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- Why are nicotine pouches more popular than ever?
Nicotine pouches are flying off the shelves across the UK – and increasingly, it’s teenagers buying them.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
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10 min - Why did Republicans release Epstein emails?
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the ultra-Trumpian Republican congresswoman from Georgia, is one of the four Republican dissenters who support the full release of the Epstein files.
Listen to Alexi Mostrous discuss the Epstein emails in more detail on The News Meeting podcast.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
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11 min - Can Trump really sue the BBC?
Trump’s lawyers demanded that the BBC apologise for an edited clip of him in a Panorama documentary or face a $1 billion lawsuit.
Writer: Poppy Bullard
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Ada Barume
Episode photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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10 min - Why is Andrew Tate finished?
Young people are moving on from online influencer Andrew Tate.
Host: Ada Barumé
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Joe Mee
Executive producer: Matt Russell
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7 min - Why is porn showing choking being banned?
The government has criminalised the depiction of choking and suffocation in online porn.
Writer: Poppy Bullard
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Sophia Fenton
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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8 min - Could Trump start a new nuclear arms race?
President Trump wants America to resume nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years. President Vladimir Putin hinted Russia might follow suit.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
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9 min - What does the renters rights act mean for tenants?
The renters rights act is the most momentous change to housing law since the 1980's, but what will it mean for the UK's 11 million renters?
Writer: Ada Barumé
Producer: Ada Barumé
Host: Casey Magloire
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9 min - Zohran Mamdani: How to topple Trump
The young, charismatic socialist has swept to victory in the New York Mayoral election.
Writer: Poppy Bullard
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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10 min - Will Rachel Reeves raise taxes?
This week Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave an unexpected and unprecedented speech just three weeks before the government’s annual Budget.
Writer: Poppy Bullard
Reporter: Rachel Sylvester
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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9 min - Is this the end of TV?
In 2026, the UK government will decide whether to end terrestrial TV.
Host: Katie Gunning
Writer: Stephen Armstrong
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Joe Mee
Executive producer: Matt Russell
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