Podcast – Frontline Club

Podcast: In Conversation with Seymour Hersh – The Killing of Osama Bin Laden

Adam Barr — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:25:16 +0000

Seymour Hersh established himself at the forefront of investigative journalism more than four decades ago winning a Pulitzer Prize with an exposé of the massacre in My Lai, Vietnam.

So when Hersh published a controversial essay presenting a counter-narrative to the US government’s account of the killing of Osama Bin Laden readers around the world paid attention.

Seymour Hersh’s new book, The Killing of Osama Bin Laden, expands on that essay and how the killing of Bin Laden boosted President Obama’s re-election campaign, and delves into the foreign policy decisions made by the White House under Obama’s leadership.

Insight with Molly Crabapple: Drawing Blood

Adam Barr — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:12:21 +0000

Acclaimed journalist and artist Molly Crabapple has drawn and reported on stories from Guantanamo Bay, Syria, the West Bank, Iraqi Kurdistan and across the United States.

With her powerful illustrations she has pushed the boundaries of visual reportage – and established an important place for art in hard news.

She spoke at the Frontline Club with writer and friend Natasha Lenard about censorship, pain, the subversive power of drawing and Donald Trump.

Podcast: How To Fix Nigeria

Adam Barr — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:27:03 +0000

Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, has a booming population and a vibrant fashion and film industry, so how has the crash in the price of oil hit Nigeria so hard?

Funmi Iyanda has been trying to wrap her head around Nigeria’s problems for two years. In partnership with the Frontline Club and the Royal African Society, Funmi enlisted the expert insight of Professor Charles Soludo, Feyi Fawehinmi and Natznet Tesfay to help understand Nigeria’s myriad problems and begin to think of ways to fix the Nigerian economy.