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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:


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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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Left to die - episode 2

Left to die - episode 2

Episode 2 of our series investigating what happened at the Amarula Hotel: the story of Wesley and his brother Adrian, who escape in a car and are ambushed by insurgents as they race to safety.

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00:46:44  |   Wed 23 Jun 2021
Left to die - episode 1

Left to die - episode 1

In March, Islamist militants attacked the town of Palma, in northern Mozambique – the site of a $20bn gas project. They besieged a hotel, where more than 200 civilians were taking shelter, waiting to…

00:32:35  |   Wed 23 Jun 2021
The missing note

The missing note

In little more than a year - the year of the pandemic - Anand Menon lost his mother, father, brother and sister, but not to Covid. Grief and loss have been a part of so many lives this year, but none…
00:34:25  |   Thu 17 Jun 2021
A death at Lancaster Lodge

A death at Lancaster Lodge

Sophie Bennett took her own life in a care facility that was crumbling around her. Paul Caruana Galizia and Chris Cook investigate what went wrong at a charity led by a famous mental health pioneer.

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00:53:30  |   Thu 10 Jun 2021
Inside Downing Street: the second couple

Inside Downing Street: the second couple

After Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ wedding, there are now two powerful married couples in Number 10. Meet the other: Munira and Dougie...

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00:48:33  |   Wed 02 Jun 2021
Hunt for the porn king

Hunt for the porn king

As dozens of women accuse the world’s largest porn company of profiting from their abuse, listen to the full story of how we traced its secretive owner to his London mansion

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00:55:38  |   Thu 27 May 2021
The neo-Nazis next door

The neo-Nazis next door

In the German city of Chemnitz, political extremists aren’t just present – they’re organised. And they’re trying to spread their creed from ramshackle buildings to the rest of the country

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00:30:48  |   Thu 20 May 2021
The white gold rush

The white gold rush

The story of a dying lake, a forgotten community and the hunt for a green future. Host Basia Cummings is joined by reporters Miranda Green and Lucy Sherriff to investigate.


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00:44:14  |   Wed 12 May 2021
What happened to Shukri Abdi?

What happened to Shukri Abdi?

When A 12-year-old Somali refugee drowned in the River Irwell in 2019, suspicion and rumour soon followed. In this episode, Basia is joined by reporter Nimo Omer to investigate what happened to Shukr…
00:47:55  |   Thu 06 May 2021
Pariah - episode 4

Pariah - episode 4

A life like Harvey Proctor’s has lessons for the police and the media. And for all of us: what are we prepared to do to people we turn into hate figures?

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00:40:29  |   Thu 29 Apr 2021
Pariah - episode 3

Pariah - episode 3

Harvey Proctor was caught in the middle of a deadly serious police investigation, Operation Midland. How could he fight it?

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00:39:46  |   Thu 29 Apr 2021
Pariah - episode 2

Pariah - episode 2

It’s tough to survive one huge, public scandal in your life. Two is almost unheard of. But that was about to happen to Harvey Proctor.

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00:45:51  |   Thu 29 Apr 2021
Pariah - episode 1

Pariah - episode 1

Harvey Proctor was a Conservative MP, notorious in the 1980s for his right-wing views. Until he was entrapped by a newspaper in a ‘gay sex scandal’ and his life started to unravel.

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00:47:22  |   Thu 29 Apr 2021
Lost at sea

Lost at sea

The mysterious story of Gulf Livestock 1, a 12,000-tonne ship carrying 6,000 cows that disappeared without a trace in the Pacific Ocean.

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00:44:17  |   Wed 21 Apr 2021
The battle for truth

The battle for truth

We're launching a brand new podcast from Tortoise called ThinkIn with James Harding. In this week's Slow Newscast, a preview.

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00:57:57  |   Thu 15 Apr 2021
What the RFK Jr?!

What the RFK Jr?!

This week we introduce a new podcast, and re-up an episode from our archive on the hero lawyer turned anti-vaxxer who has spent the pandemic spreading medical misinformation.

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00:41:21  |   Wed 07 Apr 2021
Cross stitch

Cross stitch

An unlikely scandal... in the world of embroidery. How a highly-paid male CEO went to war with a group of embroidery-loving women, who decided to get together and fight back.


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00:38:47  |   Wed 31 Mar 2021
The Reasonable Case of Keir Rodney Starmer

The Reasonable Case of Keir Rodney Starmer

Who is Keir Starmer? There’s the basic answer: he’s the leader of Britain’s Labour party. But beyond that? We investigate his past.

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00:49:05  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
Disaster at Camp 3

Disaster at Camp 3

Reaching the summit of K2 in winter had never been done before. In January, a group of mountaineers – professionals, amateurs, social media adventurers – attempted it. It ended in triumph… and traged…
00:48:37  |   Thu 18 Mar 2021
The Navalny Show

The Navalny Show

As he returned to Moscow after months recovering from a nerve agent attack, Alexei Navalny released a remarkable YouTube video – and with it, sowed the seeds for a new Russian revolution by meme.


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00:36:42  |   Thu 11 Mar 2021
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