Sensemaker
The Sensemaker from The Observer - one story every day to make sense of the world. To find out more about The Observer: Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Head to our website observer.co.uk Download the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
How did a baseless claim that the first lady of France is a man become one of the world’s biggest conspiracy theories?
Writer: Phoebe Davis
Host: Claudia Williams
Photography:
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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The Online Safety Act requires users to hand over detailed personal information but there’s a lack of transparency about what happens to this data afterwards.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Work permits are controlled by a migrant’s employer and holders can only stay on the island for nine months at a time.
To listen to Ada Barumé and Orlando Crowcroft’s Slow Newscast investigation into migrant workers on the island click HERE.
Writer: Ada Barumé
Producer: Serena Cesareo
Host: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
Palestine Action was proscribed on 5 July, putting the direct action group in the same legal category as groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State. Since then, around 200 people have been arrested for supporting the group.
To read Jon’s interview with Deborah Hinton click HERE.
Writer: Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography:
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore ...
Matthew Drapper was subjected to an exorcism to rid him of the “demonic possession” of homosexuality.
Writer: Phoebe Davis
Host: Tomini Babs
Photography: Sofia Fenton
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Hundreds of thousands of games have disappeared from platforms in a crackdown, raising questions about who should be making decisions about content moderation.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
Episodic Artwork by Darling Demon Eclipse
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According to the world’s biggest bird survey, clearing rainforest to make way for cattle farms is even more harmful to biodiversity than we thought.
Writer: James Tapper
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Ada Barumé
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Israel has initiated daily pauses in its military operations - to allow more aid to get into Gaza. But how much aid is getting through and will it be enough for the Palestinians who rely on it?
Writer: Poppy Bullard
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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As people are turning to AI for mental health support and relationship advice, could chatbots replace the role of a trusted friend, or even a therapist?
Writer: Ada Barume
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Host: Tomini Babs
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The England women’s football team won the Euros for a second time, after they defeated Spain 3-1 on penalties in the final, having drawn 1-1 after extra time, two years after they lost to the same opponent in the World Cup final.
Writer: Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive Producer: Matt Russell
The pharmaceutical industry is pursuing what some consider to be the holy grail: developing and licensing the first drug that slows the body's natural aging process.
Writer: Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Producer: Casey Magloire
Host: Tomini Babs
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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The Trump administration is setting the stage for what might become the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in US history. Can it succeed?
Writer: Stephen Armstrong
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Host: Casey Magloire
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How Ukraine’s president, Volodomyr Zelensky, sparked a $200 million dollar crypto bet and an online rebellion through his choice of clothing.
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Katie Gunning
Host: Ada Barume
Editor: Jasper Corbett
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In 2022, a UK Special Forces official accidentally leaked the names of over 18,000 Afghan nationals, British special forces operatives and MI6 agents, putting thousands of lives at risk if the information fell into the wrong hands.
Writer: James Tapper
Producer: Jonathan Lewis
Host: Ada Barume
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Women’s sports stars are receiving more abuse than men, but can’t afford to leave social media.
The interview with Katie Boulter is from BBC Sports.
Writer: Jessica Hayden
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
Photography: Alex Jones
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President Trump has spent his political career promoting conspiracy theories for electoral gain, now he’s trying to shut down one of the most enduring of the lot.
Writer: Fred Harter
Producer: Jonathan Lewis
Host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Alex Jones
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Since the government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, dozens of people across the country have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences, for allegedly supporting the group.
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Hundreds of victims and witnesses are walking away from rape cases before they reach trial.
Writer: Jon Simpson
Producer: Ada Barumé
Host: Casey Magloire
Episode photography: Joe Mee
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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X’s, formerly Twitter, chatbot Grok has been churning far-right sentiments.
Writer: Stephen Armstrong
Producer: Amalie Sortland
Executive producer: Matt Russell
Photography: Joe Mee
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Scientists in Hawaii are using drones to drop millions of genetically modified mosquitoes across the archipelago, with the hope that it will help protect animals on the brink of extinction.
Read Benji Jones' article on why mosquitoes are being dropped from drones in Hawaii HERE
Read more about the charity - Birds, Not Mosquitoes - HERE
Writer: Casey Magloire
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
Photography:...
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