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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
1591
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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The Sunday Edition: I live with two men. Both are my ex-husbands.

The Sunday Edition: I live with two men. Both are my ex-husbands.

When Kristie De Garis moved two male companions into her house in rural Scotland, her neighbours assumed they were a throuple. The truth was even more unusual: she was setting up home with her exes.

T…

00:14:17  |   Sat 12 Jul 2025
How The Populists Are Coming (From Left And Right)

How The Populists Are Coming (From Left And Right)

This week the political masterminds consider what's happening on the populist left and right, with more Tories defecting to Reform UK and talk of a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn. How small has the C…

00:42:21  |   Fri 11 Jul 2025
What Virginia Giuffre’s diary tells us about the Epstein files

What Virginia Giuffre’s diary tells us about the Epstein files

This week, the FBI investigation that Trump promised would reveal all about Jeffrey Epstein concluded there was no evidence to implicate anyone else in his abuse. But diaries from Epstein’s most prom…

00:27:15  |   Thu 10 Jul 2025
Are we close to a Gaza ceasefire?

Are we close to a Gaza ceasefire?

With people around the world calling for a lasting peace in Gaza, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu has been schmoozing US President Donald Trump. What chance is there that the two will bring an end to t…

00:30:15  |   Wed 09 Jul 2025
Texas floods: could the deaths have been prevented?

Texas floods: could the deaths have been prevented?

Over 100 people, including dozens of children, are dead after flash flooding in Texas. Could this have been avoided given a nearly identical tragedy took place in 1987? Did Trump’s cuts contribute? A…

00:25:15  |   Tue 08 Jul 2025
The mushroom killer: what the jury heard

The mushroom killer: what the jury heard

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives by lacing their beef wellington with death cap mushrooms. She was also found guilty of attempting to murder a fourth person. The pros…

00:30:46  |   Mon 07 Jul 2025
‘There was a white light. I looked around and saw bodies’: looking back at 7/7

‘There was a white light. I looked around and saw bodies’: looking back at 7/7

Twenty years after the 7/7 London bombings killed 52 people, what’s changed since the deadly suicide attack? Thelma Stober suffered life-changing injuries that morning and former police officer David…

00:36:09  |   Sun 06 Jul 2025
The Sunday Edition: Poison (Pt 1) - The life of Tom Parfett

The Sunday Edition: Poison (Pt 1) - The life of Tom Parfett

Poison is the podcast series behind the new two-part TV documentary 'Poisoned', which airs on Channel 4 this Wednesday, 9 July and Thursday, 10 July.

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the supp…

00:25:10  |   Sat 05 Jul 2025
A new age of nuclear weapons

A new age of nuclear weapons

Patrick and Tom unpack a troubling question - are we entering a third nuclear age? With Iran’s nuclear programme back in the headlines and countries like Poland and South Korea considering building n…
00:39:39  |   Fri 04 Jul 2025
Trump v Musk round 2: One Big Beautiful Bill

Trump v Musk round 2: One Big Beautiful Bill

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trading blows again after Musk criticised the President’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax and spending bill. Trump has threatened to deport the world’s richest man and set his Dog…

00:25:38  |   Thu 03 Jul 2025
Sex with your sister: true stories of the sperm superdonors

Sex with your sister: true stories of the sperm superdonors

“I’ll just go and get some fresh seed” - we reveal growing concerns about mass sperm donation. One man found his father ran a corrupt fertility clinic, providing patients with samples of his own sper…

00:28:46  |   Wed 02 Jul 2025
Why your gig tickets will get even more expensive

Why your gig tickets will get even more expensive

From dynamic pricing and VIP packages to ‘priority entry’, there seem to be more ways than ever to squeeze money out of music fans - and that’s not even to mention the sky-rocketing cost of a basic s…

00:26:45  |   Tue 01 Jul 2025
The welfare row threatening to bring down the government

The welfare row threatening to bring down the government

After the most contentious week of Keir Starmer’s premiership so far, MPs will gather in the House of Commons later today to vote on the controversial benefits bill. Has the rebellion been effectivel…

00:31:04  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
The New York mayoral candidate making left-wing economics trendy again

The New York mayoral candidate making left-wing economics trendy again

Tomorrow 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will be officially confirmed as the Democratic Party candidate for New York mayor, putting him in pole position to land the role in November. …

00:32:48  |   Sun 29 Jun 2025
The Sunday Edition: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: I had Mom killed. I hope she’d be proud of me now

The Sunday Edition: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: I had Mom killed. I hope she’d be proud of me now

This episode was originally published in February.


In 2016, 24-year-old Gypsy-Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in the US State of Missouri, for arranging the murder of her mother. Her mother, …

00:29:35  |   Sat 28 Jun 2025
Sometimes I look into your eyes

Sometimes I look into your eyes

Danny meets up with Alex Blania, the CEO and one of the co-founders, alongside Sam Altman, of Tools for Humanity. Their project Worldcoin, aims to help us weed out AI imitators by verifying humans on…

00:43:05  |   Fri 27 Jun 2025
One day in the life and death of an AI chatbot

One day in the life and death of an AI chatbot

When Rob Burley started talking to an AI chatbot for feedback while writing his book, he had no idea where the conversation would lead, only 24 hours later.


This podcast was brought to you thanks to t…

00:32:25  |   Thu 26 Jun 2025
Trump's billionaire Iran dealmaker: who is Steve Witkoff?

Trump's billionaire Iran dealmaker: who is Steve Witkoff?

Trump’s golfing buddy Steve Witkoff was a property developer before Trump came to power. Now he’s the president's right-hand-man in all things diplomatic, including sorting the current crisis in Iran…

00:35:45  |   Wed 25 Jun 2025
Could Iran's leader fall?

Could Iran's leader fall?

Has the crisis over Iran driven its already weakened leader to the brink? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is unpopular but do the people of Iran want regime change from outside? And if he falls, what then for…

00:30:52  |   Tue 24 Jun 2025
Iran strikes back: what next?

Iran strikes back: what next?

Iran has launched missiles at US airbases in response to US strikes on its nuclear facilities. Donald Trump says US bombers obliterated Iran’s three main nuclear sites at Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow. …

00:28:09  |   Mon 23 Jun 2025
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