Sensemaker
The Observer
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May 11, 2021 • 8min
Ep 85: Keir Starmer mis-fires
The Labour leader tried to sack his deputy. It could hardly have gone worse for him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 11, 2021 • 6min
Ep 84: Making a murderer
A child soldier grows up to commit terrible crimes. Was his childhood entirely to blame? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 7, 2021 • 8min
Ep 83: Caitlyn Jenner runs into trouble
Caitlyn Jenner, one of the most famous trans people in the world, is running to be governor of California. But mainstream politics and trans rights don't always sit well together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 6, 2021 • 6min
Ep 82: Bollywood politics
Why one of Bollywood's biggest stars, Kangana Ranaut, has been removed from Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 5, 2021 • 8min
Ep 81: The oracle of Omaha
The richest 90-year-old on earth, Warren Buffett, has announced his plan to let someone else take over the company he runs. But he's not retiring just yet... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 4, 2021 • 6min
Ep 80: A man in a van, fighting drugs
Peter Krykant is waging an unorthodox, possibly illegal, war against the terrible death toll from drugs in Scotland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 3, 2021 • 7min
Ep 79: Trump's keeper of the keys
The man who could hold the key to the investigation into Donald Trump’s finances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2021 • 6min
Ep 77: Another vaccine breakthrough?
The man who has dedicated his life's work to fighting malaria may have finally cracked it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2021 • 8min
Ep 76: A genocide, recognised
Why America's recognition of a genocide from a century ago is causing a diplomatic commotion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 27, 2021 • 8min
Ep 75: India's Covid crisis
How much responsibility does India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, bear for the country's catastrophic coronavirus outbreak? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
