The Slow Newscast

About the podcast The Slow Newscast

The Slow Newscast takes news slowly. We investigate, we report, and every week we try to focus on the stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. Your host is Basia Cummings.

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2021
A place for Elliott
This is a story about a boy called Elliott – trapped in time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
December 2, 2021
46 min
Retreat from Kabul – Part 2
In Kabul, the Taliban’s takeover was assured. In London, an ignominious retreat, and the betrayal of former comrades in the Afghan army, was more than a group of ex-soldiers, now MPs, could stomach... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
November 25, 2021
50 min
Retreat from Kabul – Part 1
Over a handful of chaotic days this summer, Western forces withdrew from Afghanistan. The legacy of the decision to leave after 20 years has been wretched for many Afghan people, and a brutal lesson for the UK. In this two-part Slow Newscast, Matthew d'Ancona charts events as they unfolded. Part 1: As the Taliban closed in on Kabul, Britain found itself frozen out of decision making and incapable of influencing events. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
November 25, 2021
51 min
Who is REvil?
Who are the people behind a spate of multi-million dollar ransomware attacks on financial institutions, schools and hospitals? When Nicky Woolf began to investigate the highest-profile ransomware outfit, REvil, it was almost completely hidden from view. But then... the cyber-police started to uncover its secrets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
November 18, 2021
46 min
Nazanin: trapped in Whitehall
Since 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held hostage in Iran. Ceri Thomas investigates how a long-forgotten debt could be the real reason behind her incarceration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
November 11, 2021
41 min
Shamsa, the forgotten princess
The reputation of Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai has been tarnished beyond repair by the way he treated his wife Haya and daughter Latifa. At least we know about what they went through. There's another daughter - Shamsa - who was the first to try to escape the Sheikh's clutches. She, and her story, have almost vanished. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
November 4, 2021
43 min
Introducing: Sweet Bobby
Sweet Bobby is a new series by Tortoise. Kirat is a successful local radio presenter. Online she’s contacted by a man she vaguely knows called Bobby, and they start chatting. Slowly, they become close… and she’s reeled in to a scam of epic proportions... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
October 28, 2021
33 min
True crime: the tragedy of Gabby Petito
When a young woman travelling across the US disappeared, an army of digital detectives and citizen journalists jumped on the case. When she was found murdered, they went into overdrive. In this week’s Slow Newscast, we examine a true crime story happening in real time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
October 21, 2021
40 min

About the podcast The Slow Newscast

The Slow Newscast takes news slowly. We investigate, we report, and every week we try to focus on the stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. Your host is Basia Cummings.

The Slow Newscast

About the podcast The Slow Newscast

Categories

A place for Elliott

Retreat from Kabul – Part 2

Retreat from Kabul – Part 1

Who is REvil?

Nazanin: trapped in Whitehall

Shamsa, the forgotten princess

Introducing: Sweet Bobby

True crime: the tragedy of Gabby Petito

About the podcast The Slow Newscast

Categories