My Road to Conflicted (with Jake Warren)

My Road to Conflicted (with Jake Warren)

From CONFLICTED by Message Heard

June 2, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

Jake Warren discusses his background and the origins of the podcast Conflicted.

Because Aimen is still away, we’re taking this opportunity to introduce you all to our executive producer Jake Warren. A journalist and programme-maker, Jake not only had the idea for Conflicted, he is also the founder of Message Heard, the company that produces the show. Jake and Thomas discuss: Conflicted’s origin story Jake’s Hungarian-Jewish grandfather who escaped on the Kindertransport His early work for Vice Media in North Korea, Rwanda, and Lebanon How he won the trust of notorious Islamist preacher and organiser Anjem Choudary while covering his story Visiting the family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby How Jake first came across Aimen’s story How Thomas and Aimen became friends Join the Conflicted Community here: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/ Find Jake on X: https://x.com/TheJakeWarren Find us on X: https://x.com/MHconflicted And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conflictedpod And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConflictedYoutube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Conflicted is a Message Heard production. Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren. Produced and edited by Thomas…

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Small

Guest: Jake Warren

Topics covered

  • journalism
  • origin story
  • personal history
  • conflict
  • media

Keywords

  • Conflicted
  • Jake Warren
  • journalism
  • Aimen
  • Anjem Choudary
  • media
  • history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Message Heard, Vice Media

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