The Slow Newscast

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The Slow Newscast episodes

November 03, 2022 Mutiny: The undoing of Liz Truss
The inside story of how the shortest premiership in British history came to an end
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39 min
October 27, 2022 The missing male pill
More than 60 years after the development of the contraceptive pill for women, we still don’t have an equivalent for men. Why?
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43 min
October 20, 2022 Pig Iron
Introducing Pig Iron: five years after his death on a distant frontline in South Sudan, the truth about what happened to Christopher Allen is still a mystery. Was he a reckless freelancer? A mercenary? Or a young and ambitious reporter, caught in the crossfire? Approached by a family member looking for answers, Basia Cummings begins investigating.

This is the first episode in the six part series 'Pig Iron'. To listen to the remaining episodes as they drop weekly, click on this link: https://torto.se/3CObDng
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36 min
October 13, 2022 Britannia unhinged
What happened in the 17 days between Kwasi Kwarteng becoming chancellor, sacking the Treasury’s top civil servant, and his fiscal event which crashed the British economy?
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37 min
October 06, 2022 Toxic: The making of Andrew Tate
What happened when social media platforms banned Andrew Tate, whose misogyny netted him a fortune and millions of online followers?
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34 min
September 29, 2022 Paradise Bust: Scandal in the British Virgin Islands
When the premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in a drugs sting in Miami, what did British government officials know about the operation?
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47 min
September 22, 2022 A crime in the making
No war crime is ever inevitable, but it’s possible to make one likely. Russia did exactly that before 53 prisoners of war burned to death at Olenivka.
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40 min
September 16, 2022 The Second Elizabethan Age: the constitution
Richard Lambert talks to one of the UK’s foremost constitutional experts about the state of the monarchy.

If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com/thesecondelizabethanage
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33 min
September 15, 2022 The Second Elizabethan Age: rule Britannia
Richard Lambert examines how the Queen navigated the world of international politics as head of state and head of the Commonwealth.

If you'd like to read and listen to more of Tortoise's reporting on the Queen, including photo galleries, an obituary by Matthew d’Ancona and daily reporting on a country turning on a hinge of history, visit tortoisemedia.com/thesecondelizabethanage

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24 min
September 14, 2022 The Second Elizabethan Age: head of state
Richard Lambert charts the evolving relationship between the Queen, politicians and her Prime Ministers during her reign.
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25 min

About The Slow Newscast

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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…