229 Sean Plunket, broadcaster, journalist and Founding Editor of The Platform
The Department of Conversation with Pat BrittendenShow Notes
Sean Plunket, a broadcaster and journalist with 30 years experience, recently started his own media group called The Platform. An online radio station and multimedia platform that makes the claim of being "free of political bias" space for "tolerance and openness and truth"
We spend an hour with Sean talking about "what is being woke?", "why is the Platform and different from other news agencies?", "where is the line between being cancelled and a commercial decision?" and more
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