The Fault Line is out now! In some ways it is a spiritual successor to the The Sun King. By understanding how we got to the war in Iraq, maybe we can better understand the world we live in now
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Co-Founder of . Formerly at . Produced The Sun King. The Fault Line. Series for BBC, ESPN, 538, Audible, Wondery.
Joined February 2013
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Can’t wait for this!!
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I’ll be talking to @LizzieBordenLA at the ICA on Sunday 2 April after a screening of her film WORKING GIRLS, a remarkable, witty piece of sex work cinema. Tickets here: ica.art/films/working-
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Thanks for this review of The Last Soviet !
"these are absorbing tales of insane bravery, Cold War one-upmanship, and finding oneself trapped – quite literally – on the wrong side of history."
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Biased but this episode is a banger! So many great characters in this story
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Did you know the first British astronaut was a woman who won a place in space after hearing an ad on the radio? And that she trained in a secret facility just outside of Moscow called Star City. The same place Lance Bass trained! Episode 3 out now!
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Thank you so much for this review of The Last Soviet.
"The Last Soviet delivers a vivid slice of sociopolitical history while allowing us to bask in the wonder of human beings climbing aboard space rockets and blasting off into the unknown."
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.@fionasturges reviews The Last Soviet – a new podcast telling the story of Sergei Krikalev, the flight engineer from Leningrad who, in 1991, was stationed alone on Mir, the Soviet space station, just as his country was collapsing.
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It's here! 😍😍😍😍😍
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And we have lift off! Episode 1 of our series with @kscope_nyc is here. Space, politics, the Soviet Union...and N Sync. Go get it while it's still hot
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Crying 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
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What a way to wake up on a Sunday. Thank you so much @msmirandasawyer for such a lovely review of our show with @kscope_nyc. Could not have asked for a nicer write up!
In Miranda's words: "The Last Soviet...how could anyone resist?"
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Here it is. The thing we have been working on for the past year!
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Time for end of year tweet! Samizdat's first year and it's been a lot of fun. Here are some of the things we have worked on in 2022
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I stand with colleagues who are working tirelessly on this: if uses its platform to elevate work which discriminates against members of marginalised communities, then it is not fit for purpose to serve any of us. Read more: tinyurl.com/27mh7nrb #UKARIAS
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This is great. Love this line from "British Scandal doesn’t aim high but it does what it does with aplomb." Think that captures the spirit of the show really well!
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Thank you @FionaSturges for this brilliant review of our upcoming @WonderyMedia British Scandal series on Boris Johnson.
Out tomorrow morning wherever you get your podcasts! twitter.com/ft4s/status/15…
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For anyone thinking about the long arc of post-Soviet history this weekend, this podcast about Boris Nemtsov is a reminder that, before there was one pathway for Russia, there were many pathways. Beautifully told by and .
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Very chuffed likes ’s first show. Get episode 2 now while it’s still hot!
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This is amazing. Our first show reviewed in the FT! So exciting
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Emphatic thumbs up from the FT! "Another Russia finds a fresh path into a familiar story, reframing it via one man’s dissent. For Nemtsova, Russia’s corruption and geopolitical bullying are personal and her outrage in this podcast is palpable."
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Very big week! Can now reveal Dasha is both my new business partner and best man at my imminent wedding 🤪🤪🤪
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Big week for me and my collaborator in business and leisure @jykes7. New company, new show, new website. samizdataudio.com
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Also big thanks to for being great to work with. And of course to for sharing her story and just being an incredible human being
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Really excited to finally be able to share the series we've been working on. It's also the first release from our new podcast company set up with my best man/best radio collaborator . More to come on that shortly but for now listen to this trailer!
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In 2015 Putin’s number one public enemy, Boris Nemtsov, was shot and killed in front of the Kremlin. His daughter, @ZhannaNemtsova, and @brhodes tell his story to find out: is another Russia possible?
Listen to the trailer for #AnotherRussia here
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Just seen British Scandal got nominated for two of these! Very exciting. Nice work :)
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Best Entertainment noms w/ @Createsoho
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Decode
Desert Island @dickspod
@elisjames and John Robins @nomadicrevery
Feast Is Feast with @ItsBigZuu
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PRESSED @itsmariammusa @AdeolaPatronne
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Was so fun producing this last night. and truly the masters. Bring on the British Scandal world tour !
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Last night’s #BritishScandalLive was so much fun. Thank you to everyone who came and to @msmirandasawyer for the great interview after. It’s the first time @Alicelevine and I have recorded one live, so also the first time I realised I’ve no idea what a Swiss accent sounds like
Trans lives are not up for debate. We are a group of audio professionals who condemn the nomination of the podcast ‘Nolan Investigates: Stonewall’ in two categories for the ARIAS 2022. Please read our statement. tinyurl.com/ytz4xj8w #UKARIAS
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This is so on point and also just infuriating. Why is there no even curiosity about this question amongst British journalists? Darr is still headteacher of a school ffs
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Re: this @nwquah piece on the UK press' dismissive response to The Trojan Horse Affair, I've got a q:
Has any UK outlet even *tried* to interview Rizvana Darr since it came out?
I've been looking and can't find even a "Darr declined to comment" anywhere
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This is great and well deserved recognition for a fantastic show!
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Cheat! has been included in @Spotify's Best Episodes Of 2021 - Congrats to the team @meeerakumar @jykes7 @lizziejacobs79 open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9d
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This is nice. For second year in a row a podcast I produce has been named by Apple as a best of the year. Have really enjoyed working on this with and .
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Why is JK Rowling acting as though her house in Edinburgh isn't a major tourist destination and that her house in Aberfeldy doesn't have a Wikipedia page? I really am asking people to think about that – when this has been true for YEARS, you have to wonder: then why right now?
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General all round legend and best podcast host ever has written a book. It's all about his crazy adventure running across the US a million times in the footsteps of Forrest Gump. Buy it now!
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I am so excited to listen to this and probably cry a lot. From one of the best people in radio/the country(world)
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I've got a documentary on the radio tonight! One of those ones where it's a piece of ur heart 
It's called Kaleidoscope and it's about trans youth. It's on at 11pm on BBC Radio 4 and it'll be available to listen again at this link after the broadcast: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00
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This has been pinned to my fridge for the last 2 years.
That's because, unlike the obsessive anti-trans cult, I've actually been repeatedly physically targeted - and beaten up! - for being a) left-wing and b) gay.
Yet bigots are portrayed as the real victims in this country.
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Here's the problem with the moral panic over anonymous Twitter accounts.
Some of the worst trolls have blue ticks and work for national media outlets.
This is a Times columnist gloating over the death of Dawn Foster, who died aged 34.
His career will suffer no consequences. twitter.com/gilescoren/sta
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the British media in 2021! where an honest and decent woman can get hounded by half the press because she's not an active reactionary while a columnist paid more than anyone I know can publicly laugh at a recently dead woman and almost certainly keep his lucrative employment!
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If you want to listen to a story about idiot hipster kids getting grifted by an idiot hipster kid then this is the story for you. It's fun! And very 2k06 vibe. A time when things could maybe still be fun
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I produced the latest episode of Cheat! and it’s all about The Hipster Grifter.
Huge thank you to @conniewang and @rilaws for taking part in the show. You are legends
Listen to the podcast here:
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Big shout out to for producing this episode of Cheat! She came in as a fellow, pitched the idea, did the research, carried out the interviews and put it all together. It's a brilliant story about how far you'd go to win.
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Launched a new show this week. It's called Cheat! It's about why people decide to break the rules. So many great stories. Big up to the brilliant for coming up with the idea and generally working flat out to make it happen.
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