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Tortoise Investigates

Welcome to Tortoise Investigates from The Observer. It’s the home for the best of our podcast series, where you can find all our chart-topping, award-winning stories in one place.We’ve covered everything from extraordinary tales of deception to suspicious deaths to one mother’s decades-long fight against the police.Our journalists cover a wide range of stories but there is a thread that ties them all together – in every series, you’ll hear us going deep on a story, taking our time to investigate,

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28:45

Dr Anti-vax: Episode 1 - The fall

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/24

A British doctor sparks a global health panic about the safety of vaccines. But even though his work is discredited, he lights a fire that becomes the modern anti-vax movement. Hosted by Alexi Mostrous.This is part 1 of a 3-part series - to listen exclusively to episodes 2 and 3 today subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or become a member and listen on Tortoise's audio app.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise audio app - for a listening experience curated by our

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2:30

Introducing: Dr Anti-vax

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/16

Introducing Dr Anti-vax: the making of a modern panicHow did the anti-vax movement become so mainstream?25 years ago, a British doctor Dr Andrew Wakefield sparked a global vaccine panic. Today, Alexi Mostrous, the reporter behind chart-topping hit podcasts Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed investigates how anti-vaxxers have gone from the fringes of public life to the centre of the culture wars that divide America and so many other countries, and the beguiling fall and rise of the man who started it all.Episode

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41:29

Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - Episode 3

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/09

Twenty years ago, Rudy Giuliani was “America’s mayor”. Now he’s been indicted, along with Donald Trump, for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Will Rudy die in jail for The Don?Listen to the three part series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to

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29:38

Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - Episode 2

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/09

Twenty years ago, Rudy Giuliani was “America’s mayor”. Now he’s been indicted, along with Donald Trump, for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Will Rudy die in jail for The Don?Listen to the three part series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to

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38:07

Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - Episode 1

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/09

Twenty years ago, Rudy Giuliani was “America’s mayor”. Now he’s been indicted, along with Donald Trump, for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Will Rudy die in jail for The Don?Listen to the three part series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to

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21:32

Three doors down: Episode 5 - Inquiry

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/02

The police say they are not looking for any more victims of David Boyd but we met other women who were confronted by the killer.This episode contains descriptions of child sexual abuse.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism

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23:25

Three doors down: Episode 4 - Conviction

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/02

Sharon's case should be extraordinary but it isn't. A few miles away from Sharon another mother was left to solve her own daughter's murder after being let down by police.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us

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28:47

Three doors down: Episode 3 - Confession

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/02

The number one suspect is interrogated by police until he confesses but it's not until 30 years later that the right man is put on trial.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom,

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30:39

Three doors down: Episode 2 - Rumours

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/02

Rumours choke the case and a vulnerable suspect is arrested. The first48 hours after a crime are crucial: what did the police getso wrong in the days after Nikki went missing?Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help

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24:51

Three doors down: Episode 1 - Missing

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/02

In 1992 on a council estate in Sunderland a seven year old girl is murdered. It took the police 30 years to find the killer, a convicted child sex offender who lived threedoors away from where Nikki Allan went missing. What happened on the nightof her disappearance?Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly

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2:15

Introducing: Three doors down

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/10/02

Introducing Three doors down: a murder, a mother and a thirty year investigationIn May in a packed room at Newcastle Crown Court, David Boyd, was found guilty of the brutal murder in 1992 of seven year-old Nikki Allan.Sharon Henderson, Nikki’s mother, called for a public inquiry into why it had taken the police so long to find and convict her daughter’s murderer.When Nikki was murdered, Sharon was a single mother of four living in Wear Garth, a rundown housing estate in Sunderland. David Boyd lived

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46:46

Into the Dirt - Episode 6: The whole truth

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

In the final episode, Ceri travels to meet Rob in a peaceful garden in rural Wiltshire. What unfolds is a heated exchange about what Rob's story really is and what adds up to the whole truth.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow

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34:21

Into the Dirt - Episode 5: The verge

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

When Global Witness out Rob in 2015, things quickly fall apart. He loses everything that matters to him but to this day he believes that if his voice had been heard, it would have all worked out differently.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further

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39:37

Into the Dirt - Episode 4: Chicken feed

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

Rob is adamant that in all the years he was undercover, he never sent information back to his spymasters that harmed the campaigners. But when you're the only one in control of the decisions, can you always get it right?Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like

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30:03

Into the Dirt - Episode 3: Poison into medicine

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

Rob Moore says he can justify going undercover among anti-asbestos campaigners because he was following a Buddhist principle, turning poison into medicine. To this day he believes that if the people he infiltrated would really listen to his story they'd understand him differently. But does his story really stand up to scrutiny?Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to

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33:24

Into the Dirt - Episode 2: Project Spring

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

It’s 2012 and Rob Moore goes 'into the dirt', undercover, to infiltrate a group ofcampaigners fighting for a ban on deadly asbestos. None of them knew they had a private spy in the camp. But it's hard to stay hidden forever.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d

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38:43

Into the Dirt - Episode 1: The truth

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

Three years ago a former private spy came to our newsroom at Tortoise. He told an incredible story about infiltrating a campaign group, deceiving people for years but all the while being a 'double agent', before his world fell apart. And it all played out in the opaque world of corporate intelligence.Since then, journalist Ceri Thomas has been asking who Rob Moore really is and what his motivations were.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our

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3:16

Introducing: Into the Dirt

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/25

Over three years in the making, Tortoise introduces Into The Dirt – investigating the extraordinary story of private spy, Rob Moore and the shadowy world of corporate intelligence. Rob was tasked with working undercover to extract information from an environmental campaign group but he ended up turning on his employers and supporting the group he was meant to be infiltrating. Only it wasn’t that straightforward. Neither side knew the whole truth.Was Rob a misunderstood whistleblower or a traitor to

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43:35

The Tavistock - Episode 7: Gender GP

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/18

Polly Curtis returns to investigate the world of private trans healthcare, and speaks to Gender GP and its founder Helen Webberley, labelled by one newspaper as one of Britain’s most controversial doctors.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further

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40:10

The Tavistock - Episode 6: The real scandal

Tortoise Investigates ·

2023/09/18

Polly Curtis investigates why NHS England accelerated the closure of GIDS and what the future of the service could look like for children and young people.Listen to the full series today. For thepremium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists,download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-freeaccess to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows,subscribeto Tortoise+ on ApplePodcasts.If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different

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