The Slow Newscast
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 whal...
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Episodes (435)
Jeff and Donald
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Jamie Vardy: The last underdog
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Car crash: Musk and Tesla
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Just Stop TurmOil
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Sara Sharif: one judge, three court cases and a murder
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Broken ranks: civil war in the police fed
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North Korea's war in Europe
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How to ruin a football club
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Nimby Nation
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Die, die, DEI
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The $Trumpcon
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The hunt for the 100ft wave
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Are we alone?
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Trump's Dealmaker: Steve Witkoff and Gaza
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Lucky Boy
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman | The lawsuit
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The Rwanda plan: How to waste £700m
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F**k it, release ‘em all: Trump and the Jan 6ers
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Goodbye mum: the ruthless fight for child custody
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Rogue Russia: Nuclear poker
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Rogue Russia: Agents of mayhem
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Jordan Peterson and the making of man
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Finding my voice
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The final bow: David Bowie's last act
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The immortality bros: The business of living forever
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Killing hope: Iran's mind wars
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Stuck in space
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My AI girlfriend: a cure for loneliness
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Operation Asshole: Paul Watson's whale war
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Elon: A star is born
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Sick parade: A crisis at Catterick Garrison
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The Furys: An empire of fists
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The cases against Sean Combs
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Beyond Trump: JD Vance and the New Right
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Elon's Spies
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The hunt for Iran's next Supreme Leader
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One light day: Voyager's long farewell
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The Festival Fossil Fuels Fiasco
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Lucy Letby: the Expert Witness
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Leaked: who profits from celebrity nudes?
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman - episode 6
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The Clooney intervention
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Taylor Swift's London
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Palestine's forgotten leader
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman - episode 5
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman - episode 4
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman - episode 3
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman - episode 2
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Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman - episode 1
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Lost glacier: the climate pioneers
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