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Sensemaker: Westminster’s honeytrap sext scandal
Episode 223
A Conservative MP is under growing pressure after giving his colleagues’ personal phone numbers to a stranger who targeted him in a spear-phishing at…
1 year, 9 months ago
News Meeting: Solar eclipse conspiracy theories and is Thames Water facing the end game?
Episode 222
What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s deputy editor Giles Whittell.
In this episode he’s joine…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Threat to life: the Iranian journalist stabbed in London
Episode 221
An Iranian journalist working for a TV news channel which is critical of Tehran has been stabbed. What does this attack tell us about the lengths Ira…
1 year, 9 months ago
News Meeting: Aid worker deaths in Gaza and a Westminster honey trap
Episode 220
What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s deputy editor Giles Whittell.
Tortoise’s political edito…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: The aid workers killed in Gaza
Episode 219
There’s been international condemnation after seven aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. But will it change anything?
To find ou…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Bollywood gets political
Episode 218
As India’s election approaches, some Bollywood films are promoting the politics of the country’s prime minister. What does it tell us about Narendra …
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: The truth about Trump’s Truth Social
Episode 217
Why you can now buy shares in Donald Trump’s social media platform – and what it means for the former president as he faces a series of legal and fin…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Boeing, Boeing, gone
Episode 216
A safety crisis at Boeing has led to sweeping management changes. What went wrong – and will these changes be enough?
To find out more about Tortoise:…
1 year, 9 months ago
News Meeting: Elizabeth Day on Baltimore bridge conspiracies and Trump’s Truth Social
Episode 215
The host of How To Fail joins the Tortoise team to pitch the story she thinks should lead the news and to talk about her book Friendaholic: Confessio…
1 year, 9 months ago
Trendy: How to fix the NHS
Episode 214
A new survey suggests the public’s satisfaction with the NHS is at a record low. What can the next government do to fix this? John and Rachel are joi…
1 year, 9 months ago