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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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31:58

An uncivil war inside Unite

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/09/30

Unite was once the biggest trade union in Britain, and the largest funder of the Labour Party. In the past its reputation has come under scrutiny. Four years after its first female leader was elected on a promise of restoring trust… it remains mired by in-fighting.Reporter: Jon Ungoed-ThomasProducer: Jonathan LewisSound design: Dominic DelargyArt work: Lola WilliamsEditor: Jasper CorbettTo find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free

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4:41

Introducing ... We Have Notes

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/09/25

The week in culture, annotated. Writer and journalist Liv Little and Observer critic Miranda Sawyer get notes from editors all the time - now it’s their turn to hand them out. Every Wednesday morning, Liv and Miranda weigh in on the latest cultural happenings, from reality TV meltdowns and art house films, to gallery openings and TikTok trends. Smart, funny, and full of sharp observations. We Have Notes is culture with commentary.To listen to We Have Notes click HERELet’s chat! Send us your voice

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40:37

Contagion: RFK Jr’s war on public health

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/09/23

Insiders tell the story of how the US Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has hollowed out the Center for Disease Control putting the whole world at risk in the event of another pandemic.Reporter: Stephen ArmstrongProducer: Ada BaruméSound design: Dominic DelargyArt work: 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 website observer.co.ukDownload the Tortoise app – for a

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40:35

The match: My sister and her new DNA

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/09/16

What happens when you get new blood and new DNA from a complete stranger? This is the story of a woman whose own features began to change following a stem cell transplant.Reporter: Eva WisemanProducer: Matt RussellSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Lola WilliamsEditor: Jasper CorbettCommissioning editor: Matt RussellTo 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

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41:58

The immortality bros: the new frontiers of health

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/09/09

Acity in Honduras is home to a start-up selling experimental gene therapies for $25,000 a dose. Now, those radical ideas are reaching the United States. What happens when biohacking leaves libertarian fringes… and reaches Capitol Hill?Reporter: Patricia ClarkeProducer: Madeleine ParrSound design: Dominic DelargyArtwork: Lola WilliamsExecutive Producer: Matt RussellEditor: Jasper Corbett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:38

The diva and the dictator: opera at war

The Slow Newscast ·

2025/09/02

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Anna Netrebko was the biggest opera star in a generation. Since the war, due to past support for Vladimir Putin, she has effectively been boycotted by theatres around the world. Except, this autumn, she’ll be headlining the Royal Opera House’s new season. Reporters: Vanessa Thorpe, Nina Kuryata and Lauren Crosby MedlicottProducer: Jonathan LewisArtwork: Lola WilliamsSound design: Dominic DelargyExecutive Producer: Matt RussellTo find out more about The

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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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