It’s never a good sign when a news outlets’ top story is about itself but that’s where the BBC finds itself over the Huw Edwards scandal. @phillipsflo reports on the impact this could have for the British broadcaster ⏬⏬

“My choice of content was based on what I felt was lacking in the Indian mainstream media. There was a big empty space there waiting to be filled in.” @dhruv_rathee & @sakshijoshii on finding success on YouTube. Watch the full report by @meenakshirv ⤵️ youtu.be/MTsNGA0FmWA

Just how reliant is Fox News on Donald Trump? Despite calling the former president a “disaster” in leaked text messages, Fox host Tucker Carlson was back on the air last week, with a lot of making up to do. @phillipsflo reports.

On The Listening Post this week: In the face off against Lineker, the BBC blinks Afghan journalists trapped between ISIL and Taliban How AI is changing your media Watch the full episode now ⤵️ youtu.be/hDC6YW4C3Nw

Afghan journalists are paying with their lives in the power struggle between the Taliban and the Islamic State. Producer @phillipsflo looks into the targeted explosion that marked Afghanistan’s National Journalism Day.

As the BBC begins its second century, @phillipsflo looks at the network and the battle being waged against it by Britain's ruling Conservative Party. ▶️ Watch the episode now 👉🏾 youtu.be/O1lT4uthxg4

"The spirit and aesthetic of [Rush] Limbaugh's show became the spirit and aesthetic of Fox News – from Bill O'Reilly to Sean Hannity to Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingram." @dannagal, @brianros1 & Michael Harrison (@talkersmagazine) on talk radio’s influence on right-wing media.

Did the Republican Party create conservative talk radio? We asked @talkersmagazine’s Michael Harrison.

“He had this voice that just jumped out of the radio like the voice of God.” Michael Harrison (@talkersmagazine) & @jeffkatzshow on the impact Rush Limbaugh had on conservative talk radio and how that reshaped American media, society and politics.

▶️ Watch our special on talk radio and American politics now on @AJEnglish 👉🏼 aje.io/00x5oq

How did conservative talk radio come to play such a pivotal role in American politics? We asked Michael Harrison (@talkersmagazine), Brian Rosenwald (@brianros1) & Danna Young (@dannagal).

▶️ Watch our special on talk radio in the US now on @AJEnglish 👉🏾 youtu.be/E5Y-dRQrIpY

In this Listening Post special, producers @phillipsflo and @johannahoes travel across the US to find out why conservative talk radio still plays such a pivotal role in right wing America.

India is in a dangerous moment. The voices of Hindutva - Hindu supremacy - are ascendant, spreading division and hate speech. And the effect on the lives of minorities - especially Muslims - has proven toxic, at times deadly. That’s our focus this week.

This past week, a spokesperson from India’s ruling party triggered a foreign relations nightmare with a bigoted comment on live TV. Islamophobia is rife across Indian airwaves, what makes this incident different? That’s our focus this week.