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Freelance Pod

Jan 29, 2019

Producer Leona Fensome guests on the podcast to tell us about working on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

After working in written journalism in her native Australia, Leona tried out some audio and liked it. Two years ago, after moving to the UK with her British husband, Leona ended up in the BBC's freelance pool, and, after...


Jan 21, 2019

British freelance journalist Jennifer O'Mahony (Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaomahony) is now based in West Africa - mostly in Dakar, Senegal - and her job would be much harder without Whatsapp. Technology leapt from the analogue age to smartphones in the area she covers, so contacts prefer Whatsapping, speaking on the...


Jan 12, 2019

I sat down with Charlie Brooker this week to profile him for New Statesman, here's the link to the piece:  https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2019/01/black-mirror-s-charlie-brooker-using-bandersnatch-politics-s-fantasy-isn-t

We talked about Bandersnatch, politics, 80s music, how much his kids love the Alexa...