Sky News Backstory podcast with Cathy Newman, Digi Mart USA News (Westminster, United Kingdom): Sky News is launching Backstory, a new video-first podcast series hosted by presenter Cathy Newman. In each episode, Newman interviews guests who were at the heart of some of the most defining stories of recent history, examining what happened, why it mattered and how those events are understood today.
Backstory launches on 12 November, with a new episode published each week. Each guest will be personally connected to a major news event from recent history, returning to stories that changed public debate, challenged institutions and shaped the world around us.
Listeners and viewers will also be invited to share their own personal connections to the stories and explain why they still matter to them.
Drawing on her experience as an award-winning investigative journalist and interviewer, Newman will explore how some of the biggest news stories have shifted public opinion and left a lasting mark on modern history. In some episodes she will also draw on her own memories of covering those stories.
Newman said: “The stories we remember aren’t frozen in time. Our understanding of them changes as new facts emerge and we see more clearly the impact they had.
Backstory is a chance to sit down with people who were there and revisit some of those defining moments with the benefit of hindsight. I want to understand not just what happened, but what we know now that we didn’t know then, and what these stories can tell us about the world today.”
The series is filmed in Newman’s Westminster studio, using the pink velvet sofas familiar to viewers of The Cathy Newman Show. Episodes will publish every Thursday morning and will be available to watch on the Sky News YouTube channel and to listen to on podcast platforms.
Jonathan Levy, Managing Director and Executive Editor of Sky News, said audiences increasingly want to spend more time with the people and stories behind the news. He said Backstory is part of the broadcaster’s continued investment in video and podcasts, giving new audiences more ways to discover Sky News journalism.
Backstory joins Sky News’ growing podcast line-up, which saw its followers grow by a third between January and 30 October 2026. The lineup also includes Electoral Dysfunction, Trump 100, This Is Why, Politics at Sam and Anne’s, Cheat Sheet and Stuff Matters.
The growth reflects strong audience engagement with Sky News podcasts as the network continues to expand its slate with new, talent-led series, alongside exclusive content available through Sky News Insider: Podcasts.
