Broadcast date
2015-01-03 • 47 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. Media trends to watch in 2015
event 2015-01-03
The Listening Post offers its predictions for media and journalism in the year to come.
2. The reaction to the Charlie Hebdo attack
event 2015-01-10
Debating free speech in the wake of Charlie Hebdo; plus, the relevance of impartiality and objectivity in journalism.
3. The return of Charlie Hebdo
event 2015-01-17
The controversial magazine continues to make headlines; plus, the screwball comedy that turned into political standoff.
4. Reporting the Baga massacre
event 2015-01-24
How has the media covered the latest Boko Haram attack? Plus, the Charlie Hebdo story through the eyes of cartoonists.
5. Greece: Syriza, austerity and the media
event 2015-01-31
Will the new Greek government dismantle the old media networks? Plus, covering the new power structures in Yemen.
6. Syriza and the new economic narrative
event 2015-02-07
Greece's Syriza party challenges the media narrative on austerity. And, the close ties between journalists and NGOs.
7. The Swiss Leaks
event 2015-02-14
The journalist collaboration behind the biggest leak in banking history; plus, a look at the slow journalism movement.
8. The provocation of ISIL propaganda
event 2015-02-21
ISIL propaganda and the narrative of inevitable war; plus, fonts and typefaces, the loaded letters of the news business.
9. The death that divided Argentina's media
event 2015-02-28
The contradictory coverage of a suspicious death; plus, the growing politics behind the world's most watched TV show.
10. Israel elections: The media battle
event 2015-03-07
Netanyahu's allies and enemies in the media; plus, fixers, the local helpers who make international reporting possible.
11. Screening rape: India's debate
event 2015-03-14
Debating the Delhi rape documentary; plus, a look at the internet trolls on the Kremlin's payroll.
12. UK surveillance under scrutiny
event 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.
13. Nigeria's delayed elections
event 2015-03-28
The partisan coverage of Nigeria's vote; plus, the 800 million Indians not deemed newsworthy by their country's media.
14. Challenging coverage: The conflict in Yemen
event 2015-04-04
The Yemen conflict and the geopolitics of the coverage; plus, the resurrection of Greece's state-owned broadcaster.
15. Bangladesh: Politics, religion and the limits of speech
event 2015-04-11
Politics, religion and freedom of speech in Bangladesh; plus, the ethics of native advertising.
16. Spain's new 'gag law' and the media
event 2015-04-18
What Spain's 'gag law' means for the media; and a radio station broadcasting from inside a mental hospital in Argentina.
17. South Africa, xenophobia and the media
event 2015-04-25
The politics and coverage of xenophobia in South Africa; and TV regulation in the UK ahead of a contentious election.
18. Reporting Baltimore
event 2015-05-02
Race and the media – the debate continues; plus, the politics of reforming Italy's state broadcaster.
19. The perilous life of journalists in Iraq
event 2015-05-09
Iraqi journalists are stuck between a rock and a hard place; plus, Thailand, where the media march in step.
20. Examining the British election drama
event 2015-05-16
A media post-mortem into the UK's general election; plus, a wiretapping scandal that has gripped Macedonia's media.
21. Seymour Hersh: Challenging the Bin Laden story
event 2015-05-23
What the coverage of the Bin Laden story reveals about journalism in the US; plus, Cuba's changing media scene.
22. Mass surveillance under the microscope
event 2015-05-30
Two years on from the Snowden leaks, the surveillance debate continues; plus, journalism in Japan - Abe's 'medianomics'.
23. Erdogan, elections and the future of Turkish journalism
event 2015-06-06
As Turks head to the polls, we look at the country's media; plus, an interview with whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
24. Beijing's media damage control
event 2015-06-13
How China managed the message after the Yangtze ferry disaster; plus, a look at the face behind the news, the anchorman.
25. Behind the Sunday Times Snowden saga
event 2015-06-20
Anonymous official sources go after Edward Snowden in the UK's media; plus, 30 years of covering Cuba from Miami.
26. Azerbaijan and the European Games: Did the PR pay off?
event 2015-06-27
As the Baku games close, we examine the challenges facing journalists; plus, Angola, Portugal and 'reverse colonialism'.
27. Politics and polemics: Europe's immigration story
event 2015-08-08
We analyse the media coverage of the immigration debate; plus, Cuban bloggers and their quest for freedom of expression.
28. Under scrutiny: Selling the Iran-US nuclear deal
event 2015-08-15
Managing the media message after the historic nuclear deal; plus, the problems and perils of reporting on Boko Haram.
29. Muzzling the media: Egypt's new 'anti-terror' laws
event 2015-08-22
We analyse the consequences of Egypt's new anti-terrorism bill; plus, the risks of reporting on Italy's Mafia.
30. The Pentagon's rules of media engagement
event 2015-08-29
Journalist or belligerent? What the Pentagon's Law of War manual means for conflict reporting; plus, tweeting the news.
31. Egypt: Journalism on trial
event 2015-09-05
A Listening Post special on the jailing of three Al Jazeera staff and the verdict's impact on press freedom.
32. Spinning the refugee crisis
event 2015-09-12
We explore Hungarian TV's decision to not show images of refugee children; plus, Nigeria's 'brown envelope' journalists.
33. Inside Turkey's media battleground
event 2015-09-19
Threats, raids and arrests: Turkey intensifies pressure on the press; Plus, Bosnia's divided media.
34. Disrupting the media with disruptive politics
event 2015-09-26
The media versus the rise of anti-establishment politics; Plus, Syria's TV dramas soldier on.
35. Mecca and the media
event 2015-10-03
The battle for legitimacy in the Saudi-Iranian proxy war of words; plus, the deadly trade of journalism in Mexico.
36. Air strikes and media misses
event 2015-10-10
Battling media narratives in Russian and US bombing campaigns; plus, the conundrum of covering India-Pakistan relations.
37. Turkish media on tenterhooks
event 2015-10-17
A look at Erdogan's tightening grip on the press; plus, how Canada's oil and gas industry affects the media.
38. Israel-Palestine: The conflict and the coverage
event 2015-10-24
We analyse the polarising coverage of the clashes in occupied East Jerusalem; plus, the false binaries in the media.
39. Trump and the media: A marriage made in ratings heaven?
event 2015-10-31
We explore the love-hate relationship between the media and Donald Trump; plus, the future of Canada's CBC television.
40. Turkey's 'free' press
event 2015-11-07
We examine the state of journalism in Erdogan's Turkey; plus, how to separate fact from fiction when news is breaking.
41. The Russian plane crash and the battle of narratives
event 2015-11-14
We examine the conflicting media reports of the Russian plane disaster in Egypt; plus, the rise of automated journalism.
42. Double standards in the Paris attacks coverage
event 2015-11-21
We examine whether there's a double standard for victims of terrorism; plus, fixers: the unsung heroes of journalism.
43. National anthems: beating the drums of war?
event 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.
44. High crimes and media misdemeanours
event 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.
45. San Bernardino shooting: How not to cover breaking news
event 2015-12-12
We look at the divisive and sensationalist media coverage of the mass shooting; plus, the rise of social news videos.
46. Behind the headlines: Was the climate deal a success?
event 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.
47. The Murdoch empire strikes back
event 2015-12-26
We examine Rupert Murdoch's relationship with the UK government; plus, Nigeria's 'brown-envelope' journalists.
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