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Dec 27, 2021 • 6min
Ep 247: The death of Zaki Anwari
The day after the Taliban took Kabul, a young man fell to his death from a US airplane. The tragedy revealed a lot about America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Listen to the Slow Newscast: https://podfollow.com/1487320403 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 24, 2021 • 7min
Ep 246: The princess of pop
Britney Spears has rarely been out of the headlines this year. What does her story tell us about pop culture in 2021?Listen to Popbitch: https://torto.se/326f3lC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2021 • 7min
Ep 245: Simone Biles: the gymnast who chose herself
When Simone Biles put her mental health before more medals, and pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, the world was amazed. Subscribe to the Sensemaker podcast: https://podfollow.com/1548929040 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2021 • 6min
Ep 244: Lights, camera, space station!
How a Russian actress, not a joyriding billionaire, is the best person to show us where space travel is going.Sign up to our daily Sensemaker newsletter: www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2021 • 6min
Ep 243: A game of patience
Squid Game's director Hwang Dong-hyuk originally had the idea for this year's runaway TV hit in 2009. His story is a 12-year lesson in endurance. Listen to the Playmaker podcasts: https://podfollow.com/1579093092 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2021 • 8min
Ep 242: The man at no. 11
Conservative leaders have traditionally been in favour of low taxes and spending - but not Boris Johnson. How will he and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak sort out their differences? Listen to ThinkIn with James Harding: https://podfollow.com/1562163623 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 17, 2021 • 11min
Ep 241: Three dads
Three dads came together this year in the saddest of circumstances; they all had daughters who'd taken their own lives. They turned their tragedies into a story of love and hope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2021 • 7min
Ep 240: Europe's first cannabis country
This week Malta became the first European country to legalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use. Will this be a trend across the rest of Europe? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2021 • 6min
Ep 239: The unvaccinated question
The Omicron variant is causing a rapid rise in Covid-19 infections. Is the UK government making the right call by not clamping down on unvaccinated people? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 14, 2021 • 7min
Ep 238: The killer robots
"Killer robots" are already being developed and used by lots of countries. But if these machines are really autonomous, who do we blame if things go wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
