The Sensemaker from The Observer - one story every day to make sense of the world.
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The Sensemaker from The Observer - one story every day to make sense of the world.
To find out more about The Observer:
Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content
Head to our website observer.co.uk
Download the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists
If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com
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Trump and Putin met in Alaska for a high-stakes summit discussing how to end the war in Ukraine.
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Executive producer: Matt Russell
Photography: Joe Mee
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A recent outbreak of tuberculosis on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm is an all too familiar story for British farmers. How does this silent disease wreak havoc and can it be eradicated?
Writer: Jess Swinburne
Producer: Jess Swinburne
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Alex Jones
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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A Palestinian activist, shot by an Israeli settler, filmed his own death. The Israeli authorities have said the settler, who runs an outpost in the occupied West Bank, will not face charges.
Host: Casey Magloire
Producer: Casey Magloire
Photography: Alex Jones
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has called on the police to release more information about alleged criminals, such as their immigration status and ethnicity.
Writer: Rachel Sylvester
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Lynda Laird
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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The renowned Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince, that attracted artists, celebrities and journalists for more than a century has been burned to the ground by criminal gangs.
Writer, producer and host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore and Jasper Corbett
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How did a baseless claim that the first lady of France is a man become one of the world’s biggest conspiracy theories?
Writer: Phoebe Davis
Host: Claudia Williams
Photography:
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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The Online Safety Act requires users to hand over detailed personal information but there’s a lack of transparency about what happens to this data afterwards.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Work permits are controlled by a migrant’s employer and holders can only stay on the island for nine months at a time.
To listen to Ada Barumé and Orlando Crowcroft’s Slow Newscast investigation into migrant workers on the island click HERE.
Writer: Ada Barumé
Producer: Serena Cesareo
Host: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Palestine Action was proscribed on 5 July, putting the direct action group in the same legal category as groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State. Since then, around 200 people have been arrested for supporting the group.
To read Jon’s interview with Deborah Hinton click HERE.
Writer: Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography:
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Matthew Drapper was subjected to an exorcism to rid him of the “demonic possession” of homosexuality.
Writer: Phoebe Davis
Host: Tomini Babs
Photography: Sofia Fenton
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Hundreds of thousands of games have disappeared from platforms in a crackdown, raising questions about who should making decisions about content moderation.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
Episodic Artwork by Darling Demon Eclipse
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According to the world’s biggest bird survey, clearing rainforest to make way for cattle farms is even more harmful to biodiversity than we thought.
Writer: James Tapper
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Ada Barumé
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Israel has initiated daily pauses in its military operations - to allow more aid to get into Gaza. But how much aid is getting through and will it be enough for the Palestinians who rely on it?
Writer: Poppy Bullard
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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As people are turning to AI for mental health support and relationship advice, could chatbots replace the role of a trusted friend, or even a therapist?
Writer: Ada Barume
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Host: Tomini Babs
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The England women’s football team won the Euros for a second time, after they defeated Spain 3-1 on penalties in the final, having drawn 1-1 after extra time, two years after they lost to the same opponent in the World Cup final.
Writer: Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive Producer: Matt Russell
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The pharmaceutical industry is pursuing what some consider to be the holy grail: developing and licensing the first drug that slows the body's natural aging process.
Writer: Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Producer: Casey Magloire
Host: Tomini Babs
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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The Trump administration is setting the stage for what might become the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in US history. Can it succeed?
Writer: Stephen Armstrong
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Host: Casey Magloire
To find out more about The Observer:
Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content
Head to our website observer.co.uk
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How Ukraine’s president, Volodomyr Zelensky, sparked a $200 million dollar crypto bet and an online rebellion through his choice of clothing.
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Katie Gunning
Host: Ada Barume
Editor: Jasper Corbett
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In 2022, a UK Special Forces official accidentally leaked the names of over 18,000 Afghan nationals, British special forces operatives and MI6 agents, putting thousands of lives at risk if the information fell into the wrong hands.
Writer: James Tapper
Producer: Jonathan Lewis
Host: Ada Barume
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