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Jan 5, 2022 • 5min
Ep 253: Is Plan B working?
The Omicron variant of Covid is surging across the UK, but the government seems determined not to go beyond its famous "Plan B" - the restrictions we're living with now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 4, 2022 • 7min
Ep 252: 2022: Predictions
Today, we're doing something a little different. We're going to kick off the year by predicting a few big things we think will happen in 2022. Sign up to our ThinkIn "2022 Predictions: What's coming next?" https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/2022-predictions-whats-coming-next/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 31, 2021 • 8min
Ep 251: The dissident journalist
In May, Belarus forced a plane to land because it had an exiled journalist on board. It created an international diplomatic crisis. Listen to Pariah: https://podfollow.com/1564715288 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 30, 2021 • 8min
Ep 250: China's Mr Climate
Some people said COP26, the global climate conference, was doomed because China’s president didn't show up. Then along came an unusually capable civil servant known as ‘the panda’. Sign up to our Sensemaker newsletter: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 29, 2021 • 7min
Ep 249: The Facebook whistleblower
Thanks to revelations from one former Facebook insider, 2021 was a year of reckoning for the tech giant. Subscribe to the Sensemaker podcast: https://podfollow.com/1548929040 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2021 • 9min
Ep 248: The woman at the top
Cressida Dick is in charge of the Metropolitan Police. But having a woman at the top hasn’t shielded the force from accusations that it’s still a deeply sexist institution. Listen to Wrong turn: murder, miscarriage and justice: pod.fo/e/eae38 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 27, 2021 • 6min
Ep 247: The death of Zaki Anwari
The day after the Taliban took Kabul, a young man fell to his death from a US airplane. The tragedy revealed a lot about America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Listen to the Slow Newscast: https://podfollow.com/1487320403 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 24, 2021 • 7min
Ep 246: The princess of pop
Britney Spears has rarely been out of the headlines this year. What does her story tell us about pop culture in 2021?Listen to Popbitch: https://torto.se/326f3lC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2021 • 7min
Ep 245: Simone Biles: the gymnast who chose herself
When Simone Biles put her mental health before more medals, and pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, the world was amazed. Subscribe to the Sensemaker podcast: https://podfollow.com/1548929040 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2021 • 6min
Ep 244: Lights, camera, space station!
How a Russian actress, not a joyriding billionaire, is the best person to show us where space travel is going.Sign up to our daily Sensemaker newsletter: www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
