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Media Tribe

40 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -

Media Tribe is a show that tells the story behind the storyteller. It's an opportunity to step into the shoes of the most respected journalists, directors and media executives.

Each episode looks at the journalist's journey into the industry, the impact they’ve had along the way and some of their most crazy experiences working in the industry. The stories that never quite made it to air!

Shaunagh interviews some of the most respected journalists, Oscar-nominated filmmakers and executives from across the globe, including Channel 4’s Jon Snow, BBC’s Kate Adie, The New York Times' Pulitzer Prize winner Malachy Browne, CNN’s Nima Elbagir and Rana Ayyub of the Washington Post to name a few.

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Episodes

Claire Byrne | A mentor in Gay Byrne, Irish mother & baby homes & surviving the treadmill

March 03, 2021 05:01 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Dhruti Shah | Eye witness news, Bear Markets & dealing with trauma

February 24, 2021 05:01 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Ben de Pear | Escaping Iran, Sri Lanka's killing fields & a mysterious midnight nurse

February 17, 2021 05:01 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Diane Foley SPOTLIGHT | James Foley & moral courage, Libya kidnapping & beheaded by ISIS

February 12, 2021 05:01 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Carole Cadwalladr | Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's role in Brexit & a revealing lunch

February 10, 2021 05:01 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Greg Williams | WIRED, artificial intelligence bias & a Tory leader tumble

February 03, 2021 05:01 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

A.C. Thompson | ProPublica, US Capitol insurrection & reporting neo-Nazis

January 27, 2021 05:01 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Nawal Al-Maghafi | Reporting Yemen's war, pleasure marriages in Iraq & a stale glass of milk

January 20, 2021 05:01 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Nick Verbitsky | Insider trading on Wall Street, Steve Cohen & a secret drop off

January 13, 2021 05:01 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Maria Ressa & Ramona Diaz SPOTLIGHT | Disinformation, erosion of democracies & the prospect of jail

January 08, 2021 05:01 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Dorothy Byrne | Motherhood penalty, 'Leaving Neverland' & alpha males in an edit suite

January 06, 2021 05:01 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Josh Baker | Escaping an ISIS car bomb, directing Louis Theroux & 'I'm Not A Monster'

December 30, 2020 05:01 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Matina Stevis-Gridneff | Refugees in Greece, reporting Eritrea & a shower in Uganda

December 16, 2020 05:01 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡ Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Versha Sharma | Interviewing Obama, Texas death penalty & Pussy Riot in Russia

December 09, 2020 05:01 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

This episode's sponsors: Noa ⚡ The first 100 people to use this link (or use discount code TRIBE50) will get a free week of Noa Premium, plus 50% off the annual price: ⚡   🎁 Give the gift of audio-journalism this holiday season and help a loved one or colleague learn and grow in 2021. Share a 6-month Noa Premium gift subscription (non-renewing) for only $25 (saving 58%): https://newsoveraudio.com/gift 🎁 Credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson...

Gretchen Carlson SPOTLIGHT | Fox News, sexual harassment & aggressive NDAs

December 07, 2020 05:01 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB

Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Jane Bradley | Russian assassinations, unmasking ISIS terrorists & walking across hot coal

December 02, 2020 05:01 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Ryan Tubridy | The Late Late Show, a love for Ireland & an encounter with Gerry Adams

November 25, 2020 05:01 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Deborah Rayner | Being an exec at CNN, broadcasting from Iran & a visit from a mercenary

November 18, 2020 05:01 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Azmat Khan | Exposing myths of war, US airstrikes in Iraq & being stalked in Pakistan

November 11, 2020 05:01 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Edward Watts | Making For Sama, ISIS slaves & a druglord in a favela

November 04, 2020 05:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Donie O'Sullivan | QAnon, the missing million & being hunted by a conspiracy theorist

October 28, 2020 04:01 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Donie O'Sullivan | QAnon, the missing million and being hunted by a conspiracy theorist

October 28, 2020 04:01 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

This episode features CNN's Donie O'Sullivan. Donie is a politics and technology reporter who covers everything from big tech, conspiracy theories, fake news and disinformation campaigns targeting the American electorate. Donie was previously part of CNN's social discovery team and before that he worked for Storyful, the social media verification news agency.

Farai Chideya | Being black in Baltimore, white supremacy and the KKK & a party with Madonna

October 21, 2020 04:01 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Peter Geoghegan | Ditching academia, investigating dark money in politics & Mongolian wrestling

October 14, 2020 04:01 - 24 minutes - 35.7 MB

Follow Peter on twitter and buy his Sunday Times bestseller Democracy for Sale Dark Money And Dirty Politics here. Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Basma Khalifa | Growing up in Northern Ireland, inside the real Saudi Arabia and getting kicked out of her birthplace

October 07, 2020 04:01 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy | Asking tough questions, war in Yemen and Robert Downey Jr walkout

September 30, 2020 04:01 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Raney Aronson-Rath | Growing up without a TV, public broadcasting in the US & pictures of George Bush

September 23, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Kate Adie | Iranian embassy siege, Tiananmen Square massacre and the Troubles in Northern Ireland

September 16, 2020 04:01 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Malachy Browne | Las Vegas mass shooting, Russian bombs on Syrian hospitals and a body in Gaza

September 09, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

For more on Malachy Follow Malachy on Twitter and follow his investigations here. Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Waad al-Kateab | Filming a revolution, Aleppo under siege and a mistaken identity

September 02, 2020 04:01 - 27 minutes - 28 MB

For more on Waad Follow Waad on Twitter and Instagram and follow Action for Sama on Twitter. Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Samantha Barry | Being at the forefront of digital, radio in Papua New Guinea and interviewing Trump in a toilet

August 26, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutes - 50.9 MB

For more on Samantha Follow Samantha on Twitter and on Instagram. Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Julie Cohen | A New York smoked fish shop, the Notorious RBG and refusing to buy a guitar for an inmate

August 19, 2020 04:01 - 28 minutes - 53 MB

For more on Julie Follow Julie on Twitter and watch the trailer for RBG here. Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Evan Davis | Peak bullshit and post truth, mind the gap and a kidnapping in India

August 12, 2020 04:01 - 28 minutes - 45.9 MB

For more on Evan Follow Evan on Twitter and view his profile on BBC. Episode credits Hosted and produced by Shaunagh Connaire and edited by Ryan Ferguson.

Nima Elbagir | Being a person of colour in journalism, slavery in Libya and a machete in the DRC

August 05, 2020 08:11 - 27 minutes - 46.6 MB

Nima Elbagir is a Sudanese born journalist and an award-winning international television correspondent. Nima was named the 2020 Royal Television Society 'Television Journalist of the Year' and recently received the prestigious 2019 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in the Investigative category for her reporting on human rights abuses, with the jurors citing her "fearless reporting across Africa, from a modern-day slave market in Libya, to child labour in Congo, and a smugg...

Giles Duley | Marilyn Manson, Kholoud’s story and standing on a landmine in Afghanistan

July 29, 2020 04:01 - 33 minutes - 62.1 MB

Award-winning photographer Giles Duley started off in music and fashion, photographing the likes of Oasis, Marilyn Manson and Pulp. Becoming disillusioned with the commercial world, he went on to document the aftermath of conflict in countries like Iraq, Lebanon, Angola and Rwanda. In 2011 while on foot patrol with the US army in Afghanistan, he stood on a landmine and lost three limbs. Giles is the founder and CEO of the Legacy of War Foundation. For more on Giles Follow Giles on ...

Lyse Doucet | Afghanistan attempted assassination, Syria under siege and dressing up as a man

July 22, 2020 04:01 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

We talk about Lyse’s extensive reporting in Syria, particularly her time in besieged Yarmouk where children told Lyse they had to eat boiled grass in order to survive, being present during the attempted assassination of Hamid Karzai, the then Afghan President and growing up in New Brunswick, Canada. For more on Lyse Follow Lyse on Twitter and view her profile on the BBC here. More on Media Tribe View our website for more information and episode notes and follow our host Shaunagh...

Arielle Duhaime-Ross | Science, Hookworm and Polar Bears

July 15, 2020 04:15 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

Arielle talks about being the first climate correspondent on American TV, her near close shave with a polar bear in Greenland and her experience of being targeted with death and rape threats by trolls. She also delves into her important investigation about hookworms in Alabama. For more on Arielle Follow Arielle on Twitter and her Reset podcast. More on Media Tribe View our website for more information and episode notes and follow our host Shaunagh on Twitter.

Rana Ayyub | Being Muslim in India, investigating extrajudicial killings and smuggling a Western journalist into Kashmir

July 15, 2020 04:15 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MB

Rana talks about sneaking a New Yorker magazine journalist, Dexter Filkins into Kashmir, how her reporting led to the arrest of Amit Shah, the now Union Home Minister of India, her undercover sting operation into the 2002 riots in India’s Gujarat province that killed more than 1,000 people and growing up as a young Muslim girl in India. For more on Rana Follow Rana on Twitter and her stories published in The Washington Post here. You can find her book "Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a c...

Jon Snow | Kicked out of university, the Desert One disaster in Iran and a flight with Idi Amin

July 15, 2020 04:15 - 27 minutes - 38 MB

Jon talks about spending time with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and contemplating shooting him, how he knew a young girl who died in the burning of Grenfell Tower, the staggering inequality in Britain and his deep love for Iran. He also takes us back to his Liverpool university days where he spent his time revolting and was eventually booted out. For more on Jon Follow Jon on Twitter. More on Media Tribe View our website for more information and episode notes and follow our host Shau...

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Starting July 15th, Media Tribe introduces the journalist behind the story. Each episode looks at the journalist's journey into the industry, the impact they’ve had along the way and some of their most crazy experiences working in the industry. The stories that never quite made it to air! Shaunagh interviews some of the most respected journalists, Oscar-nominated filmmakers and executives from across the globe, including Channel 4’s Jon Snow, BBC’s Kate Adie, The New York Times' Pu...

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