Lamestream is an independent podcast and newsletter tackling the crisis in media. We cover how the media shapes news, culture, politics and current affairs, and how it's the industry's transformation is reshaping the world we live in.
Lamestream is hosted by award-winning journalists Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell. Between them, they have worked for almost every media organisation in the country.
Through Lamestream, they're using their experience, insight and contacts to help listeners make sense of how media and political institutions really work. They’ll share inside secrets, spill goss and break their own stories to unpack what’s really going on.
You can contact us here, with feedback, questions or tip-offs.
Osman Faruqi is an Australian Podcast Award and Kennedy Award-winning journalist and editor. He has worked as the Editor and Executive Producer of 7am, was the head of audio at Schwartz Media and most recently the Culture Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He has also worked as a journalist and editor at the ABC. He previously hosted the award-winning podcast The Culture and The Drop.
Scott Mitchell is an Australian Podcast Award-winning journalist and editor. He most recently served as Editor and Executive Producer of the 7am podcast. Previously, he's served as Digital Lead for the Audio Current Affairs division at ABC News, was a founding producer of the Rose d’Or-winning TV show You Can't Ask That, and was one of the cast of ABC TV's Hungry Beast.