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Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

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Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

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4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Ian, Jane, Adam and Andy discuss the AI journalists coming to a paper near you, plus the rash of dodgy qualifications currently springing up in British universities. 

EYE TV: watch our forthcoming live Page 94 show from the comfort of your screen: https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/private-eye-podcast-live-helen-lewis-ian-hislop-andrew-hunter-andrew-murray/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Page 94, the Private Eye podcast.

0:03.3

Hello and welcome to another episode of page 94.

0:05.8

My name's Andrew Hunter-Murray, and I'm here at the Private Eye Office with Adam McQueen,

0:09.2

Jane McKenzie and Ian Hizlop.

0:10.8

We're here to discuss everything, not everything, three things that have happened in the news

0:14.3

since the last issue of the magazine was published.

0:16.4

And we have a little bit of parish business just before we start.

0:19.4

Finally, we're going electric.

0:21.6

We're doing a live show at the Cambridge Literature Festival.

0:26.3

And it's going to be on the 26th of April.

0:28.3

Sorry to let you all know about this now because it's sold out in the room.

0:32.3

But you can buy a streaming ticket if you like listening to this podcast, but you think it needs to be more visual.

0:37.4

I need their faces. Well, now's a perfect opportunity to do it's a way to lose listeners

0:42.5

they see what we actually look like disappointment you're absolutely right so if you want to

0:47.4

if you want to buy a streaming ticket to see the thing happening uh then you can go to private hyphen i

0:52.7

dot co dot uk forward slash pod live and you'll be able to get one there

0:57.6

and redirect you to the Cambridge Literature Festival website. And the other thing we need to know before we start

1:02.5

the episode for that episode for the live, what should we call it this live? I feel like it needs a big title.

1:07.9

Well it's an incredible development in technology.

1:18.3

We move from doing this thing that's recorded on the wireless somehow and put out to doing it in a room, a bit like theatre.

1:20.7

So, advances again.

1:22.3

But it's recorded on a wax cylinder.

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