Sensemaker

Despite Silicon Valley promising Artificial Intelligence would revolutionise our daily lives, the reality has been slower to unfold. 

Writer: Patricia Clarke

Producer: Rebecca Moore

Host: Casey Magloire 

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

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If 2023 was the year weight-loss injections such as Ozempic or WeGovy took over Hollywood, then 2024 was the year they went global. What does that mean for Novo Nordisk, the Danish company making them? And can it live up to the hype?

Writer: Claudia Williams

Producer: Claudia Williams

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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The King's first full year on the throne has been marked by his illness. Along with that of his daughter-in-law, Catherine, Princess of Wales. What does this year tell us about the state of the royal family?

Writer: Xavier Greenwood

Producer: Xavier Greenwood

Photography: Lola Williams

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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How England cricket’s greatest batter got even better in 2024.

Writer: Andrew Butler.

Producer: Lola Williams

Photography: Lola Williams 

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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The tradwife movement, led by influencers like Nara Smith, sparked intense online debate throughout 2024, particularly following Donald Trump's presidential election victory. What does it tell us about the year?

Writer: Jess Swinburne

Producer: Jess Swinburne

Host: Casey Magloire 

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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The Belfast rap trio has taken the world by storm. But who are they and how have they managed to capture the zeitgeist?

Writer: Elaine McCallig

Producer: Casey Magloire

Photography: Jon Jones

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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How the fallout from the TV show sparked a nearly two hundred million dollar lawsuit. 

Thanks for listening to the Sensemaker.

This episode was written and mixed by Eleanor Biggs.

Photography by Jon Jones. 

The executive producer is Rebecca Moore.

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How a young woman from Gaza who chronicled life in the Strip after October 7th and became one of the most influential women in the world. 

Writer: Chloe Hadjimatheou

Producer: Gary Marshall

Host: Tomini Babs

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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In 2024, Chappell Roan went from relative obscurity to playing to some of the biggest crowds in festival history. What toll did this meteoric rise take on her?

Writer: Katie Riley

Producer: Katie Gunning

Photography: Lola Williams

Host: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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The Post Office scandal was one of the largest miscarriages of justice in the UK with hundreds of people wrongly prosecuted for theft or false accounting. So why did it take an ITV drama to bring about change? 

Writer: Sophie Fenton

Producer: Tomini Babs

Host: Tomini Babs

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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