# John Reith

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The BBC: How Public Service Broadcasting Was Invented, Spread Worldwide, and Now Faces Its Greatest Challenge (Ep. 40)

The Voice in the Machine — How a Bullet-Scarred Scotsman, a Stammering King, and a Bomb-Shattered Building Built the Most Trusted Institution on EarthOn December 12, 1901, in a freezing room on a wind-blasted cliff in Newfoundland, a twenty-seven-year-old Italian inventor pressed a telephone receiv…

The General Strike – The Revolution That Wasn’t

Hello and welcome to another bonus episode. It’s the centenary of the General Strike of May 1926, the most important industrial dispute in British history, but what really happened and did it really change Britain? One strange thing about the General Strike is that it happened when industrial rela…

#116 The BBC's First Birthday - 14 November 1923

Our moment-by-moment retrospective of British broadcasting has reached the BBC's first birthday - 14 November 1923. We started covering that first year back on episode 18! It's taken a while to get here - but what a year it was. From the first BBC news bulletin, songs and children's programmes to …

The General Strike at 100, part 1: Reith, Churchill and the Birth of BBC News

100 years ago to the day (at time of podcast release), Britain began to grind to a halt. Our first and only General Strike. But while it was a time of national crisis, it was also an opportunity for the BBC - and particularly John Reith. With most newspapers ceasing publication, the BBC gained a …

#119 The General Strike at 100, part 2: The Archbishop and the PM

6-9 May 1926, in a week that changed the BBC forever... this is part 2 of our 3-part special on the BBC and the General Strike 100 years ago this week (at time of podcast release), two million strikers were out in solidarity with the miners. It brought unique challenges to the BBC - with Winston C…

#120 The General Strike at 100, part 3: Reith's Jerusalem

And did the Beeb, in ancient times, broadcast to England's* mountains green?... ...Till Reith has built Jerusalem, transmitting to England's* green and pleasant** land.   *and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's **and the less green and unpleasant bits too === In the third and final part …

Is it Finally Time to Defund the BBC?

This week, Colin argues that the BBC has become less a public broadcaster than an instrument of state-sponsored activism, increasingly positioning itself as the arbiter of acceptable opinion rather than one voice among many. He traces Auntie’s evolution from John Reith’s mission to give audiences w…

Taking Up the Cross

Bible Text: Matthew 10:34-42 In Matthew 10:34-42, Jesus speaks honestly about the cost of discipleship: allegiance to Him can divide even close relationships, yet those who take up the cross and receive His messengers find life in Him. This sermon will consider Christ's call to faithful wi…

When Inclusion Becomes Personal: Special Needs, Literacy & Community

In this episode of Conversations with Daisy Jones, I sit down with Liberty County Kiwanis Club President-Elect John Reith and Public Relations Manager Tina Kitchens to discuss their work supporting children and adults with special needs and their families. We talk about plans for an inclusive play…

71. Question Time: Elon Musk, Twitter, and regulating 'Big Tech'

Join Alastair and Rory for the latest episode of Question Time where they discuss Elon Musk, Twitter, nation states vs. big tech, Amazon, John Reith, and much, much more. Plus Rory has asked his friend to calculate the number of 'bot followers' Alastair has! Become a member of The Rest Is Politics…