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  • Can we be saved from AI?

    Can we be saved from AI?
    2026/04/09
    Meta and YouTube were found liable earlier this year in a social media addiction trial and ordered to pay out $6 million in damages. Could this be a blueprint for how to avoid history repeating itself with AI?

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    29 分
  • Frontier Men: The Forbidden Island

    Frontier Men: The Forbidden Island
    2026/04/07

    Last year, a Youtuber attempted to reach an uncontacted tribe on the remote island of North Sentinel, an area that is out of bounds for everyone else on the planet. His bid for content may have been audacious, and illegal, but it’s just the latest in a long line of misguided foreigners attempting to make contact. But do these individuals represent the greatest threat to the tribe? And what do we as a planet stand to lose if contact is made?


    Reporter: Xavier Greenwood

    Producer: Madeleine Parr

    Additional production: Ada Barumé

    Artwork: Blythe Walker Sibthorp

    Sound design: Dominic Delargy

    Editor: Matt Russell

    Clip Credits: NBC News, News 10 and News9 Live


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    34 分
  • China’s shadow war: Ice picks in suburbia | Episode Three

    China’s shadow war: Ice picks in suburbia | Episode Three
    2026/04/02

    A businessman from Tunbridge Wells is accused of leading a double life. He’s secretly recorded planning a brutal attack with ice picks on behalf of the Chinese state. His story takes a dramatic turn with a high-stakes escape.


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    Reporters - Alexi Mostrous and Frankie Vetch

    Producer - Jonathan Lewis

    Additional production - Amalie Sortland

    Sound design - Dominic Delargy

    Podcast illustration - Shonagh Rae

    Editor - Jasper Corbett


    Credits - Voice of America, CBS

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    33 分
  • China’s shadow war: The Americans | Episode Two

    China’s shadow war: The Americans | Episode Two
    2026/04/01

    American citizens are recruited to carry out Beijing’s dirty work on home soil. A Florida correctional officer poses as an art dealer, exposing the murky world of transnational repression and China’s shadow war.


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    Producer - Jonathan Lewis

    Additional production - Amalie Sortland

    Sound design - Dominic Delargy

    Podcast illustration - Shonagh Rae

    Editor - Jasper Corbett


    Credits - CNBC

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    21 分
  • China’s shadow war: The dissidents

    China’s shadow war: The dissidents
    2026/03/31

    Alexi goes in search of the “long arm” of the Chinese state following a series of attacks and bounties on British soil. He uncovers a coordinated campaign of fear that has left dissidents feeling unsafe in the UK – and asks what British authorities are doing to protect them.


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    Producer - Jonathan Lewis

    Additional production - Amalie Sortland

    Sound design - Dominic Delargy

    Podcast illustration - Shonagh Rae

    Editor - Jasper Corbett


    Credits - Channel 4, Sky News, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC

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    38 分
  • Why do mothers abandon babies?

    Why do mothers abandon babies?
    2026/03/26

    Every year babies are abandoned by their parents. Following a long reporting project exploring the story of one foundling on a search for her biological parents, Alexi Mostrous asks, 'why do mothers abandon babies?'. To try and make sense of these complicated, often hidden stories, he's joined by the series reporter Lucy Greenwell and the series' producer Katie Gunning.


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    22 分
  • Foundling | Tortoise Investigates

    Foundling | Tortoise Investigates
    2026/03/24

    Foundling is a six-part original series from Tortoise Investigates and The Observer. This is episode 1 - On the verge

    Journalist Lucy Greenwell goes in search of Jess following rumours and unanswered questions about where she was born and who gave birth to her.

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    Credits:

    Reporter - Lucy Greenwell

    Producer - Katie Gunning

    Original theme music - Tom Kinsella

    Sound design and additional music - Rowan Bishop

    Podcast artwork - Blythe Walker Sibthorp

    Narrative editor - Gary Marshall

    Editor - Jasper Corbett





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    41 分
  • Can AI write good literature?

    Can AI write good literature?
    2026/03/19
    Last week, the New York Times ran an experiment that has far-reaching implications, especially for book lovers. It asked readers to compare five pairs of writing samples — one written by AI, the other by a well-known author — and choose which they preferred. AI was chosen much of the time. So, can AI actually write good literature? Book Prize judge Erica Wagner, The Observer's book editor Tom Gatti, and author Ada Barumé discuss.

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    24 分