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The Slow Newscast

The Slow Newscast from Tortoise takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From the war in Ukraine, the downfall of Bo... Read more

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My mother's murder - episode 1

My mother's murder - episode 1

Daphne Caruana Galizia was Malta's pre-eminent investigative journalist. She exposed corruption at the highest levels of... Read more

10 Feb 2020

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Murder in Malta

Murder in Malta

The murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia denied Malta its best hope of beating endemic corrupti... Read more

29 Nov 2019

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My mother's murder - episode 2: An assassination foretold

My mother's murder - episode 2: An assassination foretold

Daphne Caruana Galizia was Malta's pre-eminent investigative journalist. She exposed corruption at the highest levels of... Read more

13 Feb 2020

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My mother's murder - episode 3: Truth to power

My mother's murder - episode 3: Truth to power

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My mother's murder - episode 4: The last domino

My mother's murder - episode 4: The last domino

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A college with secrets

A college with secrets

Trinity Hall is a small Cambridge college - one of the 30+ which make up the university. After an investigation over sev... Read more

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The new superpowers: Apple

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For months, Tortoise has been investigating big tech companies as if they were countries: holding them to the same stand... Read more

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Trump in Bethlehem

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This week we're in Pennsylvania, where Trump won in 2016. Can he win here again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ... Read more

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Labour: anatomy of a catastrophe

Labour: anatomy of a catastrophe

Since the general election was called, one of Britain's foremost political journalists has been tracking the Labour camp... Read more

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The PRince disaster

The PRince disaster

It’s easy to conclude that Prince Andrew shouldn't have agreed to give an interview to the BBC, but it’s more interestin... Read more

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The man who counts trees

The man who counts trees

Tom Crowther is a young ecologist who asked a simple question: how many trees are there on planet earth? The answer has ... Read more

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The rules: can we fix our broken politics?

The rules: can we fix our broken politics?

UK politics has torn itself apart over Brexit. Parliament, the prime minister, 'the people' and the courts have been at ... Read more

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Labour's North Star

Labour's North Star

The Labour Party in the UK is choosing a new leader. Few people care - after a crushing election defeat, the party has g... Read more

23 Jan 2020

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How pandemics end

How pandemics end

Pandemics are part of life. They've caused millions of deaths over the centuries but, in the end, the lesson of history ... Read more

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Covid-19: The 5G conspiracy

Covid-19: The 5G conspiracy

This week on the slow news podcast, we’re looking at the messy conspiracy theory of 5G and Covid-19. What has been going... Read more

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The world inside

The world inside

The new frontier of medical science is closer than you think – much closer. It lies within us, in the bacteria and virus... Read more

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Coronavirus: is this the one?

Coronavirus: is this the one?

One day, the next catastrophic global epidemic will strike. Scientists already know a few things about it: it will proba... Read more

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Nameless, stateless: N3

Nameless, stateless: N3

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Lives on the line: why is coronavirus killing so many health workers?

Lives on the line: why is coronavirus killing so many health workers?

In some countries where the coronavirus has hit hard - Italy or Spain - health workers account for up to 20% of people i... Read more

26 Mar 2020

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The zoo-keeper: surviving coronavirus

The zoo-keeper: surviving coronavirus

The coronavirus lockdown is not just a difficult time for business, it's an emotional time. How to survive as a going co... Read more

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