The Amazing Life of Christine Granville

You can make a pretty good case that the rise of opinion “news” and filter bubbles on cable tv created the current cultural and political schism that plagues American society. How did it start? Where did it come from? And what the heck can we do about it?See omnystudio.com/listen ...  Show more

Back in the day, broadcasters were bound by law to provide contrasting opinions on political matters. Why? Because of the Fairness Doctrine. What happened to it? Listen to this classic episode and find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Tracey Scott Wilson, the screenwriter of the new Aretha Franklin bio pic "Respect," joins CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett to discuss how she wrote the script in just four months. The film which stars Jennifer Hudson in the title role premieres August 13th. Wilson opens up ab ...  Show more

Jackie Kennedy changed the cultural outlook of the United States during her brief role as First Lady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

This week, it's an episode from Warfare, a podcast from our friends at History Hit. It's 1942. The year Anne Frank and her family went into hiding during the Second World War. It was there that Anne began keeping a diary that would become one of the most recognisable testimonies ...  Show more

Christine Hart watched Mazher Mahmood at close range. As a fellow investigative reporter at News of the World in the 90s and 00s, she played roles including the sheikh’s wife, an arms dealer and a stripper. Christine tells Alice Levine what Mahmood was really like, and what he’s ...  Show more