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Channel 4
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Channel 4
Is the ‘woke' backlash killing body positivity?
Is fashion the latest thing to be swallowed into politics, culture war and the backlash on woke? Stick-thin models with protruding bones were the marketing choice of Zara for a new campaign – the ad has just been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority as irresponsible. And the fallout from Sydney Sweeney's ad campaign for American Eagle jeans keeps growing – a few years ago accusations of white supremacy and promoting the right wing might have caused a share price to plummet. But after Donald Trump described the ad as the hottest ad out there American Eagle stock rocketed. Are we back in the 90's or even the 30's? Ad agencies have always looked for ways to get noticed – but is the war on woke also sweeping away years of progress on body positivity and diversity? On this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Katie Glass, who writes for the Times and Megan Jayne Crabbe – a writer, presenter and activist for body positivity and feminism.
Channel 4
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Channel 4
Will UK anti-migrant protests explode into riots again?
A year ago, towns across Britain were in flames as far-right anti-immigration protests turned into riots, while this week the Police Federation called recent protests in Epping a 'signal flare' for further unrest. So with the number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats actually up and social media – not to mention certain MPs – pumping out inflammatory comments, is another summer flare-up inevitable? And how do the police , the politicians and the protesters themselves distinguish between the genuine concerns of dispossessed communities, and the gratuitous violence of far-right racists? On this episode of The Fourcast, Jackie Long is joined by Sunder Katwala, director of the think-tank British Future which focuses on diversity and social inclusion, the academic Lisa McKenzie, who writes primarily about working-class communities and class inequality, and Adam Kelwick, imam of the UK's oldest mosque in Liverpool who came to prominence during last year's riots with his attempts at dialogue with protesters.
Channel 4
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Channel 4
‘It's ripping MAGA apart': David Pakman on Trump, Epstein and Dems future
Donald Trump is under pressure, again, this time over his alleged ties to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. As the scandal grows, the Speaker of the House has shut down Congress, seemingly to avoid any further questions being raised on the floor. Trump knew Epstein socially in the 1990s and early 2000s and Epstein's longtime pilot, Lawrence Visoski, has testified that Trump flew on Epstein's private plane multiple times. Trump has denied ever being on the plane and there is no evidence he was involved in wrongdoing. But now, even Trump's usual allies in the alt-right world of podcasts and influencers are turning on him. So what happens when the support base that's shielded Trump for years starts to crumble? On today's episode of The Fourcast, David Pakman, host of The David Pakman Show and author of The Echo Machine, joins us to break it all down.
Channel 4
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Channel 4
Ukraine war: will Trump's threats really scare Putin?
Donald Trump says he's 'disappointed' that Vladimir Putin keeps knocking down buildings in Kyiv despite all the great conversations they are having about ending the war in Ukraine, as the First Lady Melania Trump keeps pointing out to him. So the president is ramping up the threats, offering 'top-of-the-line' weaponry to Ukraine and promising severe tariffs on Russia if there's no ceasefire within 50 days. Is that enough to get Putin to the negotiating table? Or just escalating an intractable conflict? And is Trump even serious about bumping his bestie in Moscow? On the latest episode of The Fourcast, Matt Frei is joined by Channel 4 News' International Editor Lindsey Hilsum and historian and author Anne Applebaum.
Channel 4
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Channel 4
‘A child killed every hour shouldn't be normal'
What comes first – a peace deal or a peace prize? The war rages on in Gaza – another 40 Palestinians were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes, but Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been unable to thrash out a ceasefire deal despite two days of talks in Washington, though he did nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize. Meanwhile in Gaza families continue to struggle for food and water amid the constant bombardments and with an aid system that is failing to deliver. Israeli officials say they are working with the UN and other bodies to 'ensure necessary aid crosses the border'. So who is to blame for this catastrophe? And what needs to be done to alleviate it? In this episode of The Fourcast, Cathy Newman speaks to James Elder, global spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations agency providing humanitarian aid to children worldwide. He is just back from Gaza – his fifth visit to the territory since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October 2023.
