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Why is the latest Trump indictment so significant and who cares about wild camping?
Episode 42
Giles Whittell and the team discuss the latest charges against Donald Trump, assisted dying and wild camping returning to Dartmoor.
What should lead t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Why should you care about a coup in Niger and what is carbon capture?
Episode 41
What should lead the news? Three journalists pitch the story they think matters most to Liz Moseley.
They discuss Rishi Sunak’s new carbon capture sc…
2 years, 8 months ago
How do you report climate science and should UFOs ever lead the news?
Episode 40
What should lead the news? Three journalists pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise's deputy editor Giles Whittell.
They discuss a new l…
2 years, 8 months ago
Odesa cathedral, green policies reconsidered and Cookham Wood
Episode 39
In this episode Liz Moseley is in the editor’s chair. She’s joined by Tortoise editors Jess Winch, Cat Neilan and Ceri Thomas. They discuss the Russi…
2 years, 8 months ago
Post Office scandal, Starmer benefit row, and grain deal
Episode 38
In this episode, recorded in front of an audience in the Tortoise newsroom, James Harding is joined by Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff, Liz Moseley …
2 years, 8 months ago
European heat storm, inheritance tax, and Hollywood strikes
Episode 37
The team discusses the record-breaking heatwave in southern Europe, potential plans to scrap inheritance tax, and why Hollywood’s actors and writers …
2 years, 9 months ago
El Niño, mortgage costs, and missing migrant boats
Episode 36
Basia Cummings is in the editor’s chair. She’s joined by Cat Neilan, Claudia Williams and Stephen Armstrong who pitch rising mortgage rates, migrant …
2 years, 9 months ago
Bonus episode: the BBC presenter and privacy
Episode 35
In this special episode James Harding explores why the media is reluctant to name the BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager for explicit images.…
2 years, 9 months ago
BBC presenter suspended, NHS & big pharma, and cluster bombs
Episode 34
Before founding Tortoise James Harding was head of BBC News. In this episode he’s joined by journalists Liz Moseley, Will Brown and Ceri Thomas, a fo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Threads vs. Twitter, OnlyFans billboard, and Horizon membership
Episode 33
The team discusses Meta launching Threads to challenge Elon Musk’s Twitter, the billboard advertising an explicit OnlyFans account that sparked compl…
2 years, 9 months ago