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The Story

Drowning in news? Let The Story guide you.


Each morning, hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones bring you today's most important story, told by the journalists who know what really happened.


In depth, honest, and mixed in with exclusive reports and groundbreaking investigations.


Discover the story behind the story with the flagship podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times.



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Update frequency
every day
Average duration
30 minutes
Episodes
1592
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni

Having made a multi-million dollar film together, Hollywood stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are now trading muti-million dollar lawsuits over what did (or didn’t) happen on set and during the p…

00:32:27  |   Mon 13 Jan 2025
The Sunday Edition: The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 2

The Sunday Edition: The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 2

The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians dur…

00:38:07  |   Sun 12 Jan 2025
The Saturday Edition: The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 1

The Saturday Edition: The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 1

This week the Times revealed that ministers are considering bringing back a retired military chief to lead the armed forces amid concerns the likely frontrunner, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, has been ta…

00:30:39  |   Sat 11 Jan 2025
Donald Trump’s imperial ambitions

Donald Trump’s imperial ambitions

The US president-elect has sparked a series of diplomatic rows after saying he was willing to use military or economic force to take control of Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada. How seriously s…

00:27:49  |   Fri 10 Jan 2025
The journalist who exposed Britain’s grooming gangs

The journalist who exposed Britain’s grooming gangs

Elon Musk has unleashed a huge political row in the UK over whether there should be a national inquiry into the gangs that groomed young girls for rape in a number of Britain's northern towns. But wh…

00:37:35  |   Thu 09 Jan 2025
Is Elon Musk dictating the British political agenda?

Is Elon Musk dictating the British political agenda?

Scroll through his latest posts on X and Elon Musk has a laser focus on UK politics. His main targets? Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips MP and their response to the country’s grooming scandal. He’s als…

00:31:46  |   Wed 08 Jan 2025
The decline of dating apps, and what could replace them

The decline of dating apps, and what could replace them

Official figures show that for the first time, people are leaving dating apps. So why the exodus? And could future apps - with AI and augmented reality - be any better at matchmaking?

This podcast was…

00:30:36  |   Tue 07 Jan 2025
Why Donald Trump courted the wrestling world

Why Donald Trump courted the wrestling world

Linda McMahon, the wife of WWE’s founder Vince McMahon has just been nominated to be Donald Trump’s secretary for education. What’s behind Trump’s love affair with this staged ‘sport’?

The episode con…

00:28:04  |   Mon 06 Jan 2025
Cocaine Inc. (Bonus) - Colombia: Seized and stolen again

Cocaine Inc. (Bonus) - Colombia: Seized and stolen again

Stephen Drill talks to Richard McColl about living and working at the centre of the global cocaine trade.

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00:31:47  |   Sun 05 Jan 2025
Cocaine Inc. (Bonus) - Question Time

Cocaine Inc. (Bonus) - Question Time

Cocaine Inc. hosts Fiona, David and Stephen answer your questions about how they made the series.

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00:42:16  |   Sat 04 Jan 2025
Cocaine Inc. (Bonus) - The Artist

Cocaine Inc. (Bonus) - The Artist

Stephen Mee, a former cocaine trafficker who worked with the Cali Cartel, sits down to discuss how he built an illicit empire.

David Collins and executive producer Will Roe meet Stephen in his artist’…

00:38:01  |   Fri 03 Jan 2025
Cocaine Inc. (Ep 8) - Bringing it Home

Cocaine Inc. (Ep 8) - Bringing it Home

The investigation takes us to a $10 million home in a leafy city suburb.

Back home in Melbourne, Stephen Drill picks up a money trail leading right past his front door.




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00:43:15  |   Thu 02 Jan 2025
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 7) - The Dubai Gold Rush

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 7) - The Dubai Gold Rush

Undercover in a gleaming world where nobody asks questions. 

David Collins follows the money trail through Dubai’s crowded gold souk to its luxurious office blocks.




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00:38:57  |   Wed 01 Jan 2025
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 6) - Sunshine and Lollipops

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 6) - Sunshine and Lollipops

Drug money is carried out of the UK in suitcases carried by passengers travelling in luxury.

A cash mule tells David Collins about the brazen operation used to smuggle millions to Dubai.

This episode c…

00:38:09  |   Tue 31 Dec 2024
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 5) - The Woodchurch Estate

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 5) - The Woodchurch Estate

On the streets of northern England where chaos reigns among those doing the selling. 

David Collins spends time in Merseyside, speaking to people working in the retail arm of the cocaine business.




Hos…

00:35:28  |   Mon 30 Dec 2024
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 4) - The Pineapple Trader

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 4) - The Pineapple Trader

Europe’s vast ports act as logistic hubs in a worldwide operation that relies on corruption and torture. 

In the Netherlands, Fiona Hamilton reveals the industrial scale of the cocaine business - and …

00:34:44  |   Sun 29 Dec 2024
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 3) - The 64 Million Percent Mark-up

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 3) - The 64 Million Percent Mark-up

As cocaine is smuggled out of South America it multiplies in value, driving people to extremes. 

Stephen Drill follows the trail to Mexico and uncovers how the numbers used by law enforcement do not a…

00:32:38  |   Sat 28 Dec 2024
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 2) - The Sweet Song

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 2) - The Sweet Song

Where people fight and die in the coca plantations. 

In Colombia, Stephen Drill discovers how the international cocaine business starts, and the cost paid by everyone it touches.


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00:29:53  |   Fri 27 Dec 2024
Cocaine Inc. (Pt 1) - A shooting at Christmas

Cocaine Inc. (Pt 1) - A shooting at Christmas

Between now and January 6th we will be playing the 2024 award-winning series, Cocaine Inc., from The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia. 

A brutal attack on an innocent young woman sends …

00:28:01  |   Thu 26 Dec 2024
What's behind the rise in food allergies

What's behind the rise in food allergies

The number of people with food allergies in the UK has more than doubled since 2008, with more than 5,000 people a year hospitalised in England with anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction.…

00:28:22  |   Tue 24 Dec 2024
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