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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Naomi Larsson Piñeda
Released 30 June 2022
Warning: Some strong language
Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The Guilty Feminist, they interview journalists...
2.1 Gender health gaps: The true cost of chronic UTI - with Athena Lamnisos and Dr Christine Ekechi
Released 23 June 2022
Off-label antibiotics ordered from Hong Kong, bacteriophages cultivated in Georgia, bladder fulguration undergone in Turkey - these are some of the lengths countless women are resorting to in...
Series 2 trailer - a second storm is coming
Released 16 June 2022
Media Storm is back next week! Helena and Mathilda take on the mainstream media and embark on new investigations that put people with lived experience back at the centre of the story.
This...
Special announcement: ARIA Awards and a new season of Media Storm
Released 5 May 2022
We won a Silver ARIA Award for Best Speech Presenters!
In this bonus episode we recount our experiences of awards night, who we met, what it was like to be in a category with radio...
Anatomy of a Scandal - with Deborah Frances-White from The Guilty Feminist
Released 19 April 2022
The episode is hosted by Deborah Frances-White (@DeborahFW) with guests Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall) and Helena Wadia (@helenawadia).
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Bonus episode - How to be a better work ally to people with disabilities or chronic illnesses
Released 31 March 2022
After looking at the prevalence of ableism in UK workplaces and the lack of legal recourse for those affected in last week’s episode, Media Storm is handing the mic - for the final instalment of...
1.10 Ableism enabled: The loopholes in Equality Law - with Jumoke Abdullahi and Ellen Jones
Released 24 March 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia.
Warning: Some swearing
Disabled workers are over twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled workers — even not...
Bonus Episode - A 'decriminalised future' for sex work
Released 17 March 2022
Bonus Episode: A 'decriminalised future' for sex work
With Yarli Allison and Letizia Miro
Laws that criminalise certain aspects of sex work force people into unsafe, unregulated...
1.9 Sex Workers: Ignored and under threat - with Niki Adams
Released 10 March 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia.
Warning: Some strong language and references to sex
Online or offline, the stigma that comes with being a sex worker...
Bonus Episode: A different approach to drugs
Released 3 March 2022
Bonus episode: A different approach to drugs - with Niamh Eastwood and Juan Fernandez
Since 1971, the US has led a global campaign to criminalise and eradicate certain psychoactive...
1.8 The UK’s war on drugs: Politics and prohibition – with Niamh Eastwood and Juan Fernandez
Released 24 February 2022
Read the transcript: https://mediastormpodcast.com/2022/03/17/1-8-the-uks-war-on-drugs-politics-and-prohibition/
Warning: Strong language, drug use
‘DRUG TRAGEDY’, ‘DRUG...
Bonus episode: Homelessness and how to help, by people who've been there
Released 17 February 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Bonus Episode: Homelessness and how to help, by people who've been there
Last episode, Media Storm investigated...
1.7 Homelessness : The hidden figures – with Kai Samra
Released 10 February 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Warning: Strong language
Official homelessness statistics are a fraction of the numbers that charities claim to exist. Is...
Bonus episode: Intersectionality and Body Image
Released 3 February 2022
Content warning: Eating disorders
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Bonus Episode: Intersectionality and body image with Stephanie Yeboah...
1.6 Fatphobia: Healthcare by size - with Stephanie Yeboah and Essie Dennis
Released 27 January 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
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Bonus Episode: The truth about 'luxury' prisons
Released 20 January 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
If you’ve read UK news over the past year, you’ll likely have heard of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill making...
1.5 Criminal Justice: Does prison work? - with The Secret Barrister and Paula Harriott
Released 13 January 2022
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
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Media Storm - a new podcast from The House of the Guilty Feminist
Released 10 January 2022
Media Storm will be back with more episodes on Thursday 13 January.See Read more...
1.4 Transgender healthcare: A waiting game - with Laura Blake and Shivani Dave
Released 16 December 2021
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Content warning: Suicide, self-harm
Episode 1.4: Transgender healthcare: A waiting game - with Laura Blake and Shivani...
1.3 Rape Justice: What happens to the 98%? - with Leyla Hussein and Gina Martin
Released 9 December 2021
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Content warning: Rape, sexual violence, FGM
Episode 1.3: Rape Justice: What happens to the 98%? - with Leyla Hussein and...
1.2 Pandemic of hate: We need to talk about anti-Asian abuse - with Zing Tsjeng and Hussein Kesvani
Released 2 December 2021
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Episode 1.2 Pandemic of hate: We need to talk about anti-Asian abuse - with Zing Tsjeng and Hussein Kesvani
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1.1 Eldorado: Why do refugees ‘love’ the UK? – with Steve Ali
Released 25 November 2021
Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Episode 1.1 Eldorado: Why do refugees ‘love’ the UK? – with Steve Ali
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0. Deborah Frances-White meets Mathilda and Helena
Released 24 November 2021
Media Storm is a new podcast from The House of the Guilty Feminist.
Episode 0. Deborah Frances-White
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Media Storm - trailer
Released 28 October 2021
Media Storm is the new podcast from The House of the Guilty Feminist
Where fact-checking meets fun, reporting meets road-trip and the mainstream media meets its match, Media...