Why did Bradley Wiggins seek advice from disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong to help him recover from cocaine addiction? What does the indictment of a US judge tell us about President Trump’s plans to take on the judiciary? How is a law from the 1800s being used to criminalise women who have abortions in 2025?
Jess Winch is joined by Marie Le Conte, Rowan Moore and Andrew Butler, as they battle to pitch the top story of the day.
**Join us at the News Meeting Live:
- LIVE from Hay Festival on Thursday 29th May - with Chloe Dalton
- LIVE at SXSW on Wednesday 4th June - with Coco Khan
- LIVE from the Observer Newsroom on Tuesday 17 June - with Zing Tsjeng and NPR’s Lauren Frayer
- LIVE from the Observer Newsroom on Tuesday 29th July - with Charlene White and Kehinde Andrews
Read The Observer’s exclusive - Bradley Wiggins: ‘I was a functioning cocaine addict’ HERE
Read Marie’s column on cricket: ‘It’s like a summer fling, but I’m not sure cricket is for me’ HERE
Read more about the team’s guilty pleasure news stories here:
- Gunnersbury women’s cricket club celebrate hitting historic century
- The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store?
- How Video Game Sex Scenes Are Made
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Host: Jess Winch, managing editor at The Observer
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producers: Jasper Corbett
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