The Slow Newscast
Episodes
My mother's murder - episode 2: An assassination foretold
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daphne Caruana Galizia was Malta's pre-eminent investigative journalist. She exposed corruption at the highest levels of politics and business in the ...
My mother's murder - episode 1
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daphne Caruana Galizia was Malta's pre-eminent investigative journalist. She exposed corruption at the highest levels of politics and business in the ...
Trump in Bethlehem
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're in Pennsylvania, where Trump won in 2016. Can he win here again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The world inside
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The new frontier of medical science is closer than you think – much closer. It lies within us, in the bacteria and viruses of the gut, and in the my...
Coronavirus: is this the one?
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One day, the next catastrophic global epidemic will strike. Scientists already know a few things about it: it will probably have crossed the species b...
Three women, homeless
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We'd like you to meet Toni, Sharon and Nicky. You may have passed them on the street - somebody who listens to this podcast almost certainly will have...
Labour's North Star
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Labour Party in the UK is choosing a new leader. Few people care - after a crushing election defeat, the party has got work to do to make itself i...
The man who counts trees
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Crowther is a young ecologist who asked a simple question: how many trees are there on planet earth? The answer has changed our understanding of t...
The new superpowers: Apple
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For months, Tortoise has been investigating big tech companies as if they were countries: holding them to the same standards that we apply to nation s...
Labour: anatomy of a catastrophe
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since the general election was called, one of Britain's foremost political journalists has been tracking the Labour campaign for Tortoise. Here's his ...
Nameless, stateless: N3
07 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To find out more about Tortoise go to tortoisemedia.com/friend and use the code POD50 to become a member for just £1 a week, half our normal price. H...
Murder in Malta
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia denied Malta its best hope of beating endemic corruption and bribery. Her family hav...
The PRince disaster
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to conclude that Prince Andrew shouldn't have agreed to give an interview to the BBC, but it’s more interesting to ask why he thought it...
Techno Tories
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this election, the Conservatives are betting on youth to win the social media campaign. The kids running their digital strategy don’t know what a...
It’s Your Identity, Stupid
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
British politics is undergoing a fundamental shift. Traditionally, economics has been the key to who wins elections but in recent years - and turbocha...