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    Protests In Glasgow & The Tartan Army in the USA with Angela Haggerty

    18/06/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    Stuart Cosgrove is joined by journalist Angela Haggerty to get behind the headlines from this week. Angela was present at the anti-racism protest in Glasgow, and they also take a look at the Tartan Army's invasion of the USA.

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    Will Hayward on the Rise of Plaid Cymru & The Fall of Welsh Labour

    16/06/2026 | 47 mins.
    We are delighted to bring you something a little different this week in the company of multi award-winning journalist Will Hayward.

    Stuart and Will discuss Welsh politics, identity and how it all worked together to bring Plaid Cymru the leadership of the Senedd.

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    Murrell, Sturgeon, Uygur, Piker & More with Laura Webster

    03/06/2026 | 47 mins.
    Laura Webster, editor of The National, returns to the Talk Media hot seat as she and Stuart Cosgrove get behind the big stories of the week, talking more about the Peter Murrell scandal - specifically about the media's treatment of Nicola Sturgeon, touch on the ban on Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker entering the country and ask if degrees are even worth the paper they're printed on...

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    Murrell-Mania with Paddy Duffy

    27/05/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    Paddy Duffy returns to the Talk Media hot seat as he and Stuart Cosgrove get behind the big stories of the week, talking about the Peter Murrell scandal and the Section 30 vote in the Scottish Parliament...

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    The Latest from Iran & Ukraine with David Pratt

    22/05/2026 | 43 mins.
    Foreign Correspondent David Pratt (The National, The Herald) joins Stuart Cosgrove (Off The Ball, BBC Radio Scotland) to discuss the latest from the front lines of conflicts in Iran & Ukraine and how the UK media is portraying the conflicts. They also discuss the ongoing Labour leadership battle.

    Will it be Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, or can Keir Starmer hang on?

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Broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove and guests bring you Talk Media: a forensic analysis of how the media works, and who works the media. Packed full of candid commentary and informed opinion, Talk Media features a weekly guest commentator from the worlds of journalism, entertainment and politics. Full episodes are published weekly on Wednesday evenings via our Supporters Club. Join our Supporters Club now to listen for 99p per week: thebiglight.com/talkmedia
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