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Jody Oliver deceived his wife, children and male fiancés while adopting a colourful array of identities, scamming those around him out of millions of pounds. Now that he’s in jail, his story can be told.
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Article: The seven lives of the £2m fraudster - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-seven-astonishing-lives-of-the-2m-fraudster-85mdvmxvs
Guest: Megan Agnew, News Features Writer, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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Since the nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies, one question has remained – and may always be – unanswered: why?
In this episode we speak to an expert on female serial killers who outlines why we shouldn't be shocked by Letby and her crimes, and how Letby fits the profile of a female serial killer. But also – even more chillingly – how she doesn't.
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Book: Just As Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/just-as-deadly/085C912B92AAD29C2B76251C56D91356
Guest: Marissa A. Harrison, Professor of Psychology, Penn State Harrisburg.
Host: Luke Jones.
Helplines: NSPCC provides help, advice and support to adults worried about a child.
Phone: 0808 800 5000 (24/7)
https://www.nspcc.org.uk
Samaritans is available for anyone struggling to cope and provides a safe place to talk 24 hours a day: https://www.samaritans.org
Phone: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Child Bereavement UK: https://www.childbereavementuk.org
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Foreign leaders’ families have been snapping up some of Britain's most expensive mansions and penthouses, but their identities were hidden from public view – until now.
£250m of UK property is owned by the children of notorious autocratic rulers and their allies via offshore companies, an exclusive Times investigation has revealed. Our reporter visits some of London’s most desirable addresses and uncovers who owns what.
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Guest: George Greenwood, Investigations Reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Al Jazeera English, Hromadske TV, DW News, BBC News, Heydar Aliyev Foundation, TRT World.
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Vivek Ramaswamy - the rising star of the US Republican Party - wants to send troops to the Mexican border, abolish government departments and push for a deal to let Russia keep parts of Ukraine. Could the man nicknamed “Trump 2.0” beat the former president to be the party’s presidential nominee?
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Guest: Ben Jacobs, US political journalist.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Fox News, ABC, CBS, The Vivek Show, Lose Yourself/ Eminem, Shady Interscope.
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The Times has unmasked a Chinese government spy who’s targeting thousands of British professionals on LinkedIn. This person - and their team - are after military secrets and sensitive intelligence in exchange for money and business opportunities. So who are they? How do they operate? And what’s being done about it?
For more on China’s influence in the UK, read Professor Steve Tsang's piece from this weekend's Sunday Times: Xi’s student spy army — and how they can be outsmarted https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/xis-student-spy-army-and-how-they-can-be-outsmarted-g3k6txc82
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Guest: Fiona Hamilton, Chief Reporter, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: BBC, ABC, Times Radio, CNA.
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Despite this week’s release of Prince Harry’s new series for Netflix, Heart of Invictus, this summer has been a chastening time for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Their deal with Spotify was cancelled and a former executive called them “grifters”. Three years after leaving the royal family, can the couple make a success of their new lives?
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Guests:
- Valentine Low, Royal Correspondent, The Times.
- Keiran Southern, US West Coast Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Netflix, CBS News, BBC News, THR News, NBC News, Nine Network, Spotify, The Ringer, ABC News, TalkTV, ITV.
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Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences after a plane crash which is believed to have killed the boss of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Once close to Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s relationship with the president had soured in recent months after an attempted mutiny. Is Putin to blame for the crash? And could Wagner retaliate against the Kremlin?
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Guest: Aliide Naylor, Contributor, The Times, and author of The Shadow in the East: Vladimir Putin and the New Baltic Front. https://timesbookshop.co.uk/the-shadow-in-the-east-9781788312523
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Times Radio, X/@QalaatM, X/@christogrozev, Reuters, France 24, CNN, @vchkogpu, Sky News, Sky News Australia, BBC News.
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This Saturday we're bringing you an extra episode from another Times podcast – The Game football podcast.
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Guests:
- Molly Hudson, football reporter, The Times.
- Owen Slot, chief sports writer, The Times.
Host: Tom Clarke, deputy sports editor, The Times.
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The 33-year-old neonatal nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six, during a year-long period between 2015 and 2016 at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Letby was acquitted of two counts of attempted murder.
Why did she commit these unimaginably awful crimes? And what now for the hospital?
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Guest: Tom Ball, Northern Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Articles: Who is Lucy Letby? The nurse who became Britain’s most prolific child killer - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-is-lucy-letby-nurse-killed-family-babies-background-family-friends-education-s7njrswmc
Revealed: the files that show how Lucy Letby was treated as a victim - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lucy-letby-files-nurse-hospital-evidence-rkxchgqh9
Lucy Letby found guilty of murdering seven babies at trial - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lucy-letby-guilty-murder-babies-trial-sentence-verdict-bz695chqj
Helplines: NSPCC provides help, advice and support to adults worried about a child.
Phone: 0808 800 5000 (24/7)
https://www.nspcc.org.uk
Samaritans is available for anyone struggling to cope and provides a safe place to talk 24 hours a day: https://www.samaritans.org
Phone: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Child Bereavement UK: https://www.childbereavementuk.org
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When The Crooked House pub near the West Midlands town of Dudley was consumed by fire and then demolished, much more was lost than just a quirky venue for a drink. Could the loss of yet another pub shine a light on something much bigger going on in Britain? And could it be rebuilt, brick by brick?
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Guest:
- Lucy Bannerman, News Feature Writer, The Times.
- Tom Rees, co-owner, The Carlton Tavern pub.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC, The Guardian, 5 News, The Telegraph, Express & Star.
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