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News Meeting: Lessons from a World War Two disinformation campaign
Episode 203
Are we living through an information war? Sefton Delmer was a British propagandist who targeted the Nazi regime. In this bonus episode, the journali…
1 year, 9 months ago
Introducing...Counter Crisis
Counter Crisis is a new podcast from the Centre for Disaster Protection, a UK government-funded international organisation which works to change how …
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Elon Musk takes on OpenAI
Episode 202
Elon Musk is suing the creators of ChatGPT, accusing OpenAI of straying from its original mission to build AI that will benefit humanity. What is his…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sensemaker: Putin's sham election
Episode 201
Russia’s president has won a fifth term in an election viewed by many as neither free nor fair. What does Vladimir Putin’s victory mean for the world…
1 year, 9 months ago
News Meeting: Boris Johnson’s Venezuela meeting and should we change the way we fund the police?
Episode 200
What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.
In this episode he’s join…
1 year, 10 months ago
Sensemaker: Family fractured after suspected illegal abortion
Episode 199
Tortoise spent six months fighting to report that a British mother being investigated for a suspected illegal abortion had her existing children remo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Editor's Voicemail: The princess and the tortoise
Episode 198
Who decides what's real? James Harding reflects on the challenges that modern newsrooms face when trying to provide accurate information. He also has…
1 year, 10 months ago
News Meeting: Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester and has levelling-up made any difference?
Episode 197
Tortoise understands that the Conservatives have received an as-yet-undeclared £5 million sum from Frank Hester, the party donor embroiled in a race …
1 year, 10 months ago
Sensemaker: Will the US ban Tik Tok?
Episode 196
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.
To find out more about …
1 year, 10 months ago
Trendy: Where’s all the money gone?
Episode 195
The state of public finances is dire: government debt is high and so too are taxes. How did we get into this mess and what choices does the next gove…
1 year, 10 months ago