In this episode Michelle explores why Wales, a small country in the United Kingdom, is trying to stop autocracy in its tracks, with a proposal to stop politicians from lying.

She talks to a sitting MP, legal expert and a democracy campaigner to understand what’s on the table.

This episode includes interviews with:

Adam Price, a sitting member of the Plaid Cymru Party in the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament.

Sam Fowles, constitutional lawyer and author

Jennifer Nadel, journalist and CEO of Compassion in Politics.

Publications cited:

Welsh Parliament Standards of Conduct Committee report

"Senedd Committee recommends crackdown on politicians who deliberately lie" - Nation Cymru News, 19 Feb 2025

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In this final episode Michelle Ainsworth explores why everyone needs strong media and digital literacy skills to help navigate our increasingly messy information ecosystem. She’ll also touch on the importance of civic engagement in a democracy.

She’ll talk to experts in media and digital literacy, civics, former US government advisors and leading academics in disinformation.

This episode includes interviews with:

Leo Pekkala, Deputy Director KAVI, Finland’s National Audio-Visual Institute

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, former Executive Director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education

Michael Daniel, President Cyber Threat Alliance

Associate Professor Michelle Amazeen, Mass Communication, Boston University

Sam Stockwell, Alan Turing Institute’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security

Professor Amy E. Lehrman, Director of the Possibility Lab, UC Berkeley

Abby Kiesa, outgoing deputy director, Centre for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)

Professor Jon Roozenbeek, Social Decision-Making Lab, Cambridge University

Publications cited:

Adult Media Literacy - Australian Media Literacy Alliance

Circle at Tufts University

NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education)

Sir Winston Churchill democracy speech - UK Hansard 11 Nov 1947

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Michelle Ainsworth explores the tools that are being used to tackle misinformation and disinformation, while at the same time keeping a healthy information ecosystem that produces accurate, trustworthy and reliable information, while still exposing people to a variety of ideas.

She’ll talk to leading academics who work on pre-bunking initiatives, senior journalists and news executives, information integrity experts and disinformation specialists.

This episode includes interviews with:

Marty Baron, former Editor of the Washington Post and author of “Collision of Power”

Professor Rasmus Nielson, Former Director Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Laura Manley, Executive Director Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University

Sam Stockwell, Alan Turing Institute’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security

Dean Jackson, Democracy, Media and Technology Specialist

Nina Jankowicz, founder American Sunlight Project and author of “How to lose the information war”

Professor Jon Roozenbeek, Social Decision-Making Lab, Cambridge University

Professor Sander van der Linden, Department of Psychology, Cambridge University

Tom Rogers, former Australian Electoral Commissioner

Publications cited:

United nations - Information Integrity

Bad News Game - Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab

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