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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly series on Saturdays.
Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle has spent decades exploring the blue heart of our planet. From leading the first all-female aquanaut team to founding Mission Blue, she has dived deeper and stayed longer in the ocean than almost anyone alive. As she celebrates her 90th birthday, Rolex Testimonee, Sylvia reflects with Adam Vaughan on her extraordinary career, the changes she’s witnessed, and why she still believes in a future full of 'Hope Spots'.
Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.
Guest: Sylvia Earle, Marine Biologist, Oceanographer and Rolex Testimonee
Host: Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor, The Times
Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Sound Designer: David Crackles
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President Trump hails 'everlasting peace' in Gaza and promises hostages will be released as early as Monday. But will a ceasefire hold? What changed to allow this breakthrough? And should Trump now win the Nobel peace prize?
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Guest: Tal Schneider, Political & Diplomatic Correspondent, The Times of Israel.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: BBC, Al Jazeera, AFP, DawnNews English
Read more: Two years on from October 7 attacks, Gazans count the cost of war.
Photo: Getty Images.
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The US government has been shut down for more than a week, and Democrats and Republicans are locked in a political blame game. Shutdowns are nothing new in US politics, but this time President Trump has made an unusual threat: to permanently cut hundreds of thousands of jobs and shutter entire government agencies. Is this just a new bargaining tactic to put pressure on Democrats or part of a bigger project to remake the American government?
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Guest: Lara Spirit, Washington Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Micaela Arneson and Olivia Case.
Read more: Trump warns Democrats the ‘grim reaper is coming’
The revenge shutdown: Trump vows to inflict maximum pain on Democrats
Clips: CBS, ProPublica, Democracy Now!, @realDonaldTrump / TruthSocial, ABC, MSNBC, NBC News.
Music: (Don't Fear) The Reaper / Blue Oyster Cult / Columbia.
Photo: Getty Images.
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When 29-year-old Sophie Rottenberg took her own life, her family later discovered she’d been confiding in a chatbot called ‘Harry’ things that she wasn’t telling any human.
This episode discusses suicide and mental health struggles. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. If you’re in the UK, you can call Samaritans free on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org. If you’re in the US, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or visit 988lifeline.org.
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Guest: Katie Gatens, Commissioning Editor for News Review, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edith Rousselot.
Read more: My daughter used ChatGPT as a therapist, then took her own life
Photo: Courtesy of the family
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Two years ago Hamas fighters launched a terror attack on Israel, killing more than 1,000 people and taking around 250 hostage.The Hamas-linked Gaza health authorities say tens of thousands have been killed in the subsequent war, which has devastated the area and led to catastrophic food shortages.
In the UK today, members of the Jewish community will commemorate the victims of October 7th, while pro-Palestine protests take place on university campuses across the country. How can we protect vulnerable communities while allowing legitimate protest? Should the police be given increasing powers to intervene, or does that pose a threat to democratic freedoms?
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Guest: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Shabnam Grewal, Micaela Arneson.
Clips: Times News, 10 Downing Street, The Guardian, Suella Braverman via Twitter.
Photo: Getty Images
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
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What's the future for an unpopular party governed by an unpopular leader? That's the question no one will be asking quite so bluntly at the Conservative Party conference this week in Manchester– except possibly The Times political editor Steven Swinford. He discusses whether leader Kemi Badenoch’s days are numbered and explains how the Tories could beat Reform at their own game.
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Guest: Steven Swinford, Political Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Micaela Arneson, Olivia Case.
Clips: GB News, Kookydave via YouTube.
Photo: Getty Images
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
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Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of children have disappeared from their homes. Separated from their families, many were sent to ‘re-education’ camps in Crimea, others, deep into the heart of Russia. So just what is it like for those children?
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WARNING: This episode contains reference to sexual violence, torture, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
Written and read by: Jane Mulkerrins, Associate Editor of The Times Magazine.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
Clips: ITV News, France24, Sky News, DRM News, BBC News, Russian National Anthem.
Photo: Eva Pentel for The Times Magazine.
Read more:I was kidnapped by Russia at 16 — like so many Ukrainian kids
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com.
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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly series on Saturdays.
High in the Arctic, beneath Greenland’s ancient ice, lie caves that hold clues to our planet’s past and its future. Climate researcher and Rolex Awards Laureate Gina Moseley leads daring expeditions into these hidden worlds to uncover how our climate has changed over hundreds of thousands of years. She tells Adam Vaughan why exploring these frozen frontiers matters to us all.
Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.
Host: Adam Vaughan, environment editor, The Times
Guest: Gina Moseley, climate researcher and Rolex Awards Laureate
Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Sound Designer: David Crackles
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On Thursday morning, a suspected Islamist terrorist, Jihad al-Shamie, was confronted by police outside Heaton Park synagogue in Crumpsall on Yom Kippur. He had with him a knife and a fake suicide bomb. Two people, Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, were killed. One of the victims was shot and killed by police, as they opened fire on al-Shamie.
This is a special episode of The Story to bring you the latest on this attack.
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Guest: Ali Mitib, News Reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case and Micaela Arneson.
Read more: Manchester synagogue attack — follow live.
Clips: Sky, BBC, Times Radio, PA, X / @chiefrabbi, The Independent.
Photo: Getty Images.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
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Doctors who’ve been disciplined or had their licence revoked for misconduct or incompetence have been able to work in the NHS. A Times investigation has found more than 20 doctors, who are banned in various countries, but have somehow acquired the right to treat patients here – sometimes with devastating consequences.
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Guest: George Greenwood, Investigations Reporter, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producer: Shabnam Grewal
Read more: The doctors banned from practising abroad cleared to treat in NHS
Further listening: Dubai Unlocked: The convicts secretly investing millions in the Emirates
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
This episode includes references to sexual abuse. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual abuse, help is available.
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