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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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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.
To find out m…
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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 …
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 1 month ago