Delayed Gratification, the Slow News podcast

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The podcast of Delayed Gratification, the Slow News magazine, which returns to big stories after the dust has settled to ask the question of what happened next, and which is proud to be 'Last to Breaking News.'

Episodes

  1. 1 MAY

    Melissa, megacities and nasal matchsticks: looking back on November 2025

    In this episode, Delayed Gratification co-editors Rob Orchard and Marcus Webb are joined by editor-at-large Harriet Salem to look back on November 2025, an era before Donald Trump was awarded a peace prize by Fifa and before the birth of Crustafarianism, the first AI-generated religion.  The trio return to Marcus’s story about the rapid growth of megacities, which saw Jakarta crowned the biggest metropolis in the world in November. They delve into his report on the UN groups attempting to provide early warnings about climate hazards to every person on the planet and deploying everything ‘from satellites to sandbags’ to prevent disasters. They also look at the stratospheric ascent of Zohran Mamdani from little-known local politician to mayor of New York – and what he has faced since his election. To read the stories being discussed in this episode, pick up a copy of Delayed Gratification issue 61 or subscribe with a 15 percent discount using code Pod15.

    44 min

  2. 2 APR

    Kyiv Circus, Jane Goodall and Japanese bears: looking back on October 2025

    In this episode, Delayed Gratification co-editor Rob Orchard is joined by James Montague and Susan Schulman to look back on October 2025 with six months of perspective. It was an era when Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado had not yet felt obliged to hand her Nobel Peace Prize over to Donald Trump, the children of Australia had not had all of their Tiktoks turned off and the residents of Prince Andrew's Road in Hellesdon had not yet requested a name change for their street. The trio return to Susan's extraordinary report on the circus in Kyiv, which has kept going throughout the invasion, and dive into the DG archive to discuss another story of hers from issue 19 of the magazine, about the fight to bring mobile phone reception to DRC. James gives us the inside track on the late, great primatologist Jane Goodall, including her surprising interest in Bigfoot. To read the stories being discussed in this episode in beautiful print, pick up a copy of Delayed Gratification issue 61 or subscribe with a 15 percent discount using code Pod15.

    48 min

  3. 2 MAR

    Qatar, Colombia, Ant and Dec: looking back on September 2025

    In this episode, Delayed Gratification co-editor Rob Orchard is joined by James Montague and Emily Hart to look back on September 2025 with six months of perspective. It was an era when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was still a prince. Elon Musk had not yet been offered a trillion dollar pay packet, and Grok had not yet been pulled up for its auto-nudification function – or put Keir Starmer in a bikini. The trio dive into some fascinating stories, including James's return to the scene of a missile strike on Doha and Emily's deeply-researched report on Colombians fighting in Ukraine. To read the stories being discussed in this episode in beautiful print, pick up a copy of Delayed Gratification issue 60 or subscribe with a 15 percent discount using code Pod15.

    54 min
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The podcast of Delayed Gratification, the Slow News magazine, which returns to big stories after the dust has settled to ask the question of what happened next, and which is proud to be 'Last to Breaking News.'

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