The Slow Newscast podcast

The Slow Newscast

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day. Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales? And what happened when humanity's most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a different approach to journalism these are the stories we tell. Subscribe to [The Observer ] (https://observer.co.uk/) today and get access to: ---Our podcasts before anyone else ---A daily edition, curated by our editors 7 days a week ---Puzzles from the inventors of the cryptic crossword ---Recipes for every occasion ---Free tickets to join Observer events in our newsroom or online Click [here] (https://open.acast.com/networks/61ba16ddafe1fc001a418e0d/shows/61ba18761a8cbe923a3cf195/observer.co.uk/subscribe) to subscribe today for just £1 for your first month. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day. Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales? And what happened when humanity's most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a different approach to journalism these are the stories we tell. Subscribe to [The Observer ] (https://observer.co.uk/) today and get access to: ---Our podcasts before anyone else ---A daily edition, curated by our editors 7 days a week ---Puzzles from the inventors of the cryptic crossword ---Recipes for every occasion ---Free tickets to join Observer events in our newsroom or online Click [here] (https://open.acast.com/networks/61ba16ddafe1fc001a418e0d/shows/61ba18761a8cbe923a3cf195/observer.co.uk/subscribe) to subscribe today for just £1 for your first month. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#367

My boy Gianni: Infantino and Trump

Gianni Infantino is the most powerful man in world football but in the run up to the 2026 ... more

09 Dec 2025

32 MINS

32:45

09 Dec 2025


#366

Inside the Treasury

The chancellor’s budget was supposed to be a gamechanger, but turned out to be an exercise... more

02 Dec 2025

23 MINS

23:50

02 Dec 2025


#365

What's Left?

When Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced a new political party this summer, it had a... more

25 Nov 2025

29 MINS

29:27

25 Nov 2025


#364

Deep Water

Three years ago, travel writer Lydia Gard discovered freediving. An extreme and beautiful ... more

18 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:48

18 Nov 2025


#363

William: The reluctant prince

With Prince Harry in effective exile and Andrew disgraced, the Royal family is smaller tha... more

11 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:52

11 Nov 2025


#362

Epping: A very English uprising

Over the summer, Epping, a small town on the outskirts of London becamethe scene of mass p... more

04 Nov 2025

25 MINS

25:54

04 Nov 2025


#361

Among the settlers on Gaza's border

Just outside Gaza is a small settlement of Israelis hoping to enter and settle inside Gaza... more

28 Oct 2025

29 MINS

29:21

28 Oct 2025


#360

Trolled: Brigitte Macron

The French President and the First Lady of France are taking American right wing commentat... more

21 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:25

21 Oct 2025


#359

The shakedown: Donald Trump vs the media

Donald Trump has launched four lawsuits against major media organisations for up to $15 bi... more

14 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:49

14 Oct 2025


#358

Gaza's Deadly Aid

Since May, almost 900 Palestinians are reported to have been killed in the vicinity of aid... more

06 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:16

06 Oct 2025


#357

An uncivil war inside Unite

Unite was once the biggest trade union in Britain, and the largest funder of the Labour Pa... more

30 Sep 2025

31 MINS

31:58

30 Sep 2025


#356

Introducing ... We Have Notes

The week in culture, annotated. Writer and journalist Liv Little and Observer critic Miran... more

25 Sep 2025

04 MINS

04:41

25 Sep 2025


#355

Contagion: RFK Jr’s war on public health

Insiders tell the story of how the US Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has hollowed ... more

23 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:37

23 Sep 2025


#354

The match: My sister and her new DNA

What happens when you get new blood and new DNA from a complete stranger? This is the stor... more

16 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:35

16 Sep 2025


#353

The immortality bros: the new frontiers of health

Acity in Honduras is home to a start-up selling experimental gene therapies for $25,000 a ... more

09 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:58

09 Sep 2025


#352

The diva and the dictator: opera at war

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Anna Netrebko was the biggest opera star in a generati... more

02 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:38

02 Sep 2025


#351

The great British honey scandal

For nearly a decade beekeepers around the world have been saying that there’s something ve... more

26 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:58

26 Aug 2025


#350

The mother and the gangs

The number of teenage boys killed on our streets has more than doubled in a decade. This i... more

19 Aug 2025

40 MINS

40:17

19 Aug 2025


#349

Signal failure: Who killed HS2?

HS2 should have been a symbol of engineering excellence. Instead half of it has been scrap... more

12 Aug 2025

36 MINS

36:46

12 Aug 2025


#348

A lonely death on Jersey

As a tax haven Jersey has a reputation for welcoming the wealthy with open arms, but how d... more

05 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:30

05 Aug 2025


#347

The real Salt Path

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile ... more

29 Jul 2025

40 MINS

40:26

29 Jul 2025


#346

The Lab Detective

Kathleen Folbigg was known as‘Australia's worst female serial killer’ - she’d lost all fou... more

22 Jul 2025

41 MINS

41:21

22 Jul 2025


#345

Illiberal land: Hungary’s empire of ideas

This is the story of how and why a small Central European country became the epicenter of ... more

15 Jul 2025

33 MINS

33:16

15 Jul 2025


#344

The mystery of Francis Bacon's minder

This is the story of how a boxing match helped solve a 50-year art world mystery. And how,... more

08 Jul 2025

40 MINS

40:07

08 Jul 2025


#343

Introducing...Drilled

We are partnering with the podcast Drilled, to share something extra with you this week so... more

07 Jul 2025

43 MINS

43:45

07 Jul 2025


#342

Liz UnTrussed

Liz Truss was the UK’s shortest serving prime minister, but since leaving office she’s con... more

01 Jul 2025

34 MINS

34:34

01 Jul 2025


#341

How to disappear

In the UK, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds. But how in a society of internet... more

24 Jun 2025

39 MINS

39:37

24 Jun 2025