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Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates

Three years ago travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving almost by accident. It’s an extreme and beautiful sport defined by one simple objective: to dive as deep as you can on one single breath.Record holders are now routinely diving to more than 120 metres, pushing the sport and their bodies to find out what’s humanly possible.Through her coach, Lydia was drawn into a small but fanatical community of competition athletes all united in their drive for depth, and that’s where she stumbled on a

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25:41

Fair Play | Deep Water Ep2

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/11/18

Lydia travels to Kalamata, Greece, a renowned freediving spot to investigate the doping allegations. What substances are athletes meant to be taking? And what are the risks – to them, and to the sport she loves?Subscribe to Observer+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to binge listen to the entire series on Tuesday 18th November.To find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentHead to our websiteobserver.co.ukReporter - Lydia GardProducer

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25:52

Depth Wish | Deep Water Ep1

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/11/18

Three years ago, travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving. An extreme and beautiful sport defined by one objective: to dive as deep as you can on one single breath. It soon became a calling. Then, she stumbled on a darker side of the sport. Rumours that a group of top divers were doping to go deeper.Subscribe to Observer+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to binge listen to the entire series on Tuesday 18th November.To find out more about The Observer:Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts

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4:11

Introducing ... Deep Water

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/11/11

Three years ago travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving almost by accident. It’s an extreme and beautiful sport defined by one simple objective: to dive as deep as you can on one single breath.Record holders are now routinely diving to more than 120 metres, pushing the sport and their bodies to find out what’s humanly possible.Through her coach, Lydia was drawn into a small but fanatical community of competition athletes all united in their drive for depth, and that’s where she stumbled on a

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34:33

Myths and monsters | The Lab Detective Ep4

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/08/05

Rachel Sylvester travels to Greece to investigate whether genetic science could change the story in the case of Roula Pispirigou – a mother who was convicted of killing her three young children just last year.Our thanks toThe Francis Crick Institutefor sharing recordings and insights.Reporter: Rachel SylvesterProducer: Gary MarshallMusic supervisor: Karla PatellaSound design:Rowan BishopPodcast artwork:Lola WilliamsExecutive producer:Basia CummingsThis episode is sponsored by The Life of Chuck. Join

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33:32

Science versus the law | The Lab Detective Ep3

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/07/29

Scientist Carola Vinuesa and her team test their extraordinary genetic discovery in a court of law.Our thanks toThe Francis Crick Institutefor sharing recordings and insights.Reporter: Rachel SylvesterProducer: Gary MarshallMusic supervisor: Karla PatellaSound design:Rowan BishopPodcast artwork:Lola WilliamsExecutive producer:Basia Cummings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:29

The eureka moment | The Lab Detective Ep2

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/07/22

Kathleen Folbigg is just trying to survive. She’s a grieving mother, sentenced to life in jail for killing her four infant children. That is, until a small group of people start to question whether she might be the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice.Our thanks toThe Francis Crick Institutefor sharing recordings and insights.Reporter: Rachel SylvesterProducer: Gary MarshallMusic supervisor: Karla PatellaSound design:Rowan BishopPodcast artwork:Lola WilliamsExecutive producer:Basia Cummings

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40:09

Three is murder | The Lab Detective Ep1

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/07/22

Journalist Rachel Sylvester investigates the case of 'Australia's worst serial killer'. And discovers, in a story about mothers who have been accused of murdering their own children, there is one man who connects them all: a doctor called Roy Meadow.Our thanks toThe Francis Crick Institutefor sharing recordings and insights.Reporter: Rachel SylvesterProducer: Gary MarshallMusic supervisor: Karla PatellaSound design:Rowan BishopPodcast artwork:Lola WilliamsExecutive producer:Basia Cummings Hosted on

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4:08

Introducing...The Lab Detective

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/07/15

Introducing...The Lab DetectiveKathleen Folbigg experienced unimaginableloss. All four of her infantchildren died suddenly, over a 10-year period. Their deaths were unexplained. Until a police detective turned up at her door, and arrested Kathleen on suspicion of murder.She was labelled ‘Australia's worst female serial killer’, convicted, and was destined to spend most of the rest of her life in jail.Until a different type of detective entered her life. A scientist working in a lab who uncovered the

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3:38

Introducing...The Wargame

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/06/12

Introducing...The WargameA 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. Hosted on

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3:06

An update on the story | Lucky Boy

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/06/06

When Lucky Boy launched back in March, there was an important detail thatdidn't make it into the podcast,for legalreasons: the team had discovered that they weren’t the only people who had been investigating the allegations made by Gareth -the Metropolitan Police had been too.Now, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou has an update.To 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 –

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Introducing...Oceans: Life Under Water

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/05/19

We are partnering with Greenpeace and Crowd Network, so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations on The Slow Newscast. You can join Tortoise as a member to get early and ad-free access to new series and support our investigations atwww.tortoisemedia.com/inviteWhat does it sound like at the bottom of the ocean?In this new podcast from Greenpeace and Crowd Network, you can find out. Join Wildlife Filmmaker Hannah Stitfall as she embarks on a journey across the planet and

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5:39

Introducing...Oceans: Life Under Water

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/05/06

We are partnering with Greenpeace and Crowd Network, so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations on The Slow Newscast. You can join Tortoise as a member to get early and ad-free access to new series and support our investigations atwww.tortoisemedia.com/inviteWhat does it sound like at the bottom of the ocean?In this new podcast from Greenpeace and Crowd Network, you can find out. Join Wildlife Filmmaker Hannah Stitfall as she embarks on a journey across the planet and

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52:00

Lucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/03/10

Sally Anne Bowen doesn’t want to speak about her relationship with Gareth, but it turns out there is a way of hearing her version of events. And after months of searching, Chloe gets a message from another ‘lucky boy’.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you

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41:07

The school | Lucky Boy Ep3

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/03/04

Chloe hears from a former teacher who seems to support what Gareth believes - that there was a cover-up. And it’s still going on today.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the

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44:47

The relationship | Lucky Boy Ep2

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/02/25

Gareth is convinced that his memories are true and that there are plenty of witnesses who can corroborate his story, so why will no one help him?You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more

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37:27

Gareth | Lucky Boy Ep1

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/02/25

Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy. He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher. Now, decades later, he wants the truth to come out about the damage it’s caused him. But his story is not straight forward.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's

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3:03

Introducing...Lucky Boy

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/02/25

Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel.Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app -

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Introducing... Rogue Russia: Agents of mayhem

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2025/01/14

Introducing... Rogue Russia: Agents of mayhemLast October, the head of MI5 said Russia was on a mission to cause "sustained mayhem" on European streets. It might be hard to spot at first, but it is there in plain sight. This is the unpredictable, violent world of the modern Russian intelligence services. You can listen to the episode on the Slow Newscast here.Be the first to hear episodes of the Slow Newscast ad-free by subscribing to Tortoise+ or by becoming a Tortoise member. To find out more

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Introducing..Crime Junkie - MURDERED: JonBenet Ramsay

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2024/12/16

We are partnering with Audiochuck, so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations like Elon's Spies. You can join Tortoise as a member to get early and ad-free access to new series and support our investigations atwww.tortoisemedia.com/invite.Introducing...Crime Junkie - MURDERED: JonBenet Ramsay The morning after Christmas Day 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing... only for her body to be discovered hours later in her family’s home. Nearly three decades

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29:38

A star is born | Elon's Spies Ep4

Deep Water | Tortoise Investigates ·

2024/11/12

When Donald Trump declared victory in the US presidential election, he told an adoring crowd that "a star is born". He was referring to Elon Musk.After months of reporting on the billionaire's use of private investigators, Alexi asks whether the insights he gained from that investigation reveal how Musk will operate in his new political era, and what that means for everything in his orbit.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our

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