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The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day.
Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations.
Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker.
Discover the story behind the story with world-class journalism from The Times and Sunday Times.
The Story is available at the start of your day from Monday to Friday, with bonus ‘Inside the Newsroom’ episodes every Saturday for Times subscribers, available by connecting your subscription via Apple Podcasts.
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Sunak's summer gamble
Rishi Sunak has announced a general election for July 4 after a day of fevered rumour in Westminster. The prime minister addressed the nation from outside No 10 and pledged to “fight for every vote" while Sir Keir Starmer urged people to vote Labour to "stop the chaos". Manveen Rana was at the heart of it all in Westminster. Why now? And are the parties ready?
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Guests:
Daniel Finkelstein, Conservative Peer and columnist for The TimesPeter Mandelson, Labour PeerTim Shipman, Chief Political Commentator, The Sunday TimesHost: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Times Radio.
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Could the Butcher of Tehran's death signal danger for the Iranian regime?
President Raisi’s death has been met with celebrations by those who hate the regime and mourning by those who love it. But could the vacuum left by his passing create a moment of danger for the regime’s hardline clerics and open up an opportunity for Iran’s reformers?
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Guest: Rana Rahimpour, freelance Iranian journalist.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Reuters, BBC News, TODAY, i24 News, Daily Mail.
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A bloody disgrace: How the infected blood victims were betrayed by a cover-up
After decades of buck-passing and over 3000 deaths the infected blood inquiry published its final report finding that patients were betrayed by 'cover-up'. The chairman of the inquiry said the ‘scale of what happened is horrifying’ and the prime minister has apologised. So, as ministers prepare to pay out billions of pounds in compensation, will this be enough for the families of those affected? Has justice finally been achieved? We ask Sunday Times’s Caroline Wheeler, who helped bring the inquiry about.
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Guest: Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana
Clips: Parliament TV, Sky News, ITV, 5 News, Infected Blood Inquiry, World in Action, Lord Mayor of Treloar.
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'Death in the Blood' by Caroline Wheeler is available from the Times Bookshop.
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Why the super-rich are falling out of love with London
The Hinduja family still leads the Sunday Times Rich List. But this year’s list records the largest fall in the billionaire count in the guide’s 36-year history. So why is it happening now and where are the billionaires moving to? Alfie Best, who remains on track to become Britain's first Romany gypsy billionaire, could have the answer.
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Guest: Robert Watts, Contributor, The Sunday Times
Host: Luke Jones
Clips: Sky News, Victorian Plumbing YouTube channel, CEOCAST YouTube channel, News Guardian
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Planet Hope: Restoring ancient Andean forests with Constantino Aucca Chutas
This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by The Story as a bonus weekly series each Sunday.
The High Andes are one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, but without urgent intervention, this landscape and its surrounding natural beauty will be lost. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by conservationist and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Constantino Aucca Chutas to hear how he is working with local communities to restore ancient cloud forests on the Andean mountain range, which play a vital role in the fight against climate change.
This podcast is advertiser funded.
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Inside the newsroom: Nerds in the newsroom?
In this bonus episode for Times subscribers, Matilda Davies tells us that data journalists are the geeks of the newsroom. She talks to The Story producer Priyanka Deladia about her day to day job crunching numbers, analysing graphs, uncovering stories through data and mastering the excel spreadsheet.
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