Channel 4 News launched Four The Record: Russell Brand On Trial, a daily weekday podcast hosted by Minnie Stephenson starting Oct. 12, Channel 4 and Advanced Television said.

Episodes drop weekday afternoons for Brand’s Southwark Crown Court trial; Stephenson’s team covers court daily with legal experts, Channel 4 said. Brand strongly denies all allegations.

The Brand series debuts Four The Record, Channel 4 News’s new investigative podcast format, on YouTube and major podcast platforms, the Channel 4 release and Advanced Television said.

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