Reporter

By the times and the sunday times

What's Reporter about?

A podcast feed with exclusive investigations by journalists from The Times and The Sunday Times. The latest series: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor at The Times, looks into the suicide of a 22-year-old British student and soon links it to a man in Canada selling a lethal substance.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Reporter episodes:

08.02.2023
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 8) - Innocent
Andy’s fight to be vindicated is finally realised. In this update, series producer Will goes to see Andy the day after the Court of Appeal in London overturned his rape conviction after new DNA evidence implicated another man in the...
05.04.2023
Poison (Pt 4) - UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. On Tuesday night, police in Canada announced the arrest and charge of a 57-year-old man on two counts of aiding or counselling suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected by...
04.28.2023
Poison - A conversation on suicide prevention
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives? If you or someone you know has been affected by suicide...
04.28.2023
Poison (Pt 3) - An encounter in Toronto
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. In the final episode of Poison, James goes to Canada to track down Kenneth Law and confront him over his operation. If you or someone you know has been affected by suicide or...
04.27.2023
Poison (Pt 2) - The man who sells death
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. In the second of this three part series we learn of a man called Kenneth Law who’s based in Canada. Law appears to be selling a substance to young, vulnerable, adults in the...
04.27.2023
Poison (Pt 1) - The life of Tom Parfett
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. In October, 2021 David Parfett’s 22-year-old son, Tom, took his own life. In the first of a three-part podcast we hear from David about the events that led up to the university student’s...
04.25.2023
Poison - Coming soon
Warning, this series contains discussions about suicide. A new three-part investigation here on Friday 28 April. James Beal, the Social Affairs Editor at The Times looks into the suicide of a 22-year-old British student and soon links it to...
03.25.2023
Who Killed CJ Davis? (March 2023 Update) - "An arrest"
Last week police said a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder of Corey Junior Davis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.03.2023
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 7) - UPDATE - A breakthrough
In this update, Emily’s producer Will goes to see Andy after news broke that his case is now being referred to the Court of Appeal after a DNA profile on the victim’s clothing was linked to another man on the...
08.12.2022
Last man standing (Pt 8) - Restless ghosts
When a British minister tells reporters that John Cantlie is still alive in February 2019, the search is on again. What does the British government know? Anthony Loyd shares his conclusions. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the...
08.05.2022
Last man standing (Pt 7) - Inside Mosul
Anthony retraces John Cantlie’s steps on the streets of Mosul, the Iraqi city where John was last seen alive. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today...
07.29.2022
Last man standing (Pt 6) - Lend me your ears
As one by one the British and American hostages are killed by their captors, John Cantlie emerges in a series of Islamic State propaganda films, ‘Lend Me Your Ears’. His new role keeps him alive. It also attracts questions. Is...
07.22.2022
Last man standing (Pt 5) - Freedom is for other people
Some of the hostages who were held with John Cantlie describe what life was like inside their prison cell, under the watch of brutal Isis guards. Their captors had a special role in mind for John… but why did Isis...
07.15.2022
Last man standing (Pt 4) - There but for the grace of God
For Anthony this story is personal as he reveals that he himself was captured while reporting on the Syrian conflict. What is it like to be a journalist covering war? And what does his experience tell us about John Cantlie's...
07.08.2022
Last man standing (Pt 3) - Missing
John Cantlie is missing and there are no leads in the case. The hunt is on for his whereabouts, when a rapper shows up in a Belgian prison saying he has information to share. What can this man tell us...
07.01.2022
Last man standing (Pt 2) - The kidnap
Anthony investigates details of John Cantlie and his colleague James Foley’s abduction in 2012. He speaks to those who were with them and explores possible reasons the men were targeted. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support...
06.24.2022
Last man standing (Pt 1) - On the trail
Anthony Loyd begins his investigation into the disappearance of journalist John Cantlie, who was taken by Isis in 2012. He explores the events of a prior kidnap and asks: what compelled John to return to Syria after his first escape? ...
06.20.2022
Last man standing - Coming soon
In 2012, British journalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria. Then a series of videos emerged showing Cantlie spouting Isis propaganda. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new 8-part series - beginning Friday 24 June - The Times’ War...
02.18.2022
The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 4) - The Kittens who still purr
In the final episode of the series, Louise meets those who remain loyal to Adnan Oktar and talks to a British lawyer who was at his trial. Former Kitten Ceylan reflects on her time in the cult. This podcast...
02.11.2022
The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 3) - The turnstile system
Warning: This episode includes explicit sexual references from the start. In this episode a former male member of the cult threatens Louise with legal action over his interview. Also, we relive the moment the organisation was finally brought down....
02.04.2022
The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 2) - Nice girls from good families
In the second episode of this four part series, Louise speaks to a woman who says she was sexually abused by Adnan Oktar. Plus, a former male member of the cult rethinks his own crimes. This podcast was brought to...
01.28.2022
The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 1) - The Mahdi wears Armani
In the first episode of a new four-part series, The Sunday Times's award-winning Middle East Correspondent, Louise Callaghan, tries to get to grips with one of the most bizarre stories she's ever covered. In January last year, the leader of...
01.25.2022
Coming soon - The Messiah and his Kittens
The Sunday Times's award-winning Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan examines the downfall of a Turkish preacher and cult leader, Adnan Oktar, who was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison last year. His crimes included: leading a criminal gang, kidnapping,...
12.08.2021
Who Killed CJ Davis? (An update) - "Atonement"
As teenage murders reach a 13-year high in London and growing numbers of grieving families seek some kind of justice, a year after releasing the series, John heads back to east London looking for answers. In 2017, 14-year-old CJ Davis...
10.29.2021
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 6) - Police failings
In the final episode of the series, Emily speaks to the former wife of another suspect from the time which raises questions about how thorough Greater Manchester Police were. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of...
10.22.2021
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 5) - 'Forced' to testify?
In the penultimate episode of the series, Emily speaks to one half of a couple whose witness testimony helped convict Andy. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times....
10.15.2021
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 4) - Forensics
In episode four, Emily hears how new DNA testing techniques reveal a different man may have been at the crime scene and Andy explains a dilemma that prisoners who maintain their innocence face. This podcast was brought to you thanks to...
10.08.2021
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 3) - Witness testimony
In episode three of this series, Emily visits the scene of the crime in Greater Manchester. She also meets a survivor of a different sexual assault who explains how - through no fault of their own - victims can misidentify their...
10.01.2021
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 2) - The trial
In today's episode, Emily looks back at what happened during Andy's trial in 2004 and reveals a worrying fact about two witnesses whose testimony helped secure his conviction. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers...
09.24.2021
Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 1) - Life turned upside down
In 2004 Andrew Malkinson was sentenced to life in jail after a 33-year-old mother of two was raped and left for dead on a Greater Manchester roadside. But he’s always maintained his innocence. In the first part of this new...
09.21.2021
Coming soon - Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story
In July 2003, a 33-year-old mother of two was raped and left for dead on a Greater Manchester roadside in a horrific attack. A few weeks later 37-year-old Andrew Malkinson was arrested for the crime and sentenced to life in...
09.17.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 7): The ban
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley Street clinics and counsellors' treatment rooms. In this final episode of a seven-part series, reporter Emily Sargent turns her attention to Westminster. What's happened in the three years since the Government pledged...
09.10.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 6): Conversion and transitioning
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley Street clinics and counsellors' treatment rooms. Research suggests that trans people are twice as likely to have been offered some form of conversion therapy than any other group in the LGBTQ+...
09.03.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 5): Faith and queerness
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley street clinics and counsellors treatment rooms. In this fifth episode of a seven-part-series, reporter Emily Sargent explores the way faith intersects with the movement to ban conversion therapy. ...
08.27.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 4): Undercover again
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley street clinics and counsellors treatment rooms. In this fourth episode of a seven-part-series, reporter Emily Sargent goes undercover again, to explore the extremely secretive practice. This podcast was...
08.20.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 3): Surviving
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley street clinics and counsellors treatment rooms. In this third episode of a seven-part-series, reporter Emily Sargent speaks to survivors and campaigners about the extremely secretive practice....
08.13.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 2): Undercover
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley street clinics and counsellors treatment rooms. In this second episode of a seven-part-series, reporter Emily Sargent goes undercover to explore the extremely secretive practice. This podcast...
08.06.2021
Thinking Straight (Pt 1): Conversion
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley street clinics and counsellors treatment rooms. In this first episode of a seven-part-series, journalist Emily Sargent goes undercover to explore the extremely secretive practice. This podcast was...
08.02.2021
Coming soon: Thinking Straight
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country, in village churches, Harley street clinics and counsellors treatment rooms. Journalist Emily Sargent goes undercover to expose a once secretive practice: this is Thinking Straight. The first episode of this...
05.28.2021
Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 6): Questions and Answers
In episode six, Lex Greensill and David Cameron appear before parliamentary committees to answer questions about the affair. What did we learn? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday...
05.24.2021
Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 5): The crash
In episode five, how did the actions of Sanjeev Gupta impact on Lex Greensill and bring them both crashing down to earth? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday...
05.24.2021
Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 4): Sanjeev Gupta, man of steel
In episode four of the series, we learn about metal magnate Sanjeev Gupta and how he was financed by Greensill Capital, a relationship that grew too deep for either of them. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the...
05.24.2021
Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 3): A pay app for the NHS
A Sunday Times investigation lays bare David Cameron's lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital and how it was able to use supply chain finance to pay NHS staff. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers...
05.24.2021
Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 2): Collapse and aftermath
What goes up must come down, as Lex Greensill's eponymous company runs into difficulty, we speak to one of the journalists who exposed the story of how his advisor, former Prime Minister David Cameron lobbied the government for financial aid...
05.24.2021
Cameron and the Toxic banker (Pt 1): The rise of Lex Greensill
In the first part of the story of the industrial scandal that became a financial scandal that turned into a political scandal, Sunday Times Whitehall correspondent, Gabriel Pogrund, discusses Lex Greensill, a central character in the saga. This podcast was...
05.20.2021
Coming soon: Cameron and the toxic banker
The industrial scandal, that became a financial scandal that led to a political scandal: this is the story of Lex Greensill and David Cameron. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.05.2021
The Spider in the Web - The Hans Globke Story (Pt 2)
Part Two: from Nazi bureaucrat to the architect of modern Germany. In the second episode of this two-part investigation, we look at the power Globke held during the rebuilding of modern Germany and the extent to which he was protected. This...
03.05.2021
The Spider in the Web - The Hans Globke Story (Pt 1)
Who was Hans Globke? In part one of this two-part investigation, we meet the German lawyer in the Nazi regime who helped to lay the legal basis for the Holocaust and then came back to build the foundations of modern Germany....
03.02.2021
Coming soon: The Spider in the Web - The Hans Globke Story
A two-part podcast following the story of Hans Globke, a bureaucrat in the Nazi Regime who helped to lay the legal basis for the Holocaust and then came back to build the foundations of modern Germany. Presented by Oliver Moody,...
09.25.2020
Who Killed CJ Davis? (Bonus) - "Meet Corey Senior"
In this episode John tracks down CJ's father and talks to him about his absence from the 14-year-old's life. Host: John Simpson, The Times' crime correspondent. Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team...

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Reporter episodes:

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 8) - Innocent

Poison (Pt 4) - UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested

Poison - A conversation on suicide prevention

Poison (Pt 3) - An encounter in Toronto

Poison (Pt 2) - The man who sells death

Poison (Pt 1) - The life of Tom Parfett

Poison - Coming soon

Who Killed CJ Davis? (March 2023 Update) - "An arrest"

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 7) - UPDATE - A breakthrough

Last man standing (Pt 8) - Restless ghosts

Last man standing (Pt 7) - Inside Mosul

Last man standing (Pt 6) - Lend me your ears

Last man standing (Pt 5) - Freedom is for other people

Last man standing (Pt 4) - There but for the grace of God

Last man standing (Pt 3) - Missing

Last man standing (Pt 2) - The kidnap

Last man standing (Pt 1) - On the trail

Last man standing - Coming soon

The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 4) - The Kittens who still purr

The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 3) - The turnstile system

The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 2) - Nice girls from good families

The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 1) - The Mahdi wears Armani

Coming soon - The Messiah and his Kittens

Who Killed CJ Davis? (An update) - "Atonement"

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 6) - Police failings

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 5) - 'Forced' to testify?

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 4) - Forensics

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 3) - Witness testimony

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 2) - The trial

Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story (Pt 1) - Life turned upside down

Coming soon - Seventeen years: The Andrew Malkinson story

Thinking Straight (Pt 7): The ban

Thinking Straight (Pt 6): Conversion and transitioning

Thinking Straight (Pt 5): Faith and queerness

Thinking Straight (Pt 4): Undercover again

Thinking Straight (Pt 3): Surviving

Thinking Straight (Pt 2): Undercover

Thinking Straight (Pt 1): Conversion

Coming soon: Thinking Straight

Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 6): Questions and Answers

Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 5): The crash

Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 4): Sanjeev Gupta, man of steel

Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 3): A pay app for the NHS

Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 2): Collapse and aftermath

Cameron and the Toxic banker (Pt 1): The rise of Lex Greensill

Coming soon: Cameron and the toxic banker

The Spider in the Web - The Hans Globke Story (Pt 2)

The Spider in the Web - The Hans Globke Story (Pt 1)

Coming soon: The Spider in the Web - The Hans Globke Story

Who Killed CJ Davis? (Bonus) - "Meet Corey Senior"