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)
Unforgivable: Boris Johnson and Covid’s second wave
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Eight years' hard Labour
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Walter's War: An English gentleman
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Sneakered: Adidas, Yeezy & Kanye
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The lottery winner
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The shadow: Hamas's hidden commander
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Dr Anti-Vax: The fall
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Mr Right: Paul Marshall and the battle for The Telegraph
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Killer mountain: Abandoned on K2
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Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - episode 3
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Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - episode 2
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Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - episode 1
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Blue light: one woman's story of policing on the frontline
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Introducing... Trendy
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William and Murdoch: the prince and the press baron
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Boris’s Baroness: The mysterious rise of Charlotte Owen
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Attack of the Killer Whales
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Putin v Prigozhin: A story of mutiny and death
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Spotted: snooker’s fight against match fixing
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Sick river: saving the Brent
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Johnny Depp: the great uncancelling
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The death of Kellie Sutton
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Genocide hunters: on the trail of a mass murderer
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Three doors down
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The News Meeting with Basia
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Modern family: I had my dead son’s baby at 68
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Crispin Odey: The Octopus’s world
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Into The Dirt
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Gender GP: inside the world of private trans healthcare
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Epstein's moneymen episode 4: the prey
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Epstein's moneymen episode 3: master of the universe
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Epstein's moneymen episode 2: eyes wide open
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Epstein's moneymen episode 1: the man in the hot tub
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Boris Johnson: The Dishonours List
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The 31: Ukraine’s stolen children
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Beastly: The stories of David Walliams
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Children locked away: Britain's modern bedlam
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Blackout: Coal, corruption and cyanide
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Londongrad: Iran’s Hit Squads
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Rogue Lawyer: Power, money and a scandal at a London law firm
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Yesterday's Men: The Brexit hardliners' last stand
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Ignition: The quest for nuclear fusion
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Safe country: A death, and a deal, in Rwanda
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 4
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 3
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 2
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 1
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Peltz-Beckham: A super-wedding gone wrong
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Detained in Modi’s India: A British citizen’s story
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Rupert Murdoch: News vs the truth
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