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The Times Daily News 1782 episodes USA 2026-04-12 1 extractions
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Episodes (1734 episodes)

London Falling Part 2: The Truth - The Sunday Story
In this special two part podcast, Whitehall editor at The Sunday Times, Gabriel Pogrund, is joined by the preeminent investigative journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe. On a cold November night...
2026-04-12
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London Falling Part 1:  The Fall - The Saturday Story
In this special two part podcast, Whitehall editor at The Sunday Times, Gabriel Pogrund, is joined by the preeminent investigative journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe. On a cold November night...
2026-04-11
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INVESTIGATION: Is your sofa toxic?
For decades UK sofas have contained chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and infertility because of uniquely strict fire rules. Up to a fifth of their foam consists of a chemical not used in any ...
2026-04-10
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Trump's ceasefire with Iran - what’s in it and what next
After mounting hostilities and Trump’s threats that ‘a whole civilization will die’ unless Iran backs down, Tehran and Washington have agreed to a two week ceasefire. Now, they’re discussing a ten-poi...
2026-04-09
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The West Bank land grab no one’s watching
With the world’s attention fixed on the war in Iran, Israeli settler gangs are rapidly and violently expanding outposts in the West Bank – seemingly with impunity. So, what’s it like on the ground? Is...
2026-04-08
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INVESTIGATION: Inside Britain’s biggest Ponzi scheme
Thousands of pensioners invested their life savings into London Capital and Finance before it was revealed to be the UK’s biggest ever Ponzi scheme. Now, new Times reporting shows how the millions in ...
2026-04-07
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Will voters back "the poster boy for the far-right"?
Hungary goes to the polls on Sunday and for the first time in sixteen years, Donald Trump’s right-wing ally Viktor Orbán might lose his iron grip on power. But who is this man who’s ruled the country ...
2026-04-06
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The contract killing scandal rocking France’s MI6 - The Sunday Story
It's the trial rocking France's intelligence service. Two guards who had always dreamt of going under cover were allegedly tricked into a plot to kill a ‘Mossad agent’, who was nothing of the sort. It...
2026-04-05
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Inside the world of 'Disney adults' - The Saturday Story
For millions of people, Disney was a huge part of their childhood. But, for a great number of people that love never went away, and today, it's those people who have become central to Disney’s bottom ...
2026-04-04
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The descent into madness under Putin
When The Times foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts moved to Russia in 1997, there was hope for a new future for the country. But over the next 25 years, he witnessed the rise of Vladimir Putin and the...
2026-04-03
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INVESTIGATION: How the SNP spends billions ‘to buy loyalty from charities’
A Sunday Times investigation has found that, in Scotland, there are claims that the SNP has, in effect, shut down criticism from the charity and voluntary sectors because of a system that leaves them ...
2026-04-02
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Artemis II: NASA’s plan for the Moon and beyond
The countdown has begun for the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission around the Moon, the first manned mission there in more than 50 years. Their voyage around our nearest neighbour will pave the way f...
2026-04-01
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How a US invasion of Kharg Island could play out
Donald Trump has threatened that the US would “obliterate Kharg Island” if a deal with Tehran was not reached. The US president has suggested he’d put boots on the ground to seize control of Iran's ke...
2026-03-31
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Pete Hegseth: the former TV host selling Trump’s war
Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of war, was one of the most controversial picks in Trump’s cabinet. But as Trump’s foreign adventures have come to define his second term, Hegseth is not just more visib...
2026-03-30
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The Epstein Files, AI journalism and the future of truth - The Sunday Story
As AI seeps into every corner of art, film and social media, up next, it's podcasts. An AI-generated show called The Epstein Files topped the Apple series charts last week, bringing you the very lates...
2026-03-29
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I met Huw Edwards: what the drama gets right (and wrong) - The Saturday Story
This week, Channel 5 broadcast a dramatisation of the downfall of former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, with Martin Clunes in the lead role. The programme traces the events that led to his sudden and ve...
2026-03-28
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People are betting on war. Here’s why it matters
Polymarket and Kalshi have become two of the fastest-growing online platforms in the prediction market, hosting bets where people can wager on the outcome of events, including on the conflict in Iran....
2026-03-27
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Q&A: What we know (and don't know) about Trump's Iran talks
As the war with Iran rumbles on, are ceasefire talks back on or is that ‘fake news’? What’s in America’s 15 point peace plan? Could an Iranian missile reach the UK? And how long can Iran keep fighting...
2026-03-26
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INVESTIGATION: On the line - Whack-a-mole
In the final episode of our county lines series, we hear how county lines drug gangs are continuing to shift their business model to avoid detection. Policing minister, Sarah Jones, explains how the g...
2026-03-25
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INVESTIGATION: On the line - Mike
Mike started selling drugs for a county lines gang when he was just a teenager. After being arrested and getting stabbed, he left that life behind. But he's been willing to share his experiences with ...
2026-03-24
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