Killing hope: Iran's mind wars

Every year babies are abandoned by their parents. Following a long reporting project exploring the story of one foundling on a search for her biological parents, Alexi Mostrous asks, 'why do mothers abandon babies?'. To try and make sense of these complicated, often hidden storie ...  Show more

Foundling is a six-part original series from Tortoise Investigates and The Observer. This is episode 1 - On the vergeJournalist Lucy Greenwell goes in search of Jess following rumours and unanswered questions about where she was born and who gave birth to her. To listen to the re ...  Show more

🚨 The war has officially begun.

U.S. bombers have struck Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran has answered with a direct missile assault on Israel. With the Middle East in chaos and the global balance shifting fast, some say this moment is even more dangerous than Iraq.

An episode looking at the possibilities for state-to-state engagement, direct diplomacy and constructive dialogue between Lebanon and Iran. With Michael Young - senior editor at Carnegie’s Middle East Center and editor of Diwan. Articles mentioned in this episode include "Israel ...  Show more

Iran and Israel traded blows over the weekend, threatening to draw the Middle East into a broader conflict as the war in Gaza rages on. We speak with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Rula Jebreal, an award-winning journalist and visiting professor at The University o ...  Show more

What does al-Sharaa's rise to power mean for Syria? Given his surprise takeover, how will today’s CIA analysts be changing the way they think about the country and what happens next? Will Syria be the next Libya? Join Rory and Alastair as they discuss Syria’s rapidly shifting po ...  Show more