Sensemaker

How did a baseless claim that the first lady of France is a man become one of the world’s biggest conspiracy theories?

Writer: Phoebe Davis 

Host: Claudia Williams

Photography: 

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

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The Online Safety Act requires users to hand over detailed personal information but there’s a lack of transparency about what happens to this data afterwards.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer: Bex Sander

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Work permits are controlled by a migrant’s employer and holders can only stay on the island for nine months at a time. 

To listen to Ada Barumé and Orlando Crowcroft’s Slow Newscast investigation into migrant workers on the island click HERE.

Writer: Ada Barumé 

Producer: Serena Cesareo

Host: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Palestine Action was proscribed on 5 July, putting the direct action group in the same legal category as groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State. Since then, around 200 people have been arrested for supporting the group.

To read Jon’s interview with Deborah Hinton click HERE.

Writer: Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: 

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

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Matthew Drapper was subjected to an exorcism to rid him of the “demonic possession” of homosexuality. 

Writer: Phoebe Davis 

Host: Tomini Babs 

Photography: Sofia Fenton

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

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Hundreds of thousands of games have disappeared from platforms in a crackdown, raising questions about who should be making decisions about content moderation.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer: Bex Sander

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

Episodic Artwork by Darling Demon Eclipse

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According to the world’s biggest bird survey, clearing rainforest to make way for cattle farms is even more harmful to biodiversity than we thought.

Writer: James Tapper

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Ada Barumé

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Israel has initiated daily pauses in its military operations - to allow more aid to get into Gaza.  But how much aid is getting through and will it be enough for the Palestinians who rely on it?

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

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As people are turning to AI for mental health support and relationship advice, could chatbots replace the role of a trusted friend, or even a therapist?

Writer: Ada Barume

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Host: Tomini Babs

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The England women’s football team won the Euros for a second time, after they defeated Spain 3-1 on penalties in the final, having drawn 1-1 after extra time, two years after they lost to the same opponent in the World Cup final.

Writer: Jessy Parker Humphreys

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton  

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

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