After a two-week hiatus, Podaganda Episode 5 is here. Journalists Ben Cowles and Steve Sweeney discuss:

The Blairite-Tory alliance party Change UK splitting / Theresa May’s resignation / and Donald Trump’s visit to Britain (2:11) The Turkish state objects to Kurdish journalist Seda Taskin’s acquittal claiming her work is spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’ And gay rugby player Ken Macahria speaks with Ben Cowles about the fears he will face persecution in Kenya if Britain deports him

Brace yourself for profoundly left-wing views and plenty of bad language

Show notes

Change UK falls apart as 6 of its 11 MPs quit the Blairite-Tory alliance mstar.link/2EUkA09

Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives Tweet mstar.link/2Mu3tII

Theresa May resigns: mstar.link/2WoCuCR

Trump’s visit to Britain: mstar.link/2Kvmhoi

Update on Kurdish jouranlist Seda Taskin: mstar.link/2WKP5j1

Make sure to check out US jouranlist Jeremy Scahill’s brilliant podcast Intercepted here: mstar.link/2WrriFq

Police storm Sydney headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: mstar.link/2IfmE3q

France attacks press freedom: mstar.link/2ZckB7s

Check out Ben’s articles on Ken Macharia’s case here: mstar.link/2KvY0yy, mstar.link/2IkaeHQ, and mstar.link/2K3dkTM

You can follow Steve Sweeney and Ben Cowles on Twitter via @SweeneySteve and @Cowlesz

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