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Each morning, hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones bring you today's most important story, told by the journalists who know what really happened.
In depth, honest, and mixed in with exclusive reports and groundbreaking investigations.
Discover the story behind the story with the flagship podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times.
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As the Oasis reunion supernova leaves the UK to conquer the rest of the world, the success is beyond anyone's dreams -- including Oasis. How did this happen? Will Hodgkinson tells us about his many chats with the Gallagher brothers over the years, and his theories on how they finally reunited -- and what happened with the dynamic pricing debacle.
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Guest: Will Hodgkinson, Chief Rock and Pop Critic, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Read more: Oasis in Cardiff review — still mad for it after all these years.
Clips: BluntMag, THEMattPope, Oasis, OasisOfficialMusic, Matt Ridsdill-smith, MTV, milesth944.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Alex Slater and his US partner created Quittr, which helps men resist sexually explicit material. It’s making them millions.
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Written and read by: Damian Whitworth.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Read more: Bonnie Blue: 1,000 men and the worrying normalisation of porn
Photo: Ava Pellor for The Free Press.
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For this week's Times podcast we thought you might enjoy hearing from a regular guest on the Story; Tom Whipple. In his new podcast, Tom explores the stories behind great scientific discoveries. We've brought two of them together, one of electric current and a second on the capacity of muscles for a helping of double science.
If you'd like to hear more of Tom's series - all ten episodes are available in the Making Science feed.
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The US vice-president JD Vance is holidaying with his family in the Cotswold village of Dean. But on the side, he's meeting a phalanx of British politicians. Who's on the roll-call? And what does this tell us about where Trump's possible successor sees the future of British politics?
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Guest: Josh Glancy, Associate Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Read more: JD Vance holds court with top Tories in Cotswolds thanks to George Osborne
Clips: The Guardian, CNBC, The Jaipur Dialogues, TikTok / iamtomskinner, Sky.
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Over 500 Palestine Action supporters arrested at last weekend's protests are now being processed by the courts. So who is behind the direct action protest group and is the government right to have proscribed them as terrorists?
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Guest: Tom Witherow, News Reporter, The Times
Host: Luke Jones
Producer: Rosie Stopher
Read more: A history of Palestine Action: from birth to ban
Clips: PA, Sky News, The Guardian.
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Fifty thousand people have crossed the channel in dangerous small boats since the government promised to ‘smash’ the people-smuggling gangs at the last election. Among those arriving, Vietnamese people have become the fastest growing nationality, but why? Our reporter, Shayma Bakht, has gone inside this new clandestine smuggling route taken by those looking to come to the UK from Vietnam.
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Guest: Shayma Bakht, News Reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Anna Dowell.
Read more: What I saw on the trafficking route that ships ‘slaves’ to the UK
Clips: Sky News, ITV News, BBC News.
Photo: The Times.
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When Presidents Trump and Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky will not even be present. Trump said on Monday that he would ‘try and win back territory’ for Ukraine – but also mentioned there will be ‘swapping’ of land. So what’s really on the table - and is it more than just ending the war?
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Guest: Professor Mark Galeotti, Historian, Times Contributor, Director of Mayak Intelligence and Author of We Need to Talk about Putin.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Read more: Xi, not Trump, has the most power over Putin. Will he use it?
Clips: CNN, DW News, Reuters, Kremlin.ru, Fox, YouTube / @TimesNow, Al Jazeera.
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Speculation is rife that the upcoming Autumn budget will introduce new tax rises following expensive U-turns on welfare and slower than expected growth. Some thinktanks have suggested Rachel Reeves’ next budget will need to find up to £50bn. The Times’ economics editor, Mehreen Khan talks to Luke Jones about why Britain is broke, and what can be done to find extra funds?
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Guest: Mehreen Khan, Economics editor at The Times.
Host: Luke Jones
Producer: Kate Lamble.
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Clips: Times News, The Telegraph, Sky News, ITV News.
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As we mark 80 years since the atomic bomb that changed the world, we revisit an interview with Hiroshima survivor, Koko Kondo.
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Guest: Koko Kondo.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC News, NBC, Imperial War Museum, US Army.
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This week on The Royals, Kate Mansey speaks to royal biographer Andrew Lownie whose allegations in his new book - Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York - have been described just about everywhere as 'explosive'. From trade envoy trips to connections with Jeffrey Epstein, Lownie outlines claims of institutional cover ups, financial secrecy, and royal resistance to scrutiny.
And The Times Investigations reporter George Greenwood reveals why it's so difficult to obtain information from the government about the royal family, and what it could mean for public trust in 'The Firm'.
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Eighty years ago this week, the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the city of Nagasaki was hit by a second. Hundreds of thousands of people died and Japan eventually surrendered. But why did America decide to use the bombs, given that Japan was already expected to lose the war? And how did Times readers debate the ethics of this decision in the pages of the newspaper?
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: YouTube / Harry S Truman Library, YouTube / The Atlantic / Castle Films, YouTube / Huntley Film Archives, YouTube / US National Archives.
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As anti-immigrant protestors declare today ‘No Aslyum Day’, and Nigel Farage continues his Summer of Crime campaign, can the Government wrest back control of the immigration crisis with its new small boats migrant deal?
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Guest: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producer: Rosie Stopher
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Clips: Sky News, The Sun, The Daily Express.
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A Times investigation has found companies have been offered sponsorship deals involving private meetings with an ‘influential Labour figure’. The reporters spent months working undercover, speaking to dozens of sources and combing through leaked documents.
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Guest: Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
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Our Ukraine correspondent Maxim Tucker returns from the frontlines of the country's defence against Russia's invasion. With its soldiers under constant attack, a new war has opened up - this time against corruption at home. It comes as the US special envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Moscow this week for 'last chance' ceasefire talks.
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Guest: Maxim Tucker, Ukraine correspondent, The Times.
Host: Calum MacDonald
Producer: Kate Lamble
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Clips: AP, BBC News, Fox News, Times Radio, Kyiv Independent, Tucker Carlson Network.
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Frazzled American parents are swapping a nightly glass of chardonnay for chewable THC gummies. But are they ignoring the health risks?
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Guest: Louise Callaghan, US correspondent, The Sunday Times
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Read more: Mummies on cannabis gummies: meet the mothers getting high at home
Clips: Focus on Sanity.
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It is one of Netflix’s most watched documentaries – The Tinder Swindler told the story of scammer Simon Leviev and how he conned women out of more than $10 million. Now two of his most high-profile victims reveal the depression and bankruptcy that followed and how they’re taking revenge by turning their story into a book.
Swindled Never After: How We Survived (and You Can Spot) a Relationship Scammer by Cecilie Fjellhoy and Pernilla Sjoholm (Podium Publishing, £15.99) is published on August 19
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Words by: Charlotte Lytton.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Read more: Conned by the Tinder Swindler: how his victims took revenge
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A council in Hampshire has passed a motion to grant ‘personhood’ to the River Test, an ancient chalk stream which runs through the county. Although largely symbolic, calls for rivers to have rights are becoming more widespread. What’s driving this burgeoning environmental movement, and what difference could it make to our lives?
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Guest: Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
Read more: The benefits of human rights for rivers
Further listening: Thames Water: the business model built on shit
Clips: BBC, Sky News.
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The UK government will recognise Palestine as a state in September, unless Israel meets certain conditions to ease the situation in Gaza. But what would statehood mean? And is it just political posturing or could this help end the war in Gaza and solve one of the world’s most intractable conflicts?
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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Clips: BBC, DW News, YouTube / William J Clinton Presidential Library.
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Protests in Epping outside an asylum hotel spread across the country last weekend, at times turning violent. Where is this heading? And how much of these protests are being organised by the far-right party Homeland?
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Guest: Tom Ball, Reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Edith Rousselot.
Read more: Homeland: the far-right party helping to organise Epping protests
Clips: Forbes Breaking News, GB News, The Homeland Party via Youtube, Sky News.
Photo: Getty Images.
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