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The Slow Newscast - Podcast

The Slow Newscast

 Alice Sandelson

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day.


Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales? And what happened when humanity's most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a different approach to journalism these are the stories we tell.


To find out more about The Observer:


Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content

Head to our website observer.co.uk 

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If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact [email protected]

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Documentary Society & Culture News News Commentary
Update frequency
every 5 days
Average duration
38 minutes
Episodes
353
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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March of the mutants

March of the mutants

Covid-19 may be losing the vaccine battle, but as the virus evolves fast to form new variants, the war is most definitely not over...


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00:49:12  |   Thu 04 Mar 2021
A Very British Business

A Very British Business

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is one of Britain's richest men. Since Brexit he's made a show of his patriotism. Is it for real?

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00:43:02  |   Thu 25 Feb 2021
A fairy tale on Wall St

A fairy tale on Wall St

The myth of Gamestop was that it was a David and Goliath struggle. The truth was very different.

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00:39:16  |   Thu 18 Feb 2021
306 days

306 days

Geoffrey Woolf spent longer in hospital after Covid-19 than almost anyone - 306 days. His son Nicky tells the story of what he went through, and how it changed everything.

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00:41:48  |   Thu 11 Feb 2021
Corinna & the king: The money hunt

Corinna & the king: The money hunt

Power, greed, and a $65m 'gift': the story of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Corinna, his lover. They occupied a world of high-rolling hunting parties and complicated gifts – until it went seriously w…
00:59:04  |   Thu 04 Feb 2021
Hidden Homicides - episode 4

Hidden Homicides - episode 4

The final episode of our special series. How do you fix a fatal problem no one is properly measuring?


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00:30:28  |   Thu 28 Jan 2021
Hidden Homicides - episode 3

Hidden Homicides - episode 3

The astonishing case of Emily Whelan, and decisions and delays that cannot be undone. The third episode in our special series on the deaths that may be going unrecognised, and uncounted, by police.


T…

00:40:35  |   Thu 28 Jan 2021
Hidden Homicides - episode 2

Hidden Homicides - episode 2

The second part of our new series, Hidden Homicides: the story of a killer twice missed. When Susan Nicholson died suddenly, her parents were immediately suspicious. Her partner was known to police t…

00:44:01  |   Thu 28 Jan 2021
Hidden Homicides - episode 1

Hidden Homicides - episode 1

In a new series by Tortoise, we tell the shocking stories of women whose possible homicides go unrecognised, and uncounted, by police. In episode 1: the life and death of 21-year-old Katie Wilding, a…

00:44:52  |   Thu 28 Jan 2021
This was a coup

This was a coup

What was really going on when President Trump's supporters invaded the Capitol?

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00:48:44  |   Thu 21 Jan 2021
Shot in the dark

Shot in the dark

Coronavirus vaccines are a triumph for science, and an enormous gamble for the UK. They're all we've got left: our only hope of getting out of the Covid crisis.

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00:39:26  |   Thu 14 Jan 2021
Crossing the Channel

Crossing the Channel

A former army base in Folkstone, Kent, is now the controversial epicentre of the Britain's immigration debate – a debate that hasn’t gone away with Brexit.

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00:47:32  |   Thu 07 Jan 2021
Did it have to be this bad?

Did it have to be this bad?

Britain has one of the worst records in the world at dealing with the coronavirus. The country's death toll, and the economic damage it suffers, will be worse than most of its competitors; possibly w…
00:58:21  |   Thu 17 Dec 2020
Is Covid cover for corruption?

Is Covid cover for corruption?

The British government has spent billions tackling the coronavirus, and some of it has gone to friends and family of people in high places. Contracts for safety equipment or for testing for Covid hav…
00:29:07  |   Thu 10 Dec 2020
The rise & fall of The Wing

The rise & fall of The Wing

The Wing was part co-working space, part feminist haven - a high-concept, big-money chain of women-only spaces, the brainchild of super-smart, ultra-connected New Yorker, Audrey Gelman. It was a chil…
00:40:37  |   Thu 03 Dec 2020
The split

The split

A story centuries in the making that is building an unstoppable momentum. This week we are going north of the wall and asking: is Scotland on a march to independence?

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00:37:57  |   Thu 26 Nov 2020
Boris Johnson's horror show

Boris Johnson's horror show

On Saturday October 31st, the British government was forced to announce a second national coronavirus lockdown. We know the announcement itself was mishandled; the reasons why are fascinating. In thi…
00:41:56  |   Thu 19 Nov 2020
China takes down a superstar

China takes down a superstar

Jack Ma set up the Chinese online giant Alibaba. It made him hugely rich, and perhaps too powerful for comfort for China's ruling elite. Last week his plan for the biggest-ticket stock market launch …
00:31:36  |   Thu 12 Nov 2020
JK Rowling and the Unfinished Business

JK Rowling and the Unfinished Business

In June 2020, JK Rowling sent a Tweet which took her to the heart of the bitter debate about trans rights and women's rights. A few days later, with an online storm gathering around her, she publishe…
00:33:14  |   Thu 05 Nov 2020
The (un)Christian president

The (un)Christian president

From the first moment of his presidency, Donald Trump has courted - and largely won - the votes of white, Evangelical Christians. For a famously profane and worldly president it's a striking achievem…
00:34:03  |   Thu 29 Oct 2020
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