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The Sensemaker from The Observer - one story every day to make sense of the world.

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Sensemaker

This weekend, European leaders were scrambling to prevent US President Donald Trump from forcing Ukraine to sign a peace deal widely viewed as favourable to Russia.

Host: Casey Magloire 

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Matt Russell

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What’s behind the US-Russian peace plan for Ukraine?

Last week, a major report from the independent inquiry into the government’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic was published. 

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard 

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Could Covid lockdowns have been avoided?

Michael Jackson has become the first artist to achieve a top 10 hit single in six different decades, right as the trailer for his new biopic has been released. How do fans of the star reconcile the allegations when interacting with his work?’

To listen to Liv and Miranda on We Have Notes visit: lnk.to/wehavenotes

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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The Michael Jackson fan dilemma

As COP30 wraps up in Brazil, climate change experts warn that not only have we missed the 1.5 degree target for global average temperature increase, but we are now on a path to 2.6 degrees.

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

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Why is a 2.6 degree temperature rise so catastrophic?

Qian Zhimin has been dubbed the cryptoqueen after UK Police discovered she had approximately £5 billion of stolen investments. But how was she caught? 

Host: Ada Barumé

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Amalie Sortland 

Reporters: Poppy Sebag-Montefiore and Phoebe Davis 

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Matt Russell 

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How police caught one of the biggest crypto scammers ever

On Sunday, America announced that it had moved the world’s biggest aircraft carrier within striking distance of Venezuela. Its addition to an already sizable fleet marks the biggest US military build up in the Caribbean since the Cold War.

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Jonathan Lewis

Host: Ada Barumé

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why has Trump sent warships to the Caribbean?

Nicotine pouches are flying off the shelves across the UK – and increasingly, it’s teenagers buying them.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why are nicotine pouches more popular than ever?

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the ultra-Trumpian Republican congresswoman from Georgia, is one of the four Republican dissenters who support the full release of the Epstein files.

Listen to Alexi Mostrous discuss the Epstein emails in more detail on The News Meeting podcast.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why did Republicans release Epstein emails?

Trump’s lawyers demanded that the BBC apologise for an edited clip of him in a Panorama documentary or face a $1 billion lawsuit.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Ada Barume 

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Can Trump really sue the BBC?

Young people are moving on from online influencer Andrew Tate.

Host: Ada Barumé

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Matt Russell

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Why is Andrew Tate finished?

Since December 2024, a run of scientific papers has illustrated AI’s capacity for deception. Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio says the consequences could be existential.

Writer: Patricia Clarke

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Tomini Babs

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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