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The Observer
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Jan 11, 2022 • 6min
Ep 257: An old row about a new way of policing drugs
Lewisham in south east London is considering a softer approach to young people caught with drugs. Is the rest of the UK ready to endorse it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 10, 2022 • 7min
Ep 256: A Kazakh uprising
An anti-government movement is growing in Kazakhstan. So why are Russian soldiers the ones crushing it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 7, 2022 • 7min
Ep 255: The rise of the incels
Incels - men who are 'involuntarily celibate' and blame women - are growing in numbers and getting angrier and more misogynistic. A man who goes by the name Alexander Ash is promoting their rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 6, 2022 • 9min
Ep 254: Prince Andrew's potential problem
Can Prince Andrew strike out a case against him by a woman who accuses him of abusing her when she was a minor? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 5, 2022 • 5min
Ep 253: Is Plan B working?
The Omicron variant of Covid is surging across the UK, but the government seems determined not to go beyond its famous "Plan B" - the restrictions we're living with now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 4, 2022 • 7min
Ep 252: 2022: Predictions
Today, we're doing something a little different. We're going to kick off the year by predicting a few big things we think will happen in 2022. Sign up to our ThinkIn "2022 Predictions: What's coming next?" https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/2022-predictions-whats-coming-next/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 31, 2021 • 8min
Ep 251: The dissident journalist
In May, Belarus forced a plane to land because it had an exiled journalist on board. It created an international diplomatic crisis. Listen to Pariah: https://podfollow.com/1564715288 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 30, 2021 • 8min
Ep 250: China's Mr Climate
Some people said COP26, the global climate conference, was doomed because China’s president didn't show up. Then along came an unusually capable civil servant known as ‘the panda’. Sign up to our Sensemaker newsletter: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 29, 2021 • 7min
Ep 249: The Facebook whistleblower
Thanks to revelations from one former Facebook insider, 2021 was a year of reckoning for the tech giant. Subscribe to the Sensemaker podcast: https://podfollow.com/1548929040 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2021 • 9min
Ep 248: The woman at the top
Cressida Dick is in charge of the Metropolitan Police. But having a woman at the top hasn’t shielded the force from accusations that it’s still a deeply sexist institution. Listen to Wrong turn: murder, miscarriage and justice: pod.fo/e/eae38 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
