The Slow Newscast

By The Observer

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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How many episodes does The Slow Newscast have?

The podcast currently has 365 episodes available.

The Slow Newscast episodes:

May 06, 2021 What happened to Shukri Abdi?
When A 12-year-old Somali refugee drowned in the River Irwell in 2019, suspicion and rumour soon followed. In this episode, Basia is joined by reporter Nimo Omer to investigate what happened to Shukri Abdi.
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48min
April 29, 2021 Pariah - episode 4
A life like Harvey Proctor’s has lessons for the police and the media. And for all of us: what are we prepared to do to people we turn into hate figures?
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41min
April 29, 2021 Pariah - episode 3
Harvey Proctor was caught in the middle of a deadly serious police investigation, Operation Midland. How could he fight it?
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40min
April 29, 2021 Pariah - episode 2
It’s tough to survive one huge, public scandal in your life. Two is almost unheard of. But that was about to happen to Harvey Proctor.
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46min
April 29, 2021 Pariah - episode 1
Harvey Proctor was a Conservative MP, notorious in the 1980s for his right-wing views. Until he was entrapped by a newspaper in a ‘gay sex scandal’ and his life started to unravel.
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48min
April 21, 2021 Lost at sea
The mysterious story of Gulf Livestock 1, a 12,000-tonne ship carrying 6,000 cows that disappeared without a trace in the Pacific Ocean.
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45min
April 15, 2021 The battle for truth
We're launching a brand new podcast from Tortoise called ThinkIn with James Harding. In this week's Slow Newscast, a preview.
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58min
April 07, 2021 What the RFK Jr?!
This week we introduce a new podcast, and re-up an episode from our archive on the hero lawyer turned anti-vaxxer who has spent the pandemic spreading medical misinformation.
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42min
March 31, 2021 Cross stitch
An unlikely scandal... in the world of embroidery. How a highly-paid male CEO went to war with a group of embroidery-loving women, who decided to get together and fight back.

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39min
March 25, 2021 The Reasonable Case of Keir Rodney Starmer
Who is Keir Starmer? There’s the basic answer: he’s the leader of Britain’s Labour party. But beyond that? We investigate his past.
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50min

FAQs about The Slow Newscast:

How many episodes does The Slow Newscast have?

The podcast currently has 365 episodes available.

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