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  • Ep 579: Ozempic on the NHS?

    England’s NHS has approved semaglutide, Hollywood’s favourite weight-loss injection. But is the hype justified?


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    7 min
  • Ep 578: Airports lift the liquids ban

    London City Airport is the latest to scrap the 100 millilitre liquid rule for hand luggage. When will others follow suit?


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    5 min
  • Ep 577: The Pentagon documents leak

    The FBI has arrested a man who they believe is linked to a leak of confidential US defence and intelligence documents. What did we learn from the leak?


    Click here to listen to The News Meeting.


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    6 min
  • Ep 576: The Battle for Bakhmut

    Why a small city in eastern Ukraine has become the scene of the fiercest fighting in Europe since World War Two.


    Click here for Tortoise’s Slow Newscast: Wagner’s War.


    Tortoise is a newsroom devoted to slow journalism. For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year. As a member you’ll also get our newsletters and tickets to live events. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/slowdown. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


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    7 min
  • Ep 575: Virgin Orbit

    Richard Branson’s latest space venture was meant to revolutionise the satellite industry. Instead, it went bankrupt. What went wrong?


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    7 min
  • Ep 574: Au revoir to e-scooters

    Paris has become the first city in the world to ban rental e-scooters. Could the UK be next?


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    6 min
  • Ep 573: The charges against Donald Trump

    Former US president Donald Trump is facing criminal charges in New York but he faces more serious legal challenges elsewhere.


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    If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable.

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    7 min
  • Ep 572: Prince Harry in court

    The Duke of Sussex has been in the high court, fighting a legal battle against the owner of the Daily Mail newspaper. What is he trying to achieve?


    Tortoise is a newsroom devoted to slow journalism. For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year.


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    7 min
  • Ep 570: Protests in Israel

    Why Israel is in turmoil over plans to give politicians more control over the courts.


    Tortoise is a newsroom devoted to slow journalism. For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year.


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    If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable.

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    7 min

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