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the Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other.

The regular show will be up online later this week, but today something a little bit different.

Over the coming weeks, journalist and political commentator Joanna Romero will be hosting a series of conversations on journalism in the neoliberal era.

The series is called Red Hacks, and first up is a conversation Joanna had with renowned broadcaster and author, the always thought-provoking Paul Mason. Hello and welcome to Red Hacks, a series of conversations about journalism,

and being a journalist in a neoliberal world.

My name is John Romero.

In the next few weeks, I'll be having a series of conversations with writers and editors and photojournalists and reporters about

how it feels to be a journalist in these turbulent times, particularly if you don't quite

subscribe to Rupert Murdox or even Catherine Viner's editorial agenda. For those of you listening in,

we are recording in a pub in South London, so if you hear any extra noise, that'll be why. Otherwise,

we'll try and keep this smooth and steady. And who better to start us off in this conversation

than the prestigious colleague, longtime comrade, famously infamous, or is it infamously famous,

famous? Paul, thank you for coming.

It's a pleasure to be here.

So, obviously, you need no introduction.

You've been an Editor in News Night,

an economic senator at Channel 4 News,

and now a freelance writer, opinion maker, as well as opinion writer.

First and foremost, I kind of wanted to start with where it all began.

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