Sensemaker
The Sensemaker from Tortoise - one story every day to make sense of the world. To find out more about Tortoise: Download the Tortoise app for a listening experience curated by our journalists. Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content. Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more. If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
This weekend the Met Office declared the south of England experienced what it called a ‘pollen bomb.’ Why is hay fever season starting earlier, lasting longer and the symptoms are becoming more intense?
Writer: Jonathan Lewis
Producer: Jonathan Lewis
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Alex Jones
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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When a 64-year-old woman was fined for holding a sign outside a UK abortion clinic, it sparked international backlash - including from organised, Christian activists in America and the US government.
Writer: Phoebe Davis
Producer: Serena Cesareo
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Alex Jones
Executive Producer: Matt Russell
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Tortoise has identified almost 300 influencers who are spreading misleading content about climate change that ranges from scepticism to misinformation. One of their false claims is that global warming is caused by an underwater volcano that erupted off the coast of Tonga
To read more about Tortoise’s Hot Air project click here.
Writer: Bex Sander
Producer: Casey Magloire
Host: Claudia Williams
Episo...
Donald Trump's tariffs have caused chaos across international markets, but how does this impact your personal pensions and savings?
Writer: Barney Macintyre
Host: Tomini Babs
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Matt Russell
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The United Nations has accused Israel of killing 15 rescue workers in Gaza. How has a video uncovered this weekend discredited the Israeli military’s version of events?
Writer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer: Ada Barume
Host: Claudia Williams
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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AI-generated movie trailers are tricking fans into thinking they’re the real deal. How are some studios balancing the free publicity with debates over content created by artificial intelligence?
To read more about Jake Kanter’s investigation into AI trailers in Hollywood for Deadline, click here.
Writer: Aleena Augustine
Producer: Gary Marshall
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Roisin Savage&nb...
President Trump has ordered the federal government to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. One man in the White House has been plotting this for years.
Writer: Stephen Armstrong
Additional reporting: Ada Barumé
Producer: Patricia Clarke
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Since Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza, hundreds of children have been killed. Israeli airstrikes have also killed aid workers and a new siege has been blocking all humanitarian and commercial goods entering the Strip.
Writer: Serena Cesareo
Producer: Serena Casareo
Host: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Myanmar is reeling from the aftershocks of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake and the death toll keeps rising. With a civil war still raging alongside the devastation, how is the violence hampering the recovery effort?
Writer: Ada Barume
Producer: Casey Magloire
Host: Tomini Babs
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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A group of researchers at a remote Antarctic base faces unexpected conflict. With conditions meaning rescue is near impossible, how did things go so wrong?
Writer: Gary Marshall
Producer: Rebecca Moore
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode photography: Roisin Savage
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Stephen Graham’s new four-part series has sparked a national conversation about the crisis facing young men, social media and the manosphere.
Writer: Elaine McCallig
Host: Tomini Babs
Episode Photography: Roisin Savage
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK’s economy in her spring statement. What state are the country’s finances in? And was cutting welfare benefits the only way of balancing the books?
Writer: Barney Macintyre
Producer: Xavier Greenwood
Host: Claudia Williams
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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The US President’s actions towards South Africa seem driven by more than land laws. Could they be part of a broader narrative about race, power, and fear?
Writer: Ada Barumé
Producer: Ada Barumé
Host: Claudia Williams
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Measles is spreading in Texas and shows no signs of slowing down. What does this outbreak tell us about the state of public health in the US and where does it go from here?
Writer: Jess Swinburne
Producer: Jess Swinburne
Photography: Roisin Savage
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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Israel has resumed its military offensive in Gaza, killing hundreds of people following the collapse of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. Already suffering from food and medical shortages, how are Gazans surviving?
Why has Israel started bombing Gaza again? Click here to listen to our previous episode: lnk.to/QsqUkG
Writer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Host: Tomini Babs
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore.
Israel has resumed heavy airstrikes on Gaza. Why has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to break the ceasefire deal now?
Writer: Lilly Cheslaw
Producer: Serena Cesareo
Host: Tomini Babs
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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The 100ft wave is a big wave surfing milestone that was supposed to be impossible. Now, a young surfer from California is rumoured to have achieved it, breaking the official world record at the same time. The problem? Nobody can agree how big the wave was.
Writer: Claudia Williams, with additional reporting by Ada Barumé
Producer: Casey Magloire
Host: Claudia Williams
In Labour’s most controversial move since taking office last summer, the government this week set out plans to reform the UK’s welfare system. But will it actually achieve the joint aims of saving money and getting more people back into work?
Writer: Cat Neilan
Producer: Casey Magloire
Host: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
Episode Photography: RoisÃn Savage
President Trump’s promise to stop the war in Ukraine may be more tricky to pull off than he hoped. Ukraine has agreed to pause the fighting and sit at the negotiating table but so far there’s little sign that the Russian President is willing to even entertain a ceasefire. Is there any chance Trump can pull off this peace deal?
Writer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer: Ada Barumé
Host: Claudia Williams
Executive produc...
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