Robyn Vinter, the founder and editor of The Overtake, an independent news and commentary site. For anyone interested in the ins and outs of running a media company, especially an independent one. We got into the economics of independent media, the different ways in which they have funded the site since it’s conception…
Tag: Politics
Chatter #54 – Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes on Means TV and the Future of Streaming
The founders of Means TV, Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes were our guests on today’s show. Several years ago they realised that the skills they had garnered creating advertising content for their corporate clients could easily be turned to support political causes that they believed in. Having created the first viral campaign video…
Distraction Politics Will Dominate This Election
In the modern world our senses are being relentlessly assaulted. Every single app, screen, notification, billboard, and TV show, are fighting for every morsel of your attention. Donald Trump pioneered the real-world application of this technology. His outrageous statements, lies, and scandals, came thick and fast, each one distracting you from the last,…
Chatter Episode 48 – Luke Watson on Brexit Negotiations, Chequers, and Planning for ‘No Deal’
Luke Watson, a Research Executive at Get Britain Out, was the guest on today’s show. We wanted to discuss the current state of the Brexit negotiations with someone inside the Brexit campaign and Luke certainly gave us an excellent insight. We are aware that sometimes we tend to interview people who have a…
Brexit: A Depressing State Of Affairs
The single most depressing part about being 24 and living in the UK is the utter lack of regard for the potential damage that is being done to the British economy surrounding Brexit. I’m not convinced it was a good idea even if it had been implemented perfectly, with a well thought through…
Chatter Episode 43 – Jackson Rawlings on How We Could Reform the UK Political System
Jackson Rawlings, the editor at The Politicalists, was our guest on today’s show. Today’s chat is a little more abstract than many of the discussions that we have been having of late, we got into a number of different discussions about the current state of British politics, the left-right divide, political polarisation, the…
