The Slow Newscast
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 353
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Hunt for the porn king: a reckoning
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Chained woman
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America at the crossroads: abortion in South Bend
Left to die: Return to the Amarula
Last summer our three-part podcast Left To Die told the harrowing story of 200 civilians trapped in a hotel in Mozambique under siege by violent extremists. This week, we’re looking back to find out:…
Londongrad: The Johnson Affair
A former KGB officer, Britain’s foreign secretary – and a potential national security breach.
Listen to Londongrad, Paul Caruana Galizia's 6-part series investigating the influence of Russian oligarc…
The Darwin job: the vanishing, reappearing notebooks
One sleuth, two notebooks – and a 20-year mystery.
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A coup at Claridge’s: Qatar’s quiet move on London
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Hollywood’s cultural revolution
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Visit Rwanda: Britain’s harsh welcome for refugees
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The Rules: democracy in Britain
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Introducing: Londongrad
How the Lebedevs partied their way to power is a 6 part series investigating two men - who are at the heart of the story of Britain opening its doors to Russian oligarchs. Alexander Lebedev is a form…
Stripped. Searched. Traumatised. Children and the police
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Odesa
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Revealed: Stormy Daniels and her battle for truth
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Downfall: twenty days that did for Rishi Sunak
How did Rishi Sunak go from one of the most popular members of the government to one of the least in a matter of days? Matthew d’Ancona pieces together what happened.
Tortoise is a news start-up devot…
The Backstory
Today we are sharing an episode of Tortoise's new podcast series: The Backstory with Andrew Neil. This week Andrew talks to Fiona Hill, former director for Europe and Russia at the US National Securi…
Mariupol
Two atrocities in the port city of Mariupol epitomise Russia’s violence in Ukraine. This is the story of those atrocities and of Mariupol’s truth
With special thanks to Konstantin Korobov and Nina Kur…
The Lost Ark
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Greg Barker: the lord's work
The days of the Russian oligarch in London are numbered. What fate awaits the enablers – those well-connected people who worked for and provided services to wealthy Russians? This is the story of one…
Fallen women
Twenty-seven women fell in suspicious circumstances. Seventeen died. Often, in the shadow of their fall, was a man. What if they didn’t fall. What if they were pushed?
Warning: This episode contains s…