The Sensemaker from Tortoise - one story every day to make sense of the world.To find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app for a listening experience curated by our journalists.Subscribe to Tortois...

The Slow Newscast from Tortoise takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From the war in Ukraine, the downfall of Boris Johnso...

Kirat is a successful radio presenter. On Facebook she meets Bobby, a handsome cardiologist. He’s a catch. Soon, they get tangled up in a love affair full of lies and manipulation. Then... Kirat discovers a dec...

Christopher Allen was trying to make it as a war reporter when, aged just 26, he was shot and killed on the frontline in South Sudan. But as news of his death began to spread, suspicion grew. Some claimed he wa...

All six episodes of Real Money are available now to listen for free.The world of cryptocurrencies is shaking. It might be just one domino-fall away from a complete crash, and that domino has a name. It’s called...

Londongrad: How the Lebedevs partied their way to power is a 6 part series investigating two men – who are at the heart of the story of Britain opening its doors to Russian Oligarchs. Alexander Lebedev is the m...

Introducing... Hoaxed, the new series from Alexi Mostrous and Tortoise, who brought you Sweet Bobby.In 2014, two children told police a shocking story: that they were being abused by a Satanic cult; a cult head...

Daphne Caruana Galizia spent her career uncovering corruption at the highest levels of politics on the Mediterranean island of Malta. As an investigative journalist in this tiny, tightly-knit country her surnam...

A series of in-depth conversations from Britain's most forensic interviewer. Andrew Neil speaks to people with the power to shape events, and to influence our understanding of them. Subscribe to get a new episo...

A collection of daily messages from inside Ukraine as the Russian invasion unfolds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inflation is on the rise, and Rishi Sunak’s high-spending budget could push it up further. Will the Bank of England step in and draw the purse strings? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

For a reported £150m, David Beckham has agreed to become the face of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar – and an ambassador for the country. It's a move that might put his reputation at risk... Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Kirat is a successful marketer and radio presenter. Online, she’s contacted by a man she vaguely knows called Bobby, and they start chatting. Slowly, they become close… and she’s reeled in to a scam of epic pro...

In the UK, we're having fewer children than ever before. What's going on? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook has just announced that it is creating 10,000 jobs to make a metaverse. A what? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Covid cases are rising fast in the UK, and the government is under pressure to take steps to slow them down. Is it time for the government to to turn to Plan B? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

More workers than ever before are quitting their jobs. Why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a young woman travelling across the US disappeared, an army of digital detectives and citizen journalists jumped on the case. When she was found murdered, they went into overdrive. In this week’s Slow News...

Prevent is the British government's first line of defence against radicalisation and extremism. How does it work? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Outside every huge shipping port in the world there's a queue of ships waiting to unload. What's holding everything up? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.