A year ago, journalist Joshi Herrmann got an anonymous tip. It sent him to a website claiming to have evidence of serious corruption, grooming gangs and “cartels” operating in Oldham. From there, Joshi stumbled across a remarkable story about how online conspiracies are poisoning local politics, spilling out from paranoid corners of the internet all the way to the ballot box. And at the heart of it all is on one rather angry man, who calls himself “the recusant”... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Sep 02, 2021•54 min•Ep. 105
The remarkable story of Rohullah Yakobi, a daring escape, and a 20-year war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 104
Over 20 years, a simple email newsletter has reshaped celebrity culture. In a special edition of the Slow Newscast, Claudia Williams tells the story of Popbitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2021•36 min•Ep. 103
With human rights groups demanding a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, we look back to Moscow 1980, and ask what’s the lesson of the most notorious Olympic boycott in modern times? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 29, 2021•44 min•Ep. 102
In the internet age, anyone with a camera can make and sell porn. But what happens when a shoot goes wrong? In the second episode in our Porn Planet series investigating online pornography, we look into the world of porn production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 22, 2021•43 min•Ep. 101
The truth of an origin story has never mattered more: did Covid cross to humans from an animal, or did it escape from a laboratory? The arguments have only grown fiercer. And in the fog of war, the World Health Organisation lost its way Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 15, 2021•52 min•Ep. 100
How the richest nations on the planet promised to vaccinate every adult, everywhere, against Covid. They failed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 08, 2021•48 min•Ep. 99
This is a story about one student, one case, and a serious sexual assault. It takes place at Cambridge University, but the case – of a botched process that lets a young woman down – could have happened almost anywhere... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 30, 2021•27 min•Ep. 98
In the final episode of Left to die: Nick Alexander tells the story of his torturous escape from the convoy – and the question left lying in the dust of the attack: who, really, abandoned them all? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 23, 2021•35 min•Ep. 97
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 23, 2021•47 min•Ep. 96
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 be rescued. But help never came. In our new three-part series, we investigate why these men, women and children were abandoned. Ep1: An Islamist insurgency hits. Nick and Wes, two South African contractors, race to the Amarula Hotel. Over three horrifying days, it becomes clear: no one is coming to ...
Jun 23, 2021•33 min•Ep. 95
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 more so than Anand's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 17, 2021•34 min•Ep. 93
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2021•54 min•Ep. 92
After Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ wedding, there are now two powerful married couples in Number 10. Meet the other: Munira and Dougie... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 02, 2021•49 min•Ep. 91
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 27, 2021•56 min•Ep. 90
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2021•31 min•Ep. 89
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 12, 2021•44 min•Ep. 88
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 Shukri Abdi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2021•48 min•Ep. 87
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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021•40 min•Ep. 86
Harvey Proctor was caught in the middle of a deadly serious police investigation, Operation Midland. How could he fight it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021•40 min•Ep. 85
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021•46 min•Ep. 84
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021•47 min•Ep. 83
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2021•44 min•Ep. 82
We're launching a brand new podcast from Tortoise called ThinkIn with James Harding. In this week's Slow Newscast, a preview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2021•58 min•Ep. 81
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2021•41 min•Ep. 80
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2021•39 min•Ep. 79
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2021•49 min•Ep. 78
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 tragedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2021•49 min•Ep. 77
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2021•37 min•Ep. 76
Covid-19 may be losing the vaccine battle, but as the virus evolves fast to form new variants, the war is most definitely not over... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 04, 2021•49 min•Ep. 75
