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Paddy Duffy, the Quiz King of Glasgow, returns to give his verdict on the Holyrood elections. A Reform surge, a Labour collapse and an Independence Supporting majority. Who are the big winners in the new Scottish Parliament? Want to get TALK MEDIA fresh from the studio on the day of recording? Join the Supporters Club for £3.96/month at ⁠thebiglight.com/talkmedia⁠

We are delighted to welcome back Laura Webster to the show again this week. Thanks to Laura for taking time away from The National to chat with us. Later today, we will post an unedited video version of the main show recording - give us your feedback and let us know if it is something you'd be interested in having as well as the audio version. Recommendations: Laura 'The High Life' - The Musical 9 Inch Noise 2026 Album on Spotify Stuart Club Cumming - NYC Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Quiz King Paddy Duffy sits down with Stuart Cosgrove to discuss the upcoming Holyrood election. Who will be First Minister? Will Reform UK take a big ol' pile of seats? Will Scottish Labour collapse after Anas Sarwar tried to chuck Keir Starmer? All this and more in your FREE AD-SUPPORTED version of Talk Media. Want to get TALK MEDIA fresh from the studio on the day of recording? Join the Supporters Club for £3.96/month at thebiglight.com/talkmedia

A special episode with Prof sir John Curtice. Many thanks to John for giving us his time. To hear these episodes fresh from the studio each week, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia For the price of a cup of coffee, you get the weekly episode immediately after recording PLUS a Bonusode featuring all our patreon's listener questions - your question can be submitted once you sign up.

Journalist, photographer and foreign correspondent David Pratt brings us up to date with the current chaos in 'The Middle East' and ‘Nobody told ME!' and 'BBC Cuts'. It's great to have David back safe and sound from his recent trip to Iraq and to get the opportunity to hear his expert take on the goings on. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON CLUB FOR £3.96 PER MONTH.

It's a pleasure to welcome back Shona Caven to Talk Media this week. If you want to hear the episode on Wednesdays and the listener questions bonusode each week, support us at www.Patreon.com/talkmedia

It's a pleasure to welcome back Shona Caven to Talk Media this week. If you want to hear the episode on Wednesdays and the listener questions bonusode each week, support us at www.Patreon.com/talkmedia

David Pratt is back in the studio with Stuart Cosgrove to give us his specialist insights in to the Middle East and get behind the media coverage and give us a proper understanding of the station as only he can. Listener questions and recommendations from the boys will follow in tomorrow's bonusode! If you want to hear the episode on Wednesdays and the listener questions bonusode each week, support us at www.Patreon.com/talkmedia

Paddy's in the house once again to chew over this week's topics over multiple cups of tea with Stuart. Listener questions and recommendations from the boys will follow in tomorrow's bonusode! If you want to hear the episode on Wednesdays and the listener questions bonusode each week, support us at www.Patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's our show from Wednesday 25th Feb with Stuart Cosgrove and guest TV producer, Quiz supremo and all round talking encyclopaedia, Paddy Duffy. To receive the show as it happens and to hear our extended listener questions bonus that publishes every Thursday, join us on www.patreon.com/talkmedia This totally independent podcast relies on our patreon supporters. By joining patreon, you can also submit questions every week. Thank you for your continued support and look out for more interviews in the coming weeks with key figures from the media.

Stuart and Eamonn are back to dissect the happenings in the media! Labour Together have been up to some suspicious stuff, bringing Keir Starmer's position into more doubt, the BBC are looking to claw back £600 million in lost licence fee payments, and Bella Caledonia believes that Scotland has a “one-dimensional media class that all says the same thing and all agrees about everything” - are they right? The guys also answer a listeners' question and offer up their recommendations (links below!) Stuart Cosgrove recommends… HH: Helenio Herrera - Football's Original Master of the Dark Arts by Richard Fitzpatrick - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hh-9781399425087/ Eamonn O'Neill recommends… Small prophets (BBC) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q765/small-prophets The Great Santini, starring the late Robert Duvall - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_santini

We're delighted to welcome Laura Webster, Editor of The National to the show. Unfortunately Laura is suffering with a really bad cold and had to record from home, which shows a little in the quality of the audio but her contributions are wonderful as always and I'm sure that all of our listeners will take a lot from the show. Stuart and Laura pick over the fallout from that front page of The National and discuss what's next for Anas Sarwar, as well as answering questions from our patrons in the main show. For our Patreon supporters, look out tomorrow for our extended Listeners' Questions edition! Support us on Patreon

This week Stuart and Eamonn return as they dissect the Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice and ask what they mean for some of the major names implicated in the convicted paedophile's crimes.  This is the big story of the week, for obvious reasons, but the guys also touched on the mass layoffs at The Washington Post and Jeff Bezos' role in that. Alex MacDonald asked a great question about Reform's latest tactics which Eamonn covered off about halfway through the show too - we hope it answered your question on Farage's next steps Alex! For our Patreon supporters, look out tomorrow for our extended Listeners' Questions edition! Support us on Patreon

This week it's a very special episode of Talk Media as we welcome the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP, John Swinney MSP, to the programme.  In conversation with broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove, the First Minister chats about his media tastes, his takes on his portrayal by the media, and Stuart even manages to get some fresh insight into some stories that he was recently a major part of. He also shares his thoughts on Nigel Farage and the rise of Reform UK in Scotland. Support Talk Media on Patreon for great bonus content and to have your questions answered on the show by Stuart and his guests: patreon.com/talkmedia

We hope you enjoy this free full episode of Talk Media from Wednesday 12th November. If you would like to hear the show on the day of recording and support the making of this podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia Our pricing of 99p per episode helps us cover some of the costs of producing this independent look at the big stories hitting our media every week.

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

For the full episode go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full episode with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full episode with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

To hear the whole show, go to www.talkmedia.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full episode with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full episode with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full Gaza Special with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full Gaza Special with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full Gaza Special with Listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full 3 topic podcast with listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full 3 topic podcast with listener questions and recommendations, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's the first topic from today's Talk Media Episode. To hear the full hour long podcast, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

Here's a 20 min listen to this week's Talk Media. To hear the full 3 topics, Listener questions and recommendations, go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/enoch-starmer-in-128938550?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

This week, in the second of our series of deep dives, we are talking about Ukraine with Talk Media pal David Pratt. We are really grateful to David for bringing his real life experiences and insights to the podcast and listeners. This podcast was recorded in advance of release.

We've taken this opportunity to welcome Talk Media regular David Pratt in to the studio to record this 2 part series starting with Palestine. With Trump taking up so much of the news space, this gives us a chance to do a deep dive into this horrific conflict that seems to have dropped down the news cycle. A huge thanks to David for taking the time to come in and give us the benefit of his experience and expertise. Part 2 Ukraine will be available next week.

This week we've gone for 2 topics and 7 listener questions. Get the kettle on! We made the 6 part podcast Hunting The Whisky Bandits with BBC Disclosure. Check itnout here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029kxz

The boys are in great form this week as they chat through the topics that hit their media radar. Listener questions from Lorraine Kerr, Roger Hyam and Thomas Devlin.

This week the boys are on good form as they chew over the week's topics. Listener questions come from Alex MacDonald and Kevin Rinchey. Apologies for not getting the shout out for questions earlier. If you want to submit a question for the boys, please fire us a question in by 2pm on a Wednesday in the comments areas or messaging areas of Patreon and we will do our best to get it discussed. To hear the full episode, go to www.patreon.com/talkmedia

This week the dynamic duo return to talk the week's big media stories with listener questions from Iain Campbell, Gordon Cuthbertson, Alex MacDonald and Michael Mackinnon.