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Behind the Headlines

Behind the Headlines

39 Episodes • By The Independent • www.independent.co.uk/news/healt...
Get into the details of the biggest stories from the UK, US and around the world in this podcast series from The Independent.Whether it's the latest on the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit or the US election you can expect a wide range of topics to be covered with expert analysis.Subscribe now so you never ...more
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Rishi Sunak's Spending Review
“Our economic emergency has only just begun”. That w... more
Nov 25 2020 17m
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Trump's 2016 victory speech four years on
President-elect Joe Biden gave a widely praised vict... more
Nov 12 2020 38m
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How mail-in voting became the key US election battleground
The US election is just days away, but already milli... more
Oct 31 2020 35m
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The surgeon who 'hoarded body parts'
This week The Independent's award winning health cor... more
Oct 2 2020 24m
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Is there life on Venus?
As possible signs of life have been discovered on Ve... more
Sep 18 2020 17m
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What's the deal with the Brexit deal?
Is it a great deal or an awful deal? We've heard bot... more
Sep 11 2020 25m
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Understanding Tenet
Christopher Nolan's latest movie 'Tenet' has been re... more
Sep 4 2020 15m
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What we learnt from the DNC and RNC
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Aug 28 2020 34m
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Why does Gavin Williamson still have a job?
Front pages have been filled with stories of the cha... more
Aug 19 2020 23m
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What we learnt about Meghan and Harry from the bombshell new book
On Tuesday, Finding Freedom, a biography about the D... more
Aug 13 2020 20m
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UK plunges into deepest recession on record
The UK plunged into its deepest recession on record ... more
Aug 12 2020 14m
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On the ground in Beirut
At 6pm local time on Tuesday 4th August a massive do... more
Aug 5 2020 20m
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Madam Vice President
With fewer than than 100 days to go to the US electi... more
Jul 30 2020 28m
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How a Trump supporter grew to love Biden
This week, Ben Kelly is joined by US reporter Chris ... more
Jul 24 2020 28m
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Worst hospital in Britain?
This week, Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by H... more
Jul 17 2020 22m
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Travel after Brexit
This week’s news has been dominated by the latest co... more
Jul 16 2020 28m
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Arrested, jailed and assaulted: Being a journalist in Trump’s America
On July 1 The Independent's Chief US Correspondent A... more
Jul 13 2020 36m
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Becoming internet famous in lockdown
On the show today TikTok star and impressionist Megg... more
Jul 3 2020 21m
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Do we drink more?
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is join... more
Jun 30 2020 27m
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The history of pandemics
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is join... more
Jun 8 2020 35m
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The nature show
On the show today Assistant Editor Lucie McInerney i... more
Jun 1 2020 30m
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Grow-navirus
On the show today Executive Editor Chloe Hubbard is ... more
May 22 2020 25m
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Going back 700 years
On the show today The Independent’s Head of Multimed... more
May 19 2020 23m
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A Russian recovery
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is join... more
May 15 2020 27m
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The lockdown playlist
On the show today Executive Editor Chloe Hubbard is ... more
May 7 2020 22m
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