What makes a good US president?
In the second of our three-part miniseries looking ahead to the American Presidential election, we explore what kind of leaders American voters are drawn to.
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Supported by Open Society Foundations
🎙 The News Meeting Live is back 🎙
In this live recording, you'll get the chance to see and hear how these conversations shape the news agenda.
Join Tortoise journalists and special guests as they pitch the stories they think are most important – and take a side-swipe at the ones they think don’t.
You’ll also be able to have your say, and share the stories you think our editors should be talking about too.
Book now to join us in the newsroom: https://torto.se/3nkZuNv
"This is not a story about an extreme right party about to take power again in Germany, because they're not."
In the latest episode of the News Meeting, the team discuss what the recent victory of Germany's AfD party means for the country.
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"What we saw at the DNC this week was a lot of men who were joyfully and publicly supporting a female candidate."
On the News Meeting, the team discuss the 'wife guys' of the Democratic National Convention. The four day event that saw Kamala Harris officially sworn in as the party's nominee.
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In less than a month, Democrats have gone from despair to hope.
But what role has George Clooney played in flipping this script?
In this week’s Slow Newscast, we explore how the Hollywood star changed the narrative.
🗣David Taylor
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Marwan Barghouti has long been touted as the next leader for Palestinians, but has been locked away for 20 years in an Israeli prison.
In this week’s Slow Newscast, Chloe Hadjimatheou explores what leadership could he offer if he is released.
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"A sensitive telling of a difficult story." – Miranda Sawyer
The final episode of our latest series, Dangerous Memories, is out now. You can listen to the full series wherever you get your podcasts.
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"An ongoing debate with social media platforms is whether they can be seen as publishers."
In the latest News Meeting, Patricia Clarke asks: to what extent can social media sites – and their owners – be held responsible for what users post.
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"What are we leaving behind? We're not documenting things in the same way..."
Broadcaster Mishal Husain joined us in our newsroom earlier this week to discuss storytelling, empire and her family's history.
The full event is on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6bmGrfOQV8
In Switzerland, a group of unlikely climate pioneers came together and took their government to Europe’s highest human rights court, and won.
The 2,000-strong group, aged 64 and over, argued that they were particularly affected because older women are more vulnerable than others to heat-related illnesses.
But the triumph didn’t last long. Now, they’re facing a backlash.
Listen to the latest episode of the Slow Newscast wherever you get your podcasts: https://lnk.to/LK8squ
In the latest episode of What's Wrong With Democracy? Ben Ansell wants to know what we can do to get millennials and Gen Z to the polls.
Do we need to rethink how we cast a vote? Why aren’t politicians more focused on winning over the next generation of voters? And how can we stop this trend so that political apathy doesn’t become political alienation?
He's joined by special guests Viktor Valgarðsson, John Burn-Murdoch and Jake Grumbach.
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🎧 Dangerous Memories, our latest investigative series, is out now. 🎧
When Sarah watched her 23 year-old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea – a well-off corner of London – she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for six years.
What would make a loving child from a life of privilege sever ties with friends and family, and disappear?
It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter.
Something strange was happening to other young women, too. And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure.
In Dangerous Memories, Grace Hughes-Hallett tells the story of young women who wanted to be healed, that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory.
Listen to Dangerous Memories today. Follow the feed to make sure you don't miss an episode: https://lnk.to/dangerousmemories
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When democratic institutions fail, what does this do to our faith in democracy?
On this week's episode of What’s Wrong With Democracy? Professor Ben Ansell talks to Fida Hammami, Ben Stanley and Kathryn Sikkink about how we can protect the independence of our judiciaries.
Listen now: https://lnk.to/WWWDep8.
Supported by Open Society Foundations.
Two reports of rape. Two suspects charged. Two criminal trials. Two not guilty verdicts.
In Taking the Stand, Louise Tickle investigates two women's experiences of a failing UK justice system.
Listen to their stories wherever you get your podcasts: lnk.to/takingthestand
'Oldham is the extreme example that shows us where we'll be in ten years.'
Founder of The Mill Joshi Hermann joined us in Manchester for the final News Meeting Live before this Thursday's general election.
He explained why it's so important to focus not only of the state of the nation but on local areas across the UK too.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts: https://lnk.to/MJQvUW
Today we release our latest investigation
Author Neil Gaiman has been accused of sexual assault by two former partners in the first claims of misconduct against him, and is the subject of a police complaint in New Zealand, a new investigation from Tortoise has found.
Gaiman’s account strongly denies any allegations of non-consensual sex with the women, and says New Zealand Police did not take up his offer of assistance.
New Zealand Police said their attempts to speak to "key people" are "ongoing", adding the "location of all parties” is a consideration.
Neil Gaiman left New Zealand at the end of February 2022.
The allegations span two decades and two continents, and include non-consensual penetrative sex.
The young women first came into contact with Neil Gaiman – the bestselling author of The Sandman, Good Omens, and American Gods – as a nanny to his child and as a fan of his writing.
The women’s allegations are reported in our four-part podcast ‘Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman’.
The series raises questions about whether Neil Gaiman had reasonable belief in consent for sex with these women, given their vulnerability.
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Losing track of what has, or hasn’t, been promised in the General Election manifestos?
Our manifestos page charts policies across everything from benefits to business and health to housing in each party’s manifesto.
Use the interactive tool here: https://torto.se/4cD6gqd
As lobbying scandals rock institutions, how can we protect our democracies from corruption? Also what role should or could the super-wealthy play in keeping our democracies financially healthy? And does philanthropy have a place in modern functioning democracies?
On this week’s episode of What’s Wrong With Democracy? Ben Ansell is joined by former president of Open Society Foundations Mark Malloch-Brown and the Financial Times’ Valentina Pop.
Listen: https://lnk.to/WWWD6.
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"This year we'll spend £100 billion bringing fossil fuels to our country just to burn them."
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince joined us last week for the News Meeting Live in Stroud.
He highlighted the need for green policies from the incoming government – not only for their environmental benefits, but their significant economic benefits too.
Listen to the episode in full here: lnk.to/VJvqW4
