There is a particular moment after university when the world stops handing you a reading list. Suddenly, everything is your responsibility: what you pay attention to, which arguments you believe, and which stories deserve your time.
That is the gap PODIUM is designed to fill. We want to take the big conversations seriously without pretending that seriousness requires a tie, a subscription to twelve newspapers, or an encyclopaedic knowledge of Westminster.
Our writers are young enough to be close to the questions our generation is asking, but curious enough to look beyond the algorithm. We care about evidence, context and good writing — and we reserve the right to have a bit of fun with it.
More reporting and original features are coming soon.