Media Whatever
Welcome to Media Whatever, the new podcast from the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick.The podcast is about research from the Media and Creative Industries, and each episode will feature guests from CCMPS and the wider research community.
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- Aug 6, 2026
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Translating Machines: AI, Translation and Creativity. Media Whatever podcast with Caroline Summers and David Orrego-Carmona (opens the original)
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What is the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and translation? In this episode your hosts Chris Bilton and Carolina Bandinelli are joined by colleagues Dr Caroline Summers and Dr David Orrego-Carmona for a discussion about the difference between AI and human translation. Whereas translators attempt to capture the complexity and cultural differences behind language, AI smooths out diversity, risk and deviation, making translation invisible (and redundant). Translation, and human creati
The Great Resignation: saying no to dead-end jobs. Media Whatever podcast with Francesca Coin (opens the original)
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Do you dream of quitting your job? In this episode your hosts Chris Bilton and Carolina Bandinelli are joined by co-host Cecilia Ghidotti and sociologist Francesca Coin to discuss the growing numbers of workers giving up on badly paid work. This might be a case of ‘hopeful quitting’ - believing that something, anything, is better than the job they are currently in. We discuss ‘imaginaries’ of work (the idealised future which makes the present reality bearable), the changing relationship between
The Museum is the Message! How museums shape culture and identity. Media Whatever podcast with Melanie Stavrou (opens the original)
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Are museums media? In this episode your hosts Chris Bilton and Carolina Bandinelli are joined by heritage scholar Melanie Stavrou to discuss how museums shape national identities and cultures, especially when they ‘acquire’ objects through colonisation and conquest. We also look at museums as spaces for participation and empowerment (as well as contemplation), at decolonising the national museum, and at how digital media narratives frame physical artefacts. Along the way we also talk about some
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