The Slow Newscast

By Tortoise Media

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza throug

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The podcast currently has 339 episodes available.

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July 22, 2021 The porn headmaster
In the internet age, anyone with a camera can make and sell porn. But what happens when a shoot goes wrong? In the second episode in our Porn Planet series investigating online pornography, we look into the world of porn production
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43min
July 15, 2021 Genesis: The mystery of where Covid began
The truth of an origin story has never mattered more: did Covid cross to humans from an animal, or did it escape from a laboratory? The arguments have only grown fiercer. And in the fog of war, the World Health Organisation lost its way
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52min
July 08, 2021 The arms race
How the richest nations on the planet promised to vaccinate every adult, everywhere, against Covid. They failed.
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49min
June 30, 2021 DIY justice
This is a story about one student, one case, and a serious sexual assault. It takes place at Cambridge University, but the case – of a botched process that lets a young woman down – could have happened almost anywhere...
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28min
June 23, 2021 Left to die - episode 3
In the final episode of Left to die: Nick Alexander tells the story of his torturous escape from the convoy – and the question left lying in the dust of the attack: who, really, abandoned them all?
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35min
June 23, 2021 Left to die - episode 2
Episode 2 of our series investigating what happened at the Amarula Hotel: the story of Wesley and his brother Adrian, who escape in a car and are ambushed by insurgents as they race to safety.
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47min
June 23, 2021 Left to die - episode 1
In March, Islamist militants attacked the town of Palma, in northern Mozambique – the site of a $20bn gas project. They besieged a hotel, where more than 200 civilians were taking shelter, waiting to be rescued. But help never came. In our new three-part series, we investigate why these men, women and children were abandoned.

Ep1: An Islamist insurgency hits. Nick and Wes, two South African contractors, race to the Amarula Hotel. Over three horrifying days, it becomes clear: no one is coming to help.
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33min
June 23, 2021 The Slow Newscast: trailer
The Slow Newscast takes news slowly. Each week, we tell one investigative story. Your host is Basia Cummings.
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2min
June 17, 2021 The missing note
In little more than a year - the year of the pandemic - Anand Menon lost his mother, father, brother and sister, but not to Covid. Grief and loss have been a part of so many lives this year, but none more so than Anand's.
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35min
June 10, 2021 A death at Lancaster Lodge
Sophie Bennett took her own life in a care facility that was crumbling around her. Paul Caruana Galizia and Chris Cook investigate what went wrong at a charity led by a famous mental health pioneer.
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54min

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How many episodes does The Slow Newscast have?

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