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Trendy: Local elections 2024: what to expect
Episode 226
Voters in England and Wales will elect councillors, mayors, London Assembly members and police and crime commissioners. What’s at stake? Is local dem…
2 years ago
Sensemaker: Instability AI
Episode 225
StabilityAI was once one of the world’s most-hyped startups. But now, former employees say it’s in a “death spiral”. What does the company’s apparent…
2 years ago
Sensemaker: Why Republicans are blocking aid for Ukraine
Episode 224
For months, Republican lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene have blocked a $60bn aid package for Ukraine. Why do they oppose it and what does it mea…
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years 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…
2 years ago