# The Slow Newscast

A podcast by The Observer. The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day. Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales? And what happened when humanity's most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a different approach to journalism these are the stories we tell. Subscribe to The Observer and use the code AUDIO50 to get 50% off your annual subscription: • Early access, bonus content and ad-free listening to our podcasts • A daily edition, curated by our editors 7 days a week • Puzzles from the inventors of the cryptic crossword • Recipes for every occasion • Free tickets to join Observer events in our newsroom or online Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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## Latest episodes

- [Spiral](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/7fa1c2015881) (2026-10-27, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6adf4692c3f067d58ef4b8dd/media.mp3
- [The 30-Year veteran photographer attacked by settlers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/2010a413ea30) (2026-10-23, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ada2c9e9782003bfda74fab/media.mp3
- [Christ is King: the far right and God](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/39087955e2bf) (2026-10-20, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ad4e7923243d006bba5d35e/media.mp3
- [How an innocent man was put on death row](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/bc5c7bf8e821) (2026-10-16, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ad0fa4168b7ce6ffb538383/media.mp3
- [Bones and all: the trade in human remains](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/b664e2f455e1) (2026-10-13, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6accfd053b41843137a0c4ba/media.mp3
- [The Fixer: The life of Len McCluskey | Ep 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/c7724e0d9672) (2026-10-09, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ac7aec75f788808a7689286/media.mp3
- [The Fixer: The life of Len McCluskey | Ep 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/5cd5e401c8b0) (2026-10-06, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ac3a81aaf726b9443e33c94/media.mp3
- [The rivalry that spawned the weight-loss jab race](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/6f8d40000ce2) (2026-10-02, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6abe8395d2d2814e2c2a9aaa/media.mp3
- [Duped and deployed: the Kenyans fighting for Russia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/8d7716a42158) (2026-09-29, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6aba95538ec4e79ce6ea345a/media.mp3
- [How I fell in love with a Russian spy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/b595b37111af) (2026-09-25, 25 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ab54ad7bd67ce4b53107d90/media.mp3
- [Careless](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/addee4fca2e8) (2026-09-22, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6ab112f0f3cf23076aeb531a/media.mp3
- [How Ivanka Trump enraged all of Albania](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/8e937126a422) (2026-09-18, 23 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6aac06babafe1ba45627ecd6/media.mp3
- [The trials of Ben Stokes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/044f1468cc6c) (2026-09-15, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6aa822d65b93419447b92cef/media.mp3
- [What made Syrians fight for revolution?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/6eb74e82dccc) (2026-09-11, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6aa2d0b9a6e9aef4cc9a8106/media.mp3
- [“I will never judge you”: A grandmother’s promise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/6b98b621933f) (2026-09-08, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a9eca28d024784c99724d1f/media.mp3
- [The teacher, the school, and the myth of the 'Lucky Boy'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/7994741483b4) (2026-09-04, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a997af1e7a9fe247869bc54/media.mp3
- [Paolo Zampolli: Trump’s matchmaker](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/0a4e458a5979) (2026-09-01, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a95f3980305125c6367c3eb/media.mp3
- [Why is electroconvulsive therapy still used?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/ad1d108d8785) (2026-08-28, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a912c4e4fc9f31f83c5987a/media.mp3
- [My father, the vampire hunter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/785c63b7e995) (2026-08-25, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a8c717366c4a1e81ae98c5a/media.mp3
- [What does a mass shooter’s chatbot history reveal?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/c61f114890cb) (2026-08-21, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a875c1bc71d02aaba68f725/media.mp3
- [Ctrl Alt Restore](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/0b38a8d8c0e9) (2026-08-18, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a82d71a6e5b5bfda66985b9/media.mp3
- [What next for Reform and Nigel Farage?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/46e7012a305f) (2026-08-14, 23 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a7efdffff328abd84812178/media.mp3
- [The Mandelson files](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/27fc54cb2336) (2026-08-11, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a79ee42c399196b514897a0/media.mp3
- [Is mountaineering getting more dangerous?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/5d6a9b764b03) (2026-08-07, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a74b24f676fd7391f63ae1d/media.mp3
- [Hard knocks: the cost of courage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/37496fcbef4f) (2026-08-04, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a709fb6c41b8c1d30141ab9/media.mp3
- [Who owns our water?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/c0fdd59ff968) (2026-07-31, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a6bd9ea87f5f77b0264e2bb/media.mp3
- [One-star review: A stolen year](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/f594c97376a2) (2026-07-28, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a6786b3f14e2f7d75f5e4e4/media.mp3
- [Bankrolling Farage: Who Funds Reform? Episode two: The Money Men](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/9d22a5fcfc24) (2026-07-23, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a5dfd10c8941e69915ab5b5/media.mp3
- [Bankrolling Farage: Who Funds Reform? Episode one: The Missing Millions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/cd0de8a38b30) (2026-07-21, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a5dfbfe8327d8bdc736119e/media.mp3
- [Have England failed again?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/5f8df9251bbf) (2026-07-17, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a58ff8578e0412bc6b630c3/media.mp3
- [Fire on the mountain: Mistaken identity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/21f4d991c9fb) (2026-07-14, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a5502a67987e974eae7f06f/media.mp3
- [Who is the man behind Syria's war crimes dossier?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/f1414964c190) (2026-07-09, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a4f8f690be8a6771706ca4e/media.mp3
- [We call her Emma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/0ff4e1775c22) (2026-07-07, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a4bc9be01771200e4b85189/media.mp3
- [After 250 years is America at a crossroads?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/d126dc988d16) (2026-07-02, 24 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a452f8a75e7a3e9612cab17/media.mp3
- [Wasteland: the rubbish gangs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/02311b4469ad) (2026-06-30, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a4293d75a160c9d644a1003/media.mp3
- [Are heatwaves the new norm?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/b19c9192efeb) (2026-06-25, 21 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a3c21e11d1e464c6571f9b4/media.mp3
- [The Burnham Identity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/d6f430a7ca68) (2026-06-23, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a397b3d00998a7fc851261e/media.mp3
- [Frank Cottrell Boyce on modern childhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/0f080019c1a3) (2026-06-18, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a32c759a43c1651f45e81a6/media.mp3
- [Pepped-up: the secret world of peptides](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/2c60d5c32e46) (2026-06-16, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a3004576edea1d9abd79fc6/media.mp3
- [K2: Killer Mountain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/d8002c3fc29c) (2026-06-11, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a2a4ef571d362181f5c9f03/media.mp3
- [Online grooming: a mother's story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/bdee7e42837e) (2026-06-09, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a26d2794bf3e47b18eff24e/media.mp3
- [The Henry Nowak case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/1b38095bbbaa) (2026-06-04, 22 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a214114be8560e74b065c14/media.mp3
- [On trial: oil and war crimes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/f1057a2c6231) (2026-06-02, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a1c8ae2ad1ed3d7b527d8a2/media.mp3
- [Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark: What does the future of AI look like?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/5c95166c1294) (2026-05-28, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a1721f38ff41815a8ea2cb6/media.mp3
- ['Social media is killing our kids'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/3ff92bd2ccdc) (2026-05-26, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a14b4f56ee822cbfbab5e61/media.mp3
- [How might Labour's new leaders grow the UK?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/4b6164c32c1e) (2026-05-21, 25 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a0f2afea9d3d2ec14b03db2/media.mp3
- [Doped Up!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/bb094a5b1e7f) (2026-05-19, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a0b3c71f37ac16f7caef37b/media.mp3
- [Nigel Farage and the five million pound gift: what's wrong with that?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/3906c817aa59) (2026-05-14, 22 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a05f8af3fd6979bfc0c8f2f/media.mp3
- [Lively vs Baldoni: Inside Hollywood’s PR machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/a9b1d85a9f2c) (2026-05-12, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/6a01a32037a1e7308d6c9bbf/media.mp3
- [How could the elections define the UK?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403/dc6519d3ce9d) (2026-05-07, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/69fcb51f385e8d5e307a62eb/media.mp3

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