The journalist and president of SOAS pitches the story she thinks should lead the news and discusses her new book ‘An African History of Africa’.
In this episode she’s joined by Tortoise editors Ceri Thomas and Jess Winch to also talk about how we deal with hate speech and the 2,000 Swiss women who took their government to court over its climate policies.
Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com
Guests:Zeinab Badawi, journalist and author of An African History of AfricaJess Winch, news editor at TortoiseCeri Thomas, editor at Tortoise
 Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Tortoise
Producers: Rebecca Moore and Casey Magloire
Executive producer: Lewis Vickers
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News Meeting: Swiss women win landmark climate case and Zeinab Badawi on a year of war in Sudan

Tortoise News is here to help you make sense of the UK election. Every day, Tortoise journalists and special guests will provide in-depth analysis and reporting in our podcasts: The News Meeting, Trendy, Editor's Voicemail, and our new podcast, Could It Be True?, where we scrutinize claims from the campaign trail.
We'll speak to a variety of experts to shed light on the election - both in our newsroom and on the road across the UK. We'll do it in a way only Tortoise can: with slow journalism that cuts through the noise to focus on the stories that matter.
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Now Labour and the Conservatives have published their party manifestos, Tortoise editor James Harding examines which issues they're not tackling.
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Editor's Voicemail: Not rejoining, but returning

What should lead the news? Three Tortoise journalists each pitch the story they think should be at the top of the news agenda to deputy editor Giles Whittell.
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Book your free ticket to be in the audience for our next election special in Stroud on Wednesday 19th July: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/the-news-meeting-live-stroud/ 
Guests:Cat Neilan, political editor at TortoiseJess Winch, news editor at TortoiseStephen Armstrong, reporter at Tortoise
 Host: Giles Whittell, Tortoise’s deputy editor
Producer: Rebecca Moore
Executive producer: Lewis Vickers
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News Meeting: Sunak’s aide bets on the election and French politics goes crazy

What has changed since Rishi Sunak’s D-Day gaffe and Nigel Farage’s intervention? John and Rachel delve into the latest polls, the party manifestos and the latest British Social Attitudes survey, which shows trust in politics is at a record low.
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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Trendy: Volatile voters and why people don’t trust politicians

This week, Alexi and Patricia dive into the wild west of political advertising and investigate the people behind a sneaky series of smear campaigns.
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Could it be true?: Sneaky politics

In this election special Giles Whittell is joined by former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, journalist John Boothman and columnist Andrew Tickell in front of an audience at Material Source in Glasgow.
They discuss what’s behind Douglas Ross’s decision to resign as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, the lurch to the right in some European countries and the number of Scottish children living in temporary accommodation.
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Guests:Kezia Dugdale, former leader of Scottish Labour and Associate Director of the Centre for Public Policy at the University of GlasgowJohn Boothman, political correspondent at The Times and Sunday TimesAndrew Tickell, writer, columnist and lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University
 Host: Giles Whittell, Tortoise’s deputy editor
Producers: Rebecca Moore and Casey Magloire
Executive producer: Lewis Vickers
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News Meeting: Swiss women win landmark climate case and Zeinab Badawi on a year of war in Sudan

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