23 November 2013
Episode 65
01 hour
A cartoon and satire special with Private Eye cartoonist Nick Newman and media analyst Stephen Armstrong. Plus, we head to Cairo to find out about Egypt’s flourishing satirical journalism and meet one of The New Yorker’s talented cartoonists.
23 November 2013
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