x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates

A bombing kills 11 people attending the Remembrance Sunday commemorations in the small town of Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.A twelfth victim will die years later in coma.No one has ever been charged.A lifetime later, The Times’s reporter Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to fully investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened.Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.New episodes every Monday and

news documentary

All Episodes

27:01

Mystery in the cathedral | The Feud Ep. 3

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/24

Christ Church stalls when a student asks for protection, yet when Martyn Percy is accused of impropriety he is suspended within days.What at first appeared a battle over different styles of governance now carries the stain of misconduct - and divisions widen within the college.Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.Clips: ITV, BBC, Sky News.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our

en

40:06

Immoral, scandalous, or disgraceful | The Feud Ep. 2

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/24

A stabbing, a scandal, and a battle over job descriptions.Andrew exposes the bureaucratic dispute that spirals into bitter war between Martyn Percy and Christ Church’s governing body.Behind the formal manners and age-old statutes, a plot is being devised to oust the dean at any cost.Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.Clips: Walt Disney StudiosThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our

en

30:45

Down the rabbit hole | The Feud Ep. 1

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/24

Christ Church college, Oxford: a bastion of higher education since the 16th century that produced some of the country’s best and brightest, and is home to a very British way of life.When The Very Reverend Martyn Percy - a reformer from a working-class background - was appointed dean in 2014, everything looked promising. Until it didn’t.Andrew Billen explores the city's dreaming spires to find out why.Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The TimesClips: BBCThis podcast was brought to you thanks to

en

2:36

Introducing: The Feud

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/24

The Very Reverend Martyn Percy leaves his post as dean of the world-famous Christ Church college, Oxford, with a seven-figure settlement after a bitter dispute that pitted a lone reformer against an institution.But what really happened amid the Alice in Wonderland world of Oxford's dreaming spires?The Times's feature writer Andrew Billen heads down the rabbit hole to find out.This series was first released on 13 October, 2022.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The

en

36:35

Pennant money | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 3

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/17

Pennant money reshaped not only Jamaica, but also modern Britain. In Wales, it financed the vast Penrhyn slate quarry, built villages, and paid for the castle that April-Louise visits alongside her father, Gil. Together, they face the portraits of men who enslaved their ancestors, and ask what it would take for Britain to stop looking away.Host: Brenna DaldorphThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our

en

27:50

Plantation records | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 2

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/17

April-Louise Pennant’s grandparents were part of the Windrush Generation, emigrating from the Caribbean to Britain in the 1950s. Visiting a local university archive to discover the significance of her Welsh surname, she discovers the Jamaica Papers - a collection of plantation records donated by the Pennants, which reveal a confronting truth.Host: Brenna DaldorphThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our

en

41:35

Building Britain | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 1

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/17

Arguments still rage about Britain’s role in the slave trade, but the evidence of that dark past is written across the faces of some of the country’swealthiest stately homes. Journalists Brenna Daldorph and David Aaronovitch face facts to look behind the grandeur and gold-leaf exteriors of one - Penrhyn Castle in North Wales - to uncover the brutal foundation on which it was built.Hosts: Brenna Daldorph & David AaronovitchThis series was first published on 2 August 2021.This podcast was brought

en

28:51

The kittens who still purr | The Messiah and his...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/10

Adnan Oktar is behind bars but some of his followers still believe. Louise meets his devotees, listens to their claims of injustice and comes to terms with the power Oktar still wields from behind bars.Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.Clips: Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Sky News, CNN.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of available support services:https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/Or

en

30:54

The turnstile system | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 3

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/10

The fortress walls begin to crumble. Survivors describe suffering sexual abuse and financial crimes while cult insiders help the authorities bring Adnan Oktar down.Accompanied by a former ‘kitten’, Louise revisits the night the police finally descended on Oktar’s hilltop compoundHost: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.Clips: Ulusal KanalIf you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of available

en

32:45

Nice girls from good families | The Messiah and his...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/10

Away from the TV cameras, Adnan Oktar reigns over a den of secrecy. Louise meets the male enforcers he used to keep it under control.Oktar’s ‘lions’ reveal the hierarchy, rules, and ruthless methods used to enforce loyalty to the cult. And a woman who says she was sexually abused by Oktar describes how loyalty comes with a terrifying cost.Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.Clips: A9TV, ABC News.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in

en

32:12

The Mahdi wears Armani | The Messiah and his Kittens...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/10

Meet Adnan Oktar, the Turkish televangelist who’s rarely spotted without an entourage of surgically enhanced young women he calls his ‘kittens’.After Oktar is sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison, Louise tries to get to grips with one of the strangest stories she has ever covered.Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent at The Sunday Times.Clips: CNN TÜRK, TV100, Anadolu Agency, CBS News, Sky News, A9TV.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode,

en

1:03

Introducing: The Messiah and his Kittens

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/10

The leader of Turkey’s most powerful cult, Adnan Oktar, was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison in January 2021.The Sunday Times’s Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan steps into his weird world of ‘kittens’, ‘lions’, and televangelism to reveal its dark heart.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalismsubscribehere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

en

34:21

Innocent | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

Seventeen years after his original conviction, Andrew Malkinson walks out of prison a free man. In the final episode of the series, we visit Andy a day after the Court of Appeal overturned his rape conviction following the revelation that new DNA evidence implicated another man in the crime.Host: Will RoeIf you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis England & WalesNHS - Help after rape and sexual

en

20:11

A breakthrough (February 2023 UPDATE) | Seventeen...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

Finally, a door opens. The CCRC refers Andy’s case to the Court of Appeal, and police arrest another man. After 17 long years, could Andy win his freedom?Host: Will RoeIf you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis England & WalesNHS - Help after rape and sexual assaultCriminal Cases Review CommissionAppeal - Charity and law practiceThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The

en

33:23

Police failings | Seventeen Years - The Andrew...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

Emily meets the former wife of another suspect in the original investigation. Police failures loom as we learn of other men - some with violent histories - who were barely investigated.Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.Actress: Eliza Marsland.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis England & WalesNHS - Help after rape and sexual assaultCriminal Cases Review

en

31:19

‘Forced’ to testify? | Seventeen Years - The Andrew...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

Cracks are showing in the case against Andrew Malkinson. Emily Dugan meets the key witnesses who claimed they felt pressure to testify, and learns of failures at the Criminal Cases Review Commission that may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice.Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis England & WalesNHS - Help after rape and

en

28:12

Forensics | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

Years into Andrew Malkinson’s prison sentence, new forensic techniques reveal the presence of another man’s DNA at the crime scene. Emily Dugan investigates the implications of this evidence and the challenges of reopening a long-closed case.Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.Audio from HMP North Sea Camp courtesy of Two Step Films.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis

en

27:15

Witness testimony | Seventeen Years - The Andrew...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

Eyewitness evidence is powerful. But it is not infallible. Emily Dugan draws on wrongful convictions abroad to explore how memory and trauma can complicate justice and what this might mean for Andy’s conviction.Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis England & WalesNHS - Help after rape and sexual assaultCriminal Cases Review

en

39:23

The trial | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

No DNA. Contradictory descriptions. Witnesses with hidden criminal pasts. Andy’s trial is fraught with controversy. As the jury returns a guilty verdict, Emily Dugan unpicks the flaws in the judicial system that can send an innocent man down.Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:Rape Crisis England & WalesNHS - Help after rape and sexual

en

28:36

Life turned upside down | Seventeen Years - The...

The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates ·

2025/09/03

In 2003, a 33-year-old mother of two was raped and left for dead during a horrific attack in Salford, Greater Manchester. A local security guard called Andrew Malkinson was arrested and later sentenced to life - despite insisting he was innocent. Emily Dugan explores how a seemingly ordinary man became caught up in a shocking crime and left trying to navigate a flawed justice system.Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.If you, or someone you know, has been affected by

en

69 results

Similar Podcasts

Expres Ráno

Expres FM

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

CD Voice

China Daily

Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

Noa Levi

Jeffrey Epstein: The Coverup Chronicles

Bobby Capucci