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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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35:58

The great British honey scandal

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/08/26

For nearly a decade beekeepers around the world have been saying that there’s something very wrong with the honey industry. Prices are down, and so is production, but there’s more honey being sold than ever before. So what exactly is in that jar in your kitchen cupboard? An investigation by The Observerreveals a global honey fraud that begins in China and ends with allegations of adulterated jars on UK supermarkets shelvesReporter: Jon Ungoed-ThomasProducer: Ada BaruméArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound

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40:17

The mother and the gangs

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/08/19

The number of teenage boys killed on our streets has more than doubled in a decade. This is the story of a mother trying to stop it, while dealing with grief and anger for her son.Reporter: Francisco GarciaProducer: Matt RussellArtwork: Blythe Walker SibthorpEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content head to our website observer.co.ukDownload the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our

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36:46

Signal failure: Who killed HS2?

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/08/12

HS2 should have been a symbol of engineering excellence. Instead half of it has been scrapped and it's still running £50 billion over budget. This is the story of how Britain’s largest infrastructure project became its biggest scandal.Reporter: Stephen ArmstrongProducer: Jonathan LewisArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound design: Dominic DelargyEditor: Jasper CorbettThis episode is sponsored by The Life of Chuck. Join us across the UK for a preview screening on Wednesday 13 August, before it hits cinemas

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30:30

A lonely death on Jersey

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/08/05

As a tax haven Jersey has a reputation for welcoming the wealthy with open arms, but how does it treat other kinds of immigrants? Jane Kiiti came from Kenya to work in Jersey’s hotels for more than twenty years. Her death raises questions about the conditions migrant workers face and whether the island is doing enough to prevent their exploitation.You can read Orlando Crowcroft's article 'The never-ending fear that haunts Jersey's troubled migrant workers' here.Reporter: Orlando CrowcroftProducer:

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40:26

The real Salt Path

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/07/29

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. But the truth behind the hit memoir is very different.Reporter: Chloe HadjimatheouProducer: Matt RussellField Producers: Leonie Thomas and Helen CliftonArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound design: Tom BurchellEditor: Jasper CorbettOriginal article The News MeetingTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content head to our

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41:21

The Lab Detective

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/07/22

Kathleen Folbigg was known as‘Australia's worst female serial killer’ - she’d lost all four of her infant children and was convicted for killing them.Until, after spending decades in jail, a scientist working in a lab uncovered the truth behind the deaths.The Lab detective is the story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, and an investigation into why Kathleen’s story might not be the last. To listen to more episodes of The Lab Detective, go to Tortoise Investigates. Our thanks toThe Francis Crick

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33:16

Illiberal land: Hungary’s empire of ideas

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/07/15

This is the story of how and why a small Central European country became the epicenter of global conservatism. It’s the tale of two men…and what happens when we ignore the powerful forces behind a government.Reporter: David AaronovitchProducer: Jonathan LewisArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound Design: Dominic DelargyEditor: Jasper CorbettSubscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content head to our websiteobserver.co.ukDownload the Tortoise app – for a listening experience

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40:07

The mystery of Francis Bacon's minder

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/07/08

This is the story of how a boxing match helped solve a 50-year art world mystery. And how, when a man named Ted wades in to stop a mugging in Soho, it leads to a most unlikely life-altering friendship with an artist who makes him, or his picture, immortal.Reporter: Stephen SmithProducer: Katie GunningArtwork: Blythe Walker SibthorpeSound Designer: Dominic DelargyEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content

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43:45

Introducing...Drilled

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/07/07

We are partnering with the podcast Drilled, to share something extra with you this week so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations on The Slow Newscast and across The Observer audio network. You can discover more at https://observer.co.uk/listen.This season, Drilledfollows reporter Alleen Brown through a legal trial that will change the course of activism in the U.S. and beyond.Greenpeace, which was only tangentially involved in the Standing Rock protests, has been

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34:34

Liz UnTrussed

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/07/01

Liz Truss was the UK’s shortest serving prime minister, but since leaving office she’s continued to buck the trend.Post premiership, she’s become one of the most vocal among her peers.What has driven her into the arms of the populist right? And what does it tell us about the state of the party she has left behind?Reporter: Philip CollinsProducer: Ada BaruméArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound Designer: Dominic DelargyEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple

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39:37

How to disappear

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/06/24

In the UK, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds. But how in a society of internet, phones and social media is it so easy to go missing? This is the story of two men...and how sometimes people don't even realise they've gone missing.Reporter: Francisco GarciaProducer: Matt RussellSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Lola WilliamsEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content head to our

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35:23

Brute force: domestic abuse in the ranks

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/06/17

The police have an increasingly bad reputation when it comes to dealing with violence against women and girls.Forces in England and Wales say they’re trying to fix that, but its track record within its own ranks paints a very different picture. This is the story of three women with one shared experience- being a police officer whose own institution can’t help them escape the abuse of their partners.Reporter: Eve LivingstoneProducer: Ada BaruméArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound Design: Dominic

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59:01

The Wargame

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/06/10

A bunker. A scenario. A group of former senior ministers, military chiefs and other experts. Russia knows our weaknesses – but do you?Sky News' security and defence editor Deborah Haynes presents The Wargame. From Sky News and Tortoise, it imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out... and how military chiefs and politicians might try to defend the country.Episodes will be released weekly - search for The Wargame wherever you listen to your podcasts. To find out more about The

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51:51

Jeff and Donald

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/06/03

What happens when the business interests and private passions of one of the world’s richest men collide with the world’s most powerful man?Reporter: Stephen ArmstrongProducer: Katie GunningSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Lola WilliamsEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer: Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content head to our websiteobserver.co.ukDownload the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our journalistsIf you

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24:00

Jamie Vardy: The last underdog

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/05/27

After thirteen years, Jamie Vardy is leaving Leicester City. His time at the club is an example of not one, but two underdogs succeeding against the odds. Could anything like this happen again in the Premier League?To find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentHead to our websiteobserver.co.ukIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about

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30:19

Car crash: Musk and Tesla

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/05/20

Tesla saw their stock price soar with President Trump's election. But since January, it has come plummeting back down. Has Musk crashed Tesla?Reporter: Giles WhittellProducer: Matt RussellSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Lola WilliamsEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentHead to our websiteobserver.co.ukDownload the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our journalistsIf you want

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43:24

Just Stop TurmOil

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/05/13

The radical climate protest group Just Stop Oil delighted supporters and infuriated opponents in equal measure. But then the government began to crack down on them. So where are they now?Reporter: David TaylorProducer: Matt RussellArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound design: Dominic DelargyEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentHead to our websiteobserver.co.ukDownload the Tortoise app – for a listening

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49:06

Sara Sharif: one judge, three court cases and a murder

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/05/06

The brutal circumstances of Sara Sharif’s death were described by the judge that sent her killers to prison as torture. But when it emerged that the two adults who murdered her were granted parental responsibility by a family court judge four years earlier, the finger of blame began to wander. Who could have saved Sara Sharif?Reporter: Louise TickleProducer: Ada BaruméArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound Design: Dominic DelargyEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to

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40:23

Broken ranks: civil war in the police fed

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/04/29

Police officers aren’t allowed to strike or join a trade union. They rely instead on an organisation called the Police Federation to represent their interests. It’s a surprisingly powerful body that ultimately affects the way all of us are policed. This is the story of how it lost its way.Reporter: John SimpsonProducer: Katie GunningSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Blythe Walker SibthorpEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for

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38:38

North Korea's war in Europe

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/04/22

North Korean troops are in combat, likely for the first time since the Korean war in the 1950s. Not in Korea, but in Europe. Because last summer Ukraine launched a surprise offensive in Kursk, Russia. Since then, Russia have retaken most of the land taken. To do so, Russia looked towards North Korea.This is the story of Kursk...and how North Korea came to play a potentially key role in the war.Reporter: Claudia WilliamsProducer: Matt RussellSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Lola WilliamsEditor:

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