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Sensemaker: When extreme sports turn deadly
Episode 213
Base jumping deaths are rising. When big companies sponsor athletes to jump off cliffs, who's responsible when things go wrong?
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1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Who was behind the Moscow terror attack?
Episode 212
More than 130 people were killed in a shooting at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow last Friday. What do we know about the people behind it?
T…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Israel and the UN’s Gaza relief agency
Episode 211
Disputes between UNWRA and Israel are stopping aid from reaching millions of people in the Gaza strip. What does the aid agency do and why does it ma…
1 year, 9 months ago
News Meeting: What the Moscow attack means for Putin and Chinese hacking
Episode 210
What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s deputy editor Giles Whittell.
Barrister and broadcaster …
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Bitcoin is back
Episode 209
The cryptocurrency surged to a new record value against the dollar. What caused it and how far could it fall?
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1 year, 9 months ago
Editor's Voicemail: Why it's wrong to suggest the BBC is antisemitic
Episode 208
We should worry about people putting the self-serving values of WhatsApp tribalism ahead of the difficult business of common understanding.
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1 year, 9 months ago
News Meeting: Men-only clubs and a smoking ban for for some, but not all
Episode 207
What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.
Businessman John Rose and…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Frank Hester: The race row and the rise of the mega donor
Episode 206
The Conservative donor was someone very few people had heard of until an investigation revealed his racist comments towards MP Diane Abbott. What rol…
1 year, 9 months ago
Trendy: The general election campaign starts here
Episode 205
There’s feverish speculation about the timing of the next election, so in this episode Rachel and John look at how campaigns have changed with the he…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Indefinite jail terms: ‘a stain on our justice system’
Episode 204
What the death of one man tells us about the continued impact of indefinite prison sentences that were abolished more than a decade ago.
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1 year, 9 months ago