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Sensemaker: The “systematic dishonesty” that caused the Grenfell Tower fire disaster
Episode 402
The public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower which killed 72 people has concluded that the “systematic dishonesty” of multinational companies w…
1 year, 4 months ago
News Meeting: Will the Grenfell Tower Inquiry bring justice?
Episode 401
Tortoise’s Giles Whittell is joined by Peter Apps, a leading expert on the Grenfell Tower fire and author of the Orwell prize winning book ‘Show Me t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Netanyahu defies his critics
Episode 400
How Israel’s prime minister has managed the impossible.
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1 year, 4 months ago
Trendy: Do trade unions still matter in the UK?
Episode 399
Over the last forty years trade union membership in Britain has halved. Critics of the new government have accused it of giving into union demands ov…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: How the US elects its president
Episode 398
With two months to go until the US election, Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for the final phase of the presidential campaign. So how does t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Sextortion on the rise
Episode 397
An Australian man who posed as a social media star and blackmailed hundreds of girls around the world into sharing sexual content has been jailed for…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Why Oasis used dynamic ticket pricing
Episode 396
The UK government will investigate the use of dynamic pricing by ticket websites after some Oasis fans paid more than advertised for the band’s reuni…
1 year, 4 months ago
News Meeting: Why Oasis can charge so much and Israel’s strike for Gaza hostages
Episode 395
Economist Tim Leunig explains why Oasis used dynamic ticket pricing. Plus, Germany’s far right celebrates a “historic success”.
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1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Afghanistan’s new ‘vice and virtue’ laws
Episode 394
After banning a UN official from Afghanistan the Taliban introduced draconian new laws that further restrict the rights of women and girls. What is t…
1 year, 4 months ago
News Meeting: Biden’s man visits Beijing, sextortion and Telegram’s CEO is arrested
Episode 393
New York Times diplomatic correspondent Edward Wong joins the Tortoise team to discuss what should lead the news.
He explains why US National Security…
1 year, 4 months ago