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The free Tortoise app is home to our award-winning audio stories and investigations and our flagship Sensemaker newsletter, a daily news briefing on the stories that matter.

An editorially curated feed featuring all our original audio stories and narrative investigations, along with regular shows including the Sensemaker, The News Meeting and Trendy.

Published every weekday morning, the Daily Sensemaker is your daily news briefing on the stories from around the world that matter.

The News Meeting – Three journalists pitch the stories they think should be leading the news to Tortoise’s Editor, James Harding.

You’ll also find handpicked playlists from Tortoise journalists, featuring their recommendations and top picks from the best in audio journalism.

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At Tortoise, we don’t focus on breaking news, but what’s driving it.

If you prefer your news in the written form, you can also read previous editions of the Daily Sensemaker.

From binge-worthy, box set investigations to our daily and weekly shows, listen to all our award-winning audio journalism in high-fidelity.

Tortoise – the slow newsroom making sense of a fast-moving world.

Trendy – Polling expert John Curtice and former Downing Street advisor Rachel Wolf explore the trends that shape what voters think and politicians do.

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Our journalists summarise the headlines and unpick the big stories of the day, so you don’t have to.

Sensemaker – One story every day to make sense of the world.