About Tortoise - Slow News
Tortoise – the slow newsroom making sense of a fast-moving world. 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...
Tortoise – the slow newsroom making sense of a fast-moving world.
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.
At Tortoise, we don’t focus on breaking news, but what’s driving it. We take the time to see the bigger picture, investigate the unseen, and open our journalism up. All to help you make sense of what is going on around us.
Listen.
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. You’ll also find handpicked playlists from Tortoise journalists, featuring their recommendations and top picks from the best in audio journalism.
Tortoise News.
Sensemaker – One story every day to make sense of the world.
The News Meeting – Three journalists pitch the stories they think should be leading the news to Tortoise’s Editor, James Harding.
Trendy – Polling expert John Curtice and former Downing Street advisor Rachel Wolf explore the trends that shape what voters think and politicians do.
Read.
The world can feel pretty confusing at times. Let us help make sense of it. Published every weekday morning, the Daily Sensemaker is your daily news briefing on the stories from around the world that matter. Our journalists summarise the headlines and unpick the big stories of the day, so you don’t have to.
Explore.
Browse our entire catalogue of podcasts and Daily Sensemakers. From binge-worthy, box set investigations to our daily and weekly shows, listen to all our award-winning audio journalism in high-fidelity. If you prefer your news in the written form, you can also read previous editions of the Daily Sensemaker.
Stay in the know.
Allow push notifications to keep up-to-date with our regular series, investigative podcasts and sensemaking journalism. Find out when new episodes are released and stay on top of the news with our daily briefings.
Support us.
Slow down and wise up with Tortoise membership. Join us as a member for £6.99 a month to get early, ad-free access to our podcasts, plus our daily newsletters or join us for £99.99 a year:
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Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Tortoise - Slow News since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-31 19:23:04.
The latest version is 2.0.84 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 18:43:27. See below the changes in each version.
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.84
Updated At: 2024-02-29
Changes: - Addition of written content
- Quality of life improvements
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.72
Updated At: 2024-01-22
Changes: In this update, we've introduced "Pull to refresh" for easy content updates with a swipe and a "Tap to top" feature for quick scrolling to the page's beginning. We've also included various quality-of-life enhancements, bug fixes, and backend improvements to enhance your experience.
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.69
Updated At: 2023-10-01
Changes: Fixes and improvements
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.68
Updated At: 2023-08-18
Changes: - Improved search to help you find the perfect Tortoise podcast
- An update to the New for you to better highlight the latest release
- Bugs fixes
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.62
Updated At: 2023-08-11
Changes: Bug fixes
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.42
Updated At: 2023-06-13
Changes: - Bug fixes and improved stability
- Updated number of default episodes to improve user experience
- Updated logic for recently played section
Tortoise - Slow News version 2.0.40
Updated At: 2023-06-02
Changes: - New audio player
- Ability to follow journalists
- Ability to choose what podcasts to follow
- Improved search
- New for you feature
Tortoise - Slow News version 1.3
Updated At: 2022-08-17
Changes: Bug fixed and performance improvements.
Tortoise - Slow News version 1.15
Updated At: 2022-01-21
Changes: With this upgrade we’ve updated our audio player, giving you quicker access to playback controls and making it simpler to manage your queue. Plus we’ve fixed some bugs throughout the app.
Tortoise - Slow News version 1.13
Updated At: 2021-03-19
Changes: Our latest update introduces pull-to-refresh functionality making it easier than ever to keep up to date with our journalism. Our new audio player improves the listening experience allowing you to pause audio and pick up where you left off as well as download Slow Newscasts to listen to offline. Take a free trial and activate your membership to make the most of all that Tortoise membership has to offer.
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