248 episodes

Tortoise News is the home of Tortoise's news podcasts: The News Meeting, Trendy and Sensemaker.
The News Meeting - join Tortoise editor James Harding and 3 journalists, from the Tortoise newsroom and beyond, to discuss the stories that should be leading the news.
Trendy - hear polling expert John Curtice and former Downing Street advisor Rachel Wolf explore the trends that help shape what voters think and politicans do.
Sensemaker - our daily podcast that tells 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
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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

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Tortoise News is the home of Tortoise's news podcasts: The News Meeting, Trendy and Sensemaker.
The News Meeting - join Tortoise editor James Harding and 3 journalists, from the Tortoise newsroom and beyond, to discuss the stories that should be leading the news.
Trendy - hear polling expert John Curtice and former Downing Street advisor Rachel Wolf explore the trends that help shape what voters think and politicans do.
Sensemaker - our daily podcast that tells 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

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    The News Meeting: India’s election and why pupils in England are facing their worst exam results in decades

    The News Meeting: India’s election and why pupils in England are facing their worst exam results in decades

    David Aaronovitch and the Tortoise team debate what should lead the news in front of an audience in the newsroom.
    They discuss the scale of India’s election, failures to tackle the academic and social legacies of school closures during Covid, and what was happening in Iran on the day it attacked Israel.
    Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com
    Guests:
    David Aaronovitch, journalist, broadcaster and host of ‘Eight Year’s Hard Labour’Jess Winch, news editor at TortoiseStephen Armstrong, reporter at Tortoise
    Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Tortoise
    Producer: Casey Magloire
    Executive producer: Lewis Vickers
    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 exclusive 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 


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    • 41 min
    Sensemaker: Grindr sued

    Sensemaker: Grindr sued

    The world's biggest dating app for the LGBT community is accused of sharing personal information such as people's HIV status with third parties.
    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 exclusive 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 

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    • 7 min
    Trendy: Dating, love and marriage

    Trendy: Dating, love and marriage

    Nearly two-thirds of under 35s have used a dating app or online service to meet a partner. That’s according to an exclusive poll for Trendy. However, opinion is split about whether online dating is a positive or negative experience. How has how we find a partner changed and what does it mean for long term relationships? 

    Click here to book your tickets for Trendy Live at 6.30pm on Wednesday 8th May: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/trendy-live-show-local-election-special/ 

    Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf

    Guest: Rebecca Moore, Producer 

    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 exclusive 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 

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    • 38 min
    Sensemaker: Rwanda policy: What difference will it make?

    Sensemaker: Rwanda policy: What difference will it make?

    Rishi Sunak has finally passed his Rwanda bill after the House of Lords dropped its opposition. But two-thirds of voters think the country is on the wrong track, so is it a distraction from the bigger issues Britain faces and will it actually stop the boats?
    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 exclusive 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 


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    • 7 min
    Join us for Trendy Live to make sense of the local election results

    Join us for Trendy Live to make sense of the local election results

    Tortoise is hosting a special live edition of Trendy on Wednesday 8th May.
    Join hosts John Curtice and Rachel Wolf in the Tortoise newsroom for this special live recording of the podcast to make sense of the local elections being held on May 2nd in England and Wales. Most of the elections are for positions last contested in 2021. At that time Boris Johnson’s government was still enjoying a bounce in the polls thanks to the roll out of the COVID vaccines. Fast forward three years and the country is now seemingly in a very different political place.
     
    But do the results of the local elections confirm or contradict the message of the polls? Where did the parties do better – and where less well? What might they tell us ahead of the general election later this year? What lessons are there for the politicians – and will they take any notice? 
    John and Rachel will be answering these questions and any more that you have - so sign up now!
    You can book your place here.

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    • 1 min
    News Meeting: Brexit, austerity and how Labour could fix Britain

    News Meeting: Brexit, austerity and how Labour could fix Britain

    In the nineties Will Hutton wrote about the role of government and the free market post-Thatcher. Now, after more than a decade of Conservative-led government, he’s written a new book called ‘This Time No Mistakes’. In this bonus episode he tells James how it might influence Labour’s thinking on issues like Britain’s relationship with the EU and economic reform.
    Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com
    Guest: Will Hutton, former editor of the Observer and author of This Time No Mistakes: How To Remake Britain
    Host: James Harding, founder and editor-in-chief of Tortoise
    Executive producer: Lewis Vickers
    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 exclusive 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 

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    • 37 min

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