!
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Jun 18, 2015 • 23min

8: Michael Heath and Tax Havens

Episode 8. An interview with Michael Heath, who's been drawing funny things for sixty years and a surprising look at exactly who owns all the land in Britain. Free Tax Haven getaway with every download!
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Jun 4, 2015 • 31min

7: Cartooning and Phone Hacking

Episode 7. A look at the magic of the cartooning process, plus Adam Macqueen with an indispensable guide to phone hacking at the Mirror. Free Alan Yentob voicemail with every download!
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May 22, 2015 • 29min

6: Magazine Covers and Rotten Boroughs

Episode 6. Ian Hislop on the fine art of the magazine's covers and Tim Minogue on the murky world of Rotten Boroughs. Free 'I am outraged, please cancel my subscription' form with every download!
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May 5, 2015 • 41min

5: An election TRIPLE BILL

Episode 5. Ian Hislop on Prime Ministerial Parodies, Adam Macqueen on locking up journalists, and Phil Hammond on the Conservative and Labour pledges about the NHS. Free Sun reporter with every download!
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Apr 17, 2015 • 22min

4: Craig Brown and Heather Mills

Episode 4. Craig Brown on the art of parody and investigative hack Heather Mills on murky goings-on in the village of Botton. Free manifesto pledge with every download! (Warning: manifesto pledge is an aspiration only and not a promise. Price of podcast may be raised to £9000).
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Apr 1, 2015 • 17min

3: Higher Education and Piers Morgan

Jane McKenzie, The I's education correspondent, dives into the current crisis in higher education, spotlighting the troubling rise in tuition fees and its impact on student choices. She discusses how universities prioritize career outcomes over critical thinking and the ethical dilemmas of funding sources. McKenzie contrasts the lavish pay of vice chancellors with ordinary lecturers, and humorously critiques media scandals involving Piers Morgan, blending insights on journalistic ethics with tales of tabloid absurdity.
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Mar 19, 2015 • 21min

2: Wheen, Hislop and Newman

Episode 2. Francis Wheen on everything you ever wanted to know about HSBC and the Telegraph, plus an interview with Ian Hislop and Nick Newman about the Eye's own Gnome Mart. Free ant with every download! (Please note: ant may be lost in transit)
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Mar 4, 2015 • 34min

1: Martin Honeysett and the Paul Foot Awards

Episode 1. A new half-hour audio treat which goes behind the scenes at the Paul Foot Journalism Awards and remembers cartoonist Martin Honeysett. Featuring: FIFA, football, floods, flogging arms and flinging cakes in cartoonists' faces...

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