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Bonus episode - Behind the scenes of Media Storm!

Released 8 June 2023

In this week’s bonus episode, Helena and Mathilda have an announcement to make… they have started a Patreon! You can access it at Read more...

3.3 Cannabis and the criminalisation of chronic pain – with StevoTheMadMan

Released 1 June 2023

Chronic pain is a silent pandemic affecting somewhere between 8 and 28 million people in the UK alone. Recent headlines (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65596283) reveal it’s...

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Bonus episode: Mainstream media mistrust and the far-right

Released 25 May 2023

We're back with this bonus episode to give you a little bit more of our conversation from Episode 1 on the rise of far-right extremism, and what role the mainstream media has to play.

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3.2 Safety or status? Migrant women and domestic abuse - with Janey Starling

Released 18 May 2023

On the 29th April 2021, the Domestic Abuse Bill became law. Many called the Bill 'landmark', or 'transformational'. Others called it discriminatory.

Why? Because migrant victims with...

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Media Storm Shorts – Get Lippy! What you don‘t know about gynae cancer can hurt you

Released 11 May 2023

Every day in the UK 58 people are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer. 21 will die.

Lack of awareness, late referrals and widespread stigma mean people are being denied life-saving...

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3.1 Radical thinking: How to fight the far-right - with Nigel Bromage

Released 4 May 2023

Warning: mentions of sexual violence 

As political polarisation stretches us to breaking point, co-hosts Mathilda and Helena head to the shadowy fringes of society to find out what...

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Series 3 trailer - a third storm is coming

Released 27 April 2023

Media Storm is back on 4 May! 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...

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3.0 Special feature: What does a ‘free press’ really mean?

Released 17 March 2023

Print is dying. Since the arrival of the internet and fast-paced, free information at the tap of the finger, the news outlets that tell us what’s what have been scrambling to find their footing....

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Special announcement: Visionary Arts Awards and a new series of Media Storm

Released 6 March 2023

We've been nominated for PODCAST OF THE YEAR at the Visionary Arts Awards 2023!

Vote here: https://visionaryarts.org.uk/awards/vote/

From diversity and inclusion, to mental health...

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LIVE at London Podcast Festival: Comedy's cultural power - with Deborah Frances-White and Isabelle Farah

Released 22 December 2022

Coming to you from the London Podcast Festival: The Guilty Feminist presents Media Storm’s debut show, live from King’s Place! Presented by journalists Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia,...

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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Megha Mohan

Released 15 December 2022

Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The Guilty Feminist, they interview journalists trying to make an imperfect industry...

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2.12. Death: Terminal illness and the right to die

Released 8 December 2022

Warning: Discussions around suicide and assisted dying. If you need someone to talk to, call the Samaritans on 116 123. 

It happens to everybody but nobody wants to talk about it: the...

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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Leanne Alie

Released 1 December 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...

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2.11 Menopause, ageism, sexism: What is driving women out of work? - with Karen Arthur and Emma Goswell

Released 24 November 2022

Warning: Some strong language 


Welcome to The Menopause Revolution! A new era for a bodily phenomenon we were once too scared to call by name. Menopause is starting to show its face...

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Bonus Episode: Polyamory in pop culture - with Leanne Yau aka Poly Philia

Released 17 November 2022

Warning: Some strong language 

Following on from Media Storm's episode about polyamory, the law, and the mainstream media, Media Storm co-hosts sat down with Leanne Yau from the hugely...

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2.10 Polyamory: Love and the limits of the law - with Leanne Yau aka Poly Philia

Released 10 November 2022

Warning: Some strong language 

Imagine getting fired for your relationship status. Imagine a nosy neighbour deciding they knew what was better for your children. This is the reality for...

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Bonus episode - White (Other): Anti-Eastern European prejudice

Released 3 November 2022

Media Storm’s latest investigation looks at a new, post-Brexit era of exploitation targeting Central and Eastern Europeans in the UK. Today’s bonus episode looks at the attitudes behind this...

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2.9 “Low-skilled”: The exploitation of Eastern European workers - with Alex Bulat

Released 27 October 2022

A post-Brexit Britain has halted visas to low-paid, so-called “low-skilled,” foreign workers - primarily coming from Central and Eastern Europe. Policymakers hoped to increase wages and...

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Bonus episode: Mental health and the media - with Scarlett Curtis and Kamilah McInnis

Released 20 October 2022

Warning: This episode contains references to mental illness and suicide. If you need someone to talk to, contact Samaritans.org or call 116 123. 

Recorded the day after...

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2.8 Mental Health: The pros and pitfalls of diagnosis - with Scarlett Curtis and Kamilah McInnis

Released 13 October 2022

Warning: This episode contains mentions of mental illness, suicide, and self-harm.


Recently, doctors have recognised a strange phenomenon: patients turning up with mental health...

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LIVE at London Podcast Festival: Westminster elitism - with Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Nadine Batchelor-Hunt

Released 6 October 2022

Coming to you from the London Podcast Festival: The Guilty Feminist presents Media Storm’s debut show, live from King’s Place!

Presented by journalists Mathilda Mallinson and Helena...

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2.7 'Gypsy, Roma, Traveller’: Why is prejudice on the rise? - with Mikey Walsh

Released 29 September 2022

Warning: Some strong language and reference to suicide 

We often think of ‘progress’ as an enemy of ‘prejudice’, but when it comes to prejudice towards Gypsy, Roma and...

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Bonus episode - This is How You Do It: Reed Amber and Florence Bark of Come Curious

Released 8 September 2022

Warning: Strong language and frank discussions about sex

Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The Guilty Feminist,...

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2.6 STIs: We need to talk about men and HPV - with Alix Fox

Released 1 September 2022

Come to Media Storm's live show at the London Podcast Festival! 18th September, 7pm TICKETS HERE: kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm/ 


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Bonus episode - Looking to Indigenous climate leadership, with Rachel Heaton

Released 25 August 2022

Indigenous peoples who live off the land are often the first affected by climate change, just as they are the last to cause it. But what is often told as a story of injustice should be a story of...

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2.5. Climate frontlines: The truth about Big Oil – with Thimali Kodikara

Released 18 August 2022

Warning: References to stillbirth

WATCH MEDIA STORM’S DEBUT LIVE RECORDING AT KING’S PLACE, 17/09, 7PM: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/media-storm/

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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Bristol Sex Workers Collective

Released 11 August 2022

Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The Guilty Feminist, they interview journalists and activists trying to make their...

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2.4 Masculinity and body image: Why don't men seek help? - with Scottee

Released 4 August 2022

Warning: In-depth talk about eating disorders, exercise addiction and references to suicide. 

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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Jamie Wareham

Released 28 July 2022

Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Jamie Wareham

Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The...

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2.3 Unoffending pedophiles: Clinical or criminal?

Released 21 July 2022

Warning: References to child sexual abuse and pornography

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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Released 14 July 2022

Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The Guilty Feminist, they interview journalists and activists trying to make an...

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2.2 Abortion post Roe v Wade: How safe are UK reproductive rights? - with Renee Bracey Sherman

Released 7 July 2022

Across the pond, the United States Supreme Court made the decision to overturn Roe v Wade, meaning 33 million women in America were stripped of the right to an abortion. Many US states have...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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