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Welcome to The Big Threat. A podcast about the global information wars – and how mis- and disinformation are eroding the democracies we live in. In this podcast series, join Bryce Corbett on a trip around the world to meet the experts taking up the fight against fake news – in what has become a race against time.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Brave New World

    01/09/2025

    Episode 1: Brave New World

    Against the backdrop of the devastating LA fires, with a new President in the White House and as Meta announces its retreat from fact checking, Bryce visits San Francisco where public broadcaster KQED is mounting a rearguard action to fight fake news, and meets with Stanford University’s Professor Sam Wineburg - an academic sounding the alarm on a looming global disinformation crisis. Links: Sam Wineburg’s book, Verified Professor Sam Wineburg: Stanford KQED Youth Media Challenge Corporation for Public Broadcasting - US Articles: Sam Wineburg’s USA Today op-ed KQED faces budget cuts: $8m  Cuts threaten public broadcasting in the US Australian Government: Social media ban for under 16s Want more News Club in your life? We've got you... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our News Club newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch all our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@The Squiz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Host: Bryce Corbett Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

    43 min
  2. Episode 2: The Enemy Within

    01/09/2025

    Episode 2: The Enemy Within

    On the eve of a Presidential inauguration, Bryce travels to Washington and New York to meet media literacy advocates and fact-checking organisations nervously assessing their futures. As the FT Correspondent Andrew Jack provides a sobering take on the new US administration and its implications for democracy, a visit to a Manhattan elementary school provides a glimmer of hope.  Links: FT for Schools Take 2 Media Initiative News Literacy Project News Literacy in America Report Student Reporting Labs NAMLE: National Association for Media Literacy Education Pulitzer Centre: Journalist Classroom Visits Articles: Daron Acemoglu - Standard Oil op-ed in the Financial Times Trump-era funding cut delivers blow to local journalism as public broadcasting group forced to close - ABC This is what Russia propaganda looks like in 2024 - NPR This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children. Want more News Club in your life? We've got you... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our News Club newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch all our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@The Squiz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Host: Bryce Corbett Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

    40 min
  3. Episode 3: Fightback

    01/09/2025

    Episode 3: Fightback

    Still in New York, Bryce meets with the News Literacy Project’s Darragh Worland, and compares media literacy education notes with the Poynter Institute’s Brittani Kollar. And against a backdrop of government cuts to public broadcasting and media companies buckling to political pressure, he sits down with Michelle Lipkin who’s built a nationwide community of digital literacy educators, inspired by her own painful experience as a victim of one of the worst terrorist attacks the world has ever seen. Links: ⁠News Literacy Project⁠ ⁠News Literacy in America Report⁠ ⁠Poynter Institute - Media Wise⁠ ⁠National Association of Media Literacy Educators (NAMLE)⁠ ⁠Reuters Institute - Digital News Report⁠ ⁠Alan Miller: on founding the News Literacy Project⁠ Articles: ⁠Michelle Lipkin and Pan Am 103⁠ - PBS ⁠Paramount, SkyDance deal - CBS⁠ ⁠Paramount, CBS, Stephen Colbert + the SkyDance deal - The Guardian⁠ ⁠SkyDance pledges to end DEI at CBS and ‘root out bias’ - CNN⁠ ⁠Louisiana mandates Ten Commandments in every classroom - BBC This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children. Want more News Club in your life? We've got you... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our News Club newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch all our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@The Squiz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Host: Bryce Corbett Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

    39 min
  4. Episode 4: War Footing

    01/09/2025

    Episode 4: War Footing

    Bryce visits Estonia and Finland where he discovers a shared border with Russia has made universal media literacy not just a nice to have, but existential. Interviewing the Estonian education minister, Kristina Kallas and Finnish government officials - he learns that digital literacy is now a priority at all levels of government - including the Ministries of Defence. Links: EU DisinfoLab’s Doppelganger EU Digital Services Act Estonia Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisation Estonian Defence League US Embassy - Estonia - Small Grants Program Faktisk website Faktisk media literacy arm, Tenk NORDIS: The Nordic Hub for Digital and Information Disorder Finland’s National Audio Visual Institute Articles: EU Prepares Major Penalties against Elon Musk’s X - New York Times Fakitsk: Norway’s media literacy program - BBC Finnish newspaper hides news reports in online game - The Guardian This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children.  Want more News Club in your life? We've got you... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our News Club newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch all our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@The Squiz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Host: Bryce Corbett Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

    39 min
  5. Episode 5: When Terror Strikes

    01/09/2025

    Episode 5: When Terror Strikes

    In Paris, Bryce discovers how the 2015 Charlie Hebdo terror attacks focused the minds of French people to the importance of media literacy - such that lessons are now mandated in all French schools. He visits a high school classroom where teens are being taught to tell online fact from fiction, meets the Agence France Presse team of fact-checkers and sits down with a former journalist turned digital literacy advocate whose organisation, Lie Detectors, is tackling misinformation one lie at a time. Links: AFP Fact Check Entre Les Lignes CLEMI Mapping the media literacy landscape in France - European Digital Media Observatory Media & Learning in France Lie Detectors Articles: In France school lessons ask which Twitter post should you trust? - New York Times Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers - BBC This podcast has been made possible by the ⁠Winston Churchill Trust Australia⁠ See ⁠Newshounds by Squiz Kids⁠ for information about our media literacy program for primary school children.  Want more News Club in your life? We've got you... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our News Club newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch all our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@The Squiz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Host: Bryce Corbett Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

    39 min
  6. Episode 6: The Trust Deficit

    01/09/2025

    Episode 6: The Trust Deficit

    On the last leg of his international fact-finding mission, Bryce travels to London - where an academic’s calls for media literacy to be taught at school might finally be being answered. He also visits The Guardian newspaper to learn how they’re fighting fake news - and meets with a Cambridge professor who’s an expert on the psychology of misinformation and worries COVID may have changed everything. Links: Professor David Buckingham Professor Jon Roozenbeek House of Lords Report into Media Literacy New Yorker cartoon Guardian Foundation’s NewsWise program Ofcom’s Media Use in Britain Report Articles: Zinoviev letter was dirty trick by MI6 - The Guardian Professor Jon Roozenbeek on the Psychology of Misinformation Professor David Buckingham on the Media Literacy Report UK Parliament launches inquiry into media literacy This podcast has been made possible by the ⁠Winston Churchill Trust Australia⁠ See ⁠Newshounds by Squiz Kids⁠ for information about our media literacy program for primary school children.  Want more News Club in your life? We've got you... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our News Club newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch all our interviews ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@The Squiz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Host: Bryce Corbett Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

    40 min
  7. Episode 7: The Home Front

    01/09/2025

    Episode 7: The Home Front

    Having spent six weeks travelling to the US, UK, Finland, France and Estonia meeting international experts fighting the scourge of mis- and disinformation, Bryce returns to Australia to take stock of the situation at home. He sits down with the Governor-General, Sam Mostyn AC, former Labor leader Bill Shorten, the University of Canberra’s Professor Sora Park and McKinnon’s Exec Director of Democracy, Jay Weatherill to discover how their shared passion for defending Australia’s civic institutions means a belief in the urgent need for media literacy education. Links: Digital News Report - University of Canberra Squiz Kids Q+A with Governor General Sam Mostyn McKinnon Museum of Australian Democracy eSafety Commission AMLA - Australian Media Literacy Alliance ACARA - National Curriculum Authority - recommends Newshounds Articles: Social Media Minimum Age Bill eSafety Commission Guide  Social media ban review - 9 News Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’ - The Guardian Enforcing Australia's social media ban on kids is possible but contains risks, report says - BBC Social media age verification possible but laden with risks, landmark study warns - ABC This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children.

    33 min
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Welcome to The Big Threat. A podcast about the global information wars – and how mis- and disinformation are eroding the democracies we live in. In this podcast series, join Bryce Corbett on a trip around the world to meet the experts taking up the fight against fake news – in what has become a race against time.

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