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The Slow Newscast

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day.Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales

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35:03

Blue light: one woman's story of policing on the...

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/09/26

For years, Claire McEnery was the most senior woman in the Lancashire police force. With that seniority came exposure to the best – and worst – of life, but also to the best and worst of the police.For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-free access, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to

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6:25

Introducing... Trendy

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/09/21

Welcome to Trendy, the new weekly show from Tortoise.Britain’s top pollster, Sir John Curtice, and former Downing Street advisor, Rachel Wolf, explore the key political, social and economic trends that help shape what voters think and what politicians do.Follow the feed here so you don't miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:10

William and Murdoch: the prince and the press baron

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/09/19

Earlier this year, when the media went into a frenzy about the rift between the royal brothers and the publication of Harry's book Spare Paul Caruana Galizia started looking into a different aspect of the story. One that wasn't getting much attention: Prince Harry’s legal battles with the press. Then in April a new story emerged from that fight. It attracted a brief flurry of interest before seeming to drop out of sight. It was just a line in Prince Harry's court filings, but an extraordinary one:

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37:18

Boris’s Baroness: The mysterious rise of Charlotte Owen

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/09/12

From intern to baroness in seven years, Charlotte Owen’s entry to the House of Lords has left even friends scratching their heads in wonder. Her elevation might be hard to explain, but it tells us volumes about the way British democracy works.For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-free access, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different

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27:35

Attack of the Killer Whales

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/09/05

Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predator. But what happens when another powerful carnivore threatens us in a place where they are the masters? Killer whales have been attacking - and sometimes sinking - sailboats off the coast of Spain and Portugal. This is the story of the changing relationship between humanity and the world’s biggest predator.For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and

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31:49

Putin v Prigozhin: A story of mutiny and death

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/08/29

In late June, Yevgeny Prigozhin marched on Moscow with a small army of mercenaries. Exactly two months later, he was dead. This is the story of what really happened on the road to Moscow.For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at

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35:30

Spotted: snooker’s fight against match fixing

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/08/22

In June a scandal erupted that threatened the future of snooker after ten elite players were banned for match fixing. It all starts in a small snooker hall in Sheffield, but ends on a journey through a several hundred billion dollar a year black market in south-east Asia. This is how snooker uncovered the biggest British match fixing scandal in over a decade.For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and

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41:31

Sick river: saving the Brent

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/08/15

Cities are where the battle to save planet earth will be won and lost. But it is not the urban environment that matters, but our relationship with nature within it. What can the story of one dying river, plagued by sewage and indifference, and the campaign to save it, teach us about how to reconnect with and value nature?For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If

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42:28

Johnny Depp: the great uncancelling

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/08/08

In 2017 the MeToo movement swept through Hollywood. Some men, such as Harvey Weinstein, went to prison. Others who were accused of sexual misconduct and assault were ostracised and struggled to find parts in big movies. But six years on some of these same people are back on the red carpets. Is Hollywood trying to rewrite history?For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on

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33:25

The death of Kellie Sutton

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/07/31

A family's six-year fight fora pioneering legal decision. Will an inquest jury conclude, for the first time, that a woman who took her own life was actually killed?For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us

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40:27

Genocide hunters: on the trail of a mass murderer

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/07/25

For almost three decades, one of the world's most wanted men had stayed at large. Earlier this year, he was finally caught. This is the story of how a small band of genocide hunters caught him in a world riddled with secrets, espionage and a $5 million bounty.For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build

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25:39

Three doors down

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/07/18

In May this year David Boyd was found guilty of the brutal murder of seven year-old Nikki Allan in 1992. Why did it take the police thirty years to find Boyd and get a conviction? This is the story of Nikki’s mother, Sharon Henderson, who has spent thirty years searching for her daughter’s murderer to have him put on trial. Today we're publishing this new series so that listeners of the Slow Newscast can listen early but if you like what you hear and you want to listen to episode two straight away

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33:06

The News Meeting with Basia

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/07/14

Slow Newscast host Basia Cummings is in the editor's chair for this episode of The News Meeting. The podcast where three journalists each pitch the one story they think matters most and the editor decides which one should lead the news. In it, we open up the conversations we have all the time in our newsroom about what’s important and why, and what should lead the news. The very kinds of conversations that ultimately decide what stories we tell on the Slow Newscast.In this episode Basia is joined by

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41:49

Modern family: I had my dead son’s baby at 68

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/07/11

Spanish celebrity Ana Obregón shocked the world when she announced that she had a child via surrogate, using a donor egg and the sperm of her deceased son. Her story takes us to the new frontiers of fertility, where technology challenges our ideas of family, motherhood and the law.For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow

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36:30

Crispin Odey: The Octopus’s world

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/07/04

Crispin Odey was one of the most powerful hedge funders in London. He’s been dismissed from his own company which is being wound up after he was accused of assaulting more than a dozen women over many decades. Why did so many institutions apparently turn a blind eye and do nothing for so long - even though these allegations had trailed him for years? For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto

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39:40

Into The Dirt

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/06/27

Rob Moore had a successful career in television until one day he ran out of ideas. After a stint as a gardener, a more enticing door was opened for him. He was offered a job in the shadowy world of corporate intelligence - he became a spy.Tasked with working undercover to extract information from an environmental campaign group, Rob Moore says he eventually became sympathetic to the campaigners’ aims. He decided to turn on his employers and support the group he was meant to be infiltrating. Only it

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46:52

Gender GP: inside the world of private trans healthcare

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/06/20

Last year journalist Polly Curtis spent months trying to understand what went wrong at the Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service for young people. You can hear her Tortoise podcast series: Inside the Tavistock here. In the reporting of that series one thing kept coming up: some young people who couldn’t - for whatever reason - access the Tavistock - the only NHS service in England for young people with gender dysphoria, were going down the private healthcare route. So what happens if a

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21:25

Epstein's moneymen episode 4: the prey

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/06/19

Bill Gates was the golden philanthropist at the top of the billionaire's league - he was also Epstein's way back into societyFor thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to

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24:32

Epstein's moneymen episode 3: master of the universe

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/06/16

Leon Black was the aggressive private equity billionaire at the top of New York society - he also bankrolled EpsteinFor thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate,

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29:26

Epstein's moneymen episode 2: eyes wide open

The Slow Newscast ·

2023/06/15

After Epstein was dropped by JP Morgan, another bank stepped in to help his sex trafficking empire keep rollingFor thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app.For early and ad-freeaccess,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign

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