The Slow Newscast
Tortoise MediaThe Slow Newscast from Tortoise takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From the war in Ukraine, the downfall of Boris Johnson, to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations. From a startup newsroom with a different approach to journalism.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 323 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsNews CommentaryDocumentarySociety & Culture | |||
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The fall of Assad in Syria is a disaster for Iran, so much so that people are beginning to ask if this might finally be the moment when Iran’s pro-democracy movement breaks through. This is the story of one activist’s 25 year fight against the Islami... more
In June 2024, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore went into space. It was expected to last just over a week. Instead, by the time they'll return, it'll have been more than eight months.
This is the story of how two great American institutions - Boeing... more
Eugenia Kuyda thinks she can solve an “epidemic” of loneliness. Her app, Replika, is “the AI companion who cares”, a chatbot that can text you, flirt with you, and promises to love you unconditionally.
But Replika is fraught with ethical concerns –... more
Out on the high seas, Paul Watson became a hero and pariah of the environmental movement. Now he sits in a remote prison. How should we treat the radicals willing to go to extremes to protect the planet?
Reported by: Basia Cummings and Xavier Greenw... more
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- The Festival Fossil Fuel Fiasco
This episode could have more accurately been titled “Protest is fine so long as it doesn’t affect me or my comfort in any way possible”.
What an absurdly biased way to discuss this series of events. The literati and media classes’ reporting of this at the time was tone deaf and entirely removed from the broader context in which the campaigners were operating. This episode manages to distill that same liberal conceit that any challenge to the status quo that requires some introspection is simply... more
Apple Podcasts1Narcissus’ Soapbox
United Kingdom2 months ago - Hunt for next supreme leader
First impressions matter on accuracy: I stopped listening in first few minutes when Claudia described late Iranian president Raisi as Iranian prime minister
Apple Podcasts5FT clubUnited Kingdom2 months ago - Lucy Letby
Fascinating insight into the use of expert witnesses in criminal trials, and especially the high profile Lucy Letby case. Much food for thought.
Apple Podcasts5PrestonBec
Australia3 months ago - Groundbreaking
Slow News is doing groundbreaking work. It deserves to win every podcast and news award available. The investigations are painstaking and provide fascinating insights into how the world works.
There is nothing else like it.
Thank you from a grateful listener
Apple Podcasts5Puggle20Australia3 months ago - Neil Gaiman series
Poor journalism. Totally biased despite constantly referring to gray areas. Nothing to do with public interest, just surfing the me-too movement in the most exploitative way. Drawing outrageous conclusions and using them as premises. Just made me feel sorry for Neil Gaiman (and I’m a woman!).
Apple Podcasts1alicemachineUnited Kingdom3 months ago
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