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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? And what happened when humanity’s most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a different approach to journalism these are the stories we tell.

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Latest Episodes:

God on your side: Christians, courts and culture wars Jan 24, 2023

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The Christian Legal Centre is behind some of the most tragic cases in the British courts helping parents fight against hospitals in life support cases. Who are they – and what do they want?

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Real Money - episode 1 of our new investigative series Jan 17, 2023

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Introducing: 'Real Money: The hunt for Tether's billions'. To listen to episode two of the series, click this link.

The dream of cryptocurrencies is in danger of imploding along with their value. If the crypto coin that supports the whole market goes under it could drag the entire system down with it. That coin is called Tether.

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Introducing: The News Meeting Jan 13, 2023

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Introducing...The News Meeting from Podimo and Tortoise.

In every newsroom around the world there’s a daily meeting to decide what leads the news, what follows and in what order. As editor of The Times newspaper, director of BBC News and now editor-in-chief of Tortoise, James Harding has been in countless news meetings behind closed doors. But in this podcast, we’re flinging the doors open so you can hear the argument for yourself. Three journalists pitch the story they think mattered most this week and James decides the running order.

New episodes are released every Friday.

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The Westminster Accounts Jan 09, 2023

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Over £183 million of outside funds has flowed into this parliament alone, with no way of fully understanding who’s getting what, from whom, and why. Until now. This is the story of the money flowing into our politics, hidden in plain sight.

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Damn and blast off: how not to go back to the moon Jan 03, 2023

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Nasa wants to put people back on the moon, half a century after Apollo 11. Its Artemis moon mission is over-budget, overhyped and underpowered – it might even be the end of Nasa as we know it.

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2022 picks - The Darwin job: the mystery of the vanishing notebooks Dec 29, 2022

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One sleuth, two notebooks – and a 20-year puzzle

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2022 picks - Lebedev: Lord of Siberia Dec 22, 2022

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Door after door in Britain has been opened for Evgeny Lebedev, all the way to the House of Lords. Who has opened them, and why?

To listen to the 'Londongrad' series follow this link.

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Musking it: Inside Elon’s Twitter takeover Dec 15, 2022

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The inside story of a troubled company that was bought by the world’s richest man.

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Octopus: the allegations against Crispin Odey Dec 05, 2022

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One of Britain’s richest and most powerful men was cleared of sexual assault last year. Four more women have now come forward with similar allegations that Crispin Odey, a major donor to the Conservative party, sexually assaulted them. Other women allege that he sexually harassed them at the offices of his Mayfair hedge fund company.

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The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic Dec 01, 2022

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Introducing – The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic.

In a few months, the Tavistock – the only NHS clinic in England and Wales which treats children suffering from gender dysphoria – will close. This is the story of what happened.

This is episode 1 of our new investigative series. To listen to episode 2 today, search The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic or click here: https://podfollow.com/the-tavistock-inside-the-gender-clinic and follow the feed for future episodes

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