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‘Oxygen given to anti-immigration groups’, ‘Why is the Scottish media reluctant to report ‘Secret State’ stories?’ and ‘The Lord Advocate reaffirms support for protest here in Scotland within legal bo...

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Aug 20

Welcome back Angela Haggerty!

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Gaza Special with David Pratt | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you to @foreigncorr1.bsky.social and @eamonnoneill.bsky.social for this Gaza Special extended show.

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‘Greens at War’, ‘WeTransfer’s A.I. Harvest’ and ‘70% of Scottish Businesses back a Scots Visa’ | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks to Stuart Cosgrove and @EamonnONeill for our 280th episode!

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‘Super Injunctions are back!’, ‘Fake News Travels Fast’ and ‘Trump’s Coming to Scotland’ - Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks to Stuart Cosgrove and @eamonnoneill.bsky.social for the late recording today.

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jun 18

Batman and Robin talk over some of this week's stories and of course Stuart manages to get some Northern Soul chat in and Eamonn gets hot on Flags.......
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‘Bad News for The News’, ‘Union Jack Stooshie’ and ‘What a Lot of Rubbish’ | Talk Media

‘By-Election Coverage - how did our media do?’, ‘The Freedom Flotilla’ and ‘The BBC to Serve the Reform Audience’ | Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jun 11

The show was all done and dusted before the UK Chancellor's Spending review so that should hit our topics for consideration next week.
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‘Racism and Sectarianism - Farage Style’, ‘The Centralisation of the Scottish Media’ and an extended Listener's questions. | Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · May 28

‘Racism and Sectarianism - Farage Style’, ‘The Centralisation of the Scottish Media’ and an extended Listener's questions.
A look at the upcoming by-election and much more with
@eamonnoneill.bsky.social and Stuart Cosgrove
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‘The UK makes a fishy deal’, ‘Lineker leaves the BBC’ and ‘Who actually took that photograph?’ | Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · May 21

Yet another roasting day in the studio - NOT complaining!!!

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‘Enoch Starmer’, ‘Hamas Hostage Release’ and ‘Assisted Dying Vote In Holyrood’ | Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · May 14

What a fantastic episode from the Dynamic Duo.

You won't get chat like this anywhere else - all all for the cost of a cup of coffee per month.

Get in!

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The Media under a Global Threat - Part 1 Palestine | Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Apr 10

The Media under a Global Threat - Part 1 Palestine with @eamonnoneill.bsky.social and @foreigncorr1.bsky.social
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This podcast is generously supported by our Patreon members.

batman and robin are running down the street in a dynamic duo .

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Mar 12

The Dynamic Duo of @eamonnoneill.bsky.social and Stuart Cosgrove return to discuss ‘Kransov - Agent Orange Baby or Conspiracy Theory’, ‘More SNP lifers to stand down’ and ‘Michael Sheen - Man of the People’
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Labour Defence Announcement, Public Prayer and Sunset Song and book banning / with Lesley Riddoch and John Nicolson | Talk Media

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Feb 26

Labour Defence Announcement, Public Prayer and Sunset Song and book banning / @eamonnoneill.bsky.social with @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social and @johnnicolson.bsky.social

A joy to welcome back these two voices to the podcast.

Listener questions from Bill White and David MacDonald.

'Trump to the Rescue' and 'Arts for Arts Sake' / with Catriona Stewart and Angela Haggerty | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Feb 19

With Trump acting like King of the world, can the media keep us grounded in fact, stop crazy talk being normalised here in the UK and help politicians resist the temptation to adopt the same Trump sloganeering tactics?
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"Let Hell Break Out" and 'Farage sets sights on Scotland' / with Ruth Wishart and David Pratt | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thanks to @foreigncorr1.bsky.social @eamonnoneill.bsky.social @ruthwishart.bsky.social for giving us their time and expertise on todays two topics.

"Let Hell Break Out" and 'Farage sets sights on Scotland'

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“Clearing out Gaza,” the UK media reacts to Reeves’ ‘runway to growth’ and an extended listener questions / with David Pratt | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jan 30

Today, a deep dive into the stories hitting the media both here at home and across the Atlantic with Eamonn O'Neill and David Pratt.
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‘Ceasefire in Gaza’; ‘Trump 2.0 Speaks’ and ‘When the Media Solves the Mystery’ / with Catriona Stewart and David Pratt | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jan 23

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‘UK’s First Drug Consumption Opens’ ‘Can Artificial Intelligence Save Labour?’ and ‘Sturgeon Splits as Ferry Sails’ / with Alison Thewliss and Angela Haggerty - Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Jan 15

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Happy New Year to you all from everyone at The Big Light. Here's a free listen to the first topic from this week's show. If you want to hear the other two topics, listener questions and recommendatio...

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Dec 4

Big show today with incredible analysis of the Irish election and a superb discussion on the Alex Salmond Memorial service and Bake off Scandal with Eamonn O'Neill, Paddy Duffy and Angela Haggerty.

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The State of Joe Biden’s Legacy, Free Speech in the UK, and the Media’s Obsession with Celebrity following one of the most hyped up boxing matches in recent memory / with Catriona Stewart and Angela H...

Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thanks to Eamonn O'Neill , Catriona Stewart and Angela Haggerty for giving us their insights over this week's talking points.

Fully independent analysis of the news and media -
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Led By Donkeys, Screen Scotland Expose BBC Commissioning and SNP Big Hitters To Come Home / with Ruth Wishart and David Pratt | Talk Media

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Talk Media from thebiglight.com @talkmedia.bsky.social · Nov 14

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