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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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Are animals conscious? Why we’re starting to think so
After centuries of dismissing the rest of the animal kingdom as non-sentient beings, scientists and philosophers are starting to make a new declaration in favour of animal consciousness. So what does that even mean, and what does it change?
This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory
Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Netflix/My Octopus Teacher.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk
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Keir Starmer: Up close and personal
Critics say the Labour leader is robotic, boring and hard to read, but is that all there is to the man in the running to become the next prime minister? The Sunday Times has spent three months on the campaign trail in search of the real Keir Starmer.
This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory
Guest: Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: The Times, Spiked, Talk TV, Sky News, Channel 4 News.
Further listening: Hague talks to Rishi Sunak about being a dad, AI, and a terrible political inheritance
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk
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Planet Hope: Rewilding the Earth with Kris Tompkins
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 Southern Cone of South America is home to some of the most beautiful and diverse ecosystems in the world. However, decades of exploitation have taken their toll. Expansive lands left destroyed from ranching and species like the jaguar teetered on the brink of extinction. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by one of the most successful conservation philanthropists in history, Kris Tompkins, to hear how she’s committed her life to making this corner of the world wilder.
This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.
This podcast is advertiser funded.
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Inside the newsroom: Writing an obituary can be inspiring
In this bonus episode for Times subscribers Anna Temkin, the deputy obituaries editor for The Times, chats with producer Priyanka Deladia about what it’s like to write about the dead.
The Times obituary podcast - You History - presented by Anna is out every Tuesday: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/your-history/id1747936428
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The wipe out scenario haunting the Conservatives
In 1993 the Canadian Conservative party went into the election in power but lost all but two of its seats. A party called Reform came to dominate right wing politics, and went on to merge with the Conservatives. Could the same be about to happen in the UK?
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Guests: -Wayne Hunt, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Mount Allison University in Canada, and,
-Danny Finkelstein, columnist, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Times Radio, BBC, CBC, CPAC.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk
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The TikTok election wars
It’s being described as the UK’s first TikTok election - so can a flying pig, Cilla Black, and Nigel Farage have the power to change the result on the night?
This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory
Guests:
Matilda Davies, Data Journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.Lara Spirit, Red Box Editor, The Times.Host: Jane Mulkerrins.
Clips: TikTok/@uklabour, Sky News, TikTok/@ukconservatives, TikTok/@libdems, TikTok/@nigel_farage, Twitter/@rishisunak.
Further listening:
Could the 'blue wall' fall?The Green vote, it’s not (only) about the environmentThe UK economy’s broken. Can Labour fix it? Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk
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