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The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day.


Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations.


Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker.


Discover the story behind the story with world-class journalism from The Times and Sunday Times.


The Story is available at the start of your day from Monday to Friday, with bonus ‘Inside the Newsroom’ episodes every Saturday for Times subscribers, available by connecting your subscription via Apple Podcasts.




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  • Tim_MN
    One of my “go to” podcasts.
    Lots of good stories, great reporting, and excellent production.
  • Elray Hub
    Sound and balanced
    First podcast I listened to was on Covid leak. Well reported.
  • Musiclover6890
    Exceptional reporting
    I live in the U.S. and these Times podcasts are my daily listen. I wish we had a media outlet putting out quality like yours. I am grateful to have this opportunity via Apple podcast! The series on Poison was especially riveting. The stories about Russia oligarchy, the porn industry’s impact on this generation of young people, Covid, the Coronation, and most recently, neonatal nurse Letby are also worth a mention. Thank you. Keep up the stellar work in your journalism.
  • zxxcb.
    February 8,2023-British Gas Co.
    Your Investigative reporting on British Gas Co.’s chilling practices of attaching a“pay as you go” meter regardless of circumstances when homeowners got behind on their gas bill is a Mr. Scrooge heartless action as Energy CO’s are awash in profits. There needs to be an excess profits tax using those funds to assist homeowners who are in need of help. Big Fan KHF-Albuquerque, NM USA
  • Nancy from Texas
    Death of Qatar - Marc Bennett
    The podcast and written article in The Times was very good. What a tragedy for the family. I cannot believe the British foreign office cannot be if more assistance. They should be ashamed of themselves. I hope more people boycott World Cup in Qatar. FIFA has blood on its hands for permitting the tournament to be conducted in such a violent, oppressive country.
  • 3510yogi
    Team Bowel Babe, Team Times
    Deb James was dear to me. While I always listen to this amazing podcast, today’s tribute was the most moving, the most beautiful of the many I’ve seen. Thank you for your journalism everyday, but today especially.
  • Swaggershot
    Hunter Biden’s Laptop
    We now have come to find out the allegations against Hunter Biden are true. I wonder if there will be any updated podcasts admitting they were wrong. Trumps family would have been crucified if the roles were reversed.
  • Chris D Hughes
    Great podcast
    A great podcast and solid, balanced journalism. The latest episode called “The Taliban will kill me” is incredibly sad and infuriating. Everyone should take a listen to it.
  • WildeMarigolds
    Excellent listening!
    An excellent podcast - I could listen to Manveen's dulcet tones for hours and hours! Whilst getting behind the headlines is always done with great aplomb, I really enjoy the unexpected stories, too, such as the China one-child policy episode or the children who won't wake up. Today's Zuma episode was a great listen as I felt I finally understood a story I had whizzed past in the papers for a while now. The episodes on Covid-19, its mutations, vaccines and lockdown implications have been very informative and I find myself becoming something of a science pro - thank you, Tom Whipple! David's a great presenter too - have a listen to his Cameron series if you haven't already. I always enjoy his pieces in the Times; he seems to be one of the few Times opinion writers who still manage to convince me on issues. I listen religiously to his The Briefing Room, which I highly recommend to other listeners. My occasional annoyance with this podcast is technical: the editing on some of the episodes can be a bit unpolished but do persevere for the content. Perhaps the pandemic's shortened my fuse as I get rather annoyed with random guest presenters who don't have radioworthy voices or accents I can easily comprehend so I end up switiching off for those episodes. Having said that, the recent book review was good and should be done biannually. All in all, HIGHLY RECOMMEND this podcast!
  • ASideOfSriracha
    Racist? This podcast is for you.
    A publication and podcast for white sumpremacists among us.
  • Libris Varius
    Murdoch Owned
    If you want to hear Sarah Baxter uncritically regurgitate far-right and RNC talking points - this is the podcast for you
  • Blindingrat316
    This is appalling
    After listening to the the episode on Meghan and Harry vs the Firm I am appalled. The correspondent’s hypocrisy is astonishing. In one breath he casts doubt on claims that there were racist discussions surrounding Archie simply because Meghan and Harry chose not to name names and in the next breath he puts forward allegations of bullying but refuses to say what actually happened out of “concern” for the identities of the accusers. How about a little bit of consistency? The blatant double standard involved is why most people view the term journalistic integrity as an oxymoron.
  • mfffffdfddddszhnbg
    Rupert Murdoch would be proud :)
    The episode on Harry and Meghan was cringeworthy; listening to a white reporter dismissing the fact that concerns were raised over the colour of a baby’s skin tone was gross. This same reporter goes on to describe the only person of colour in the royal family as a ‘bully’ whilst citing zero actual examples of bullying. This is, according to him, to protect the identity of the employees; yet he then goes on to name one of them (a PA named Melissa who was sacked for gross misconduct 🙃.) Not a big fan of podcasts which delight in smearing pregnant women, won’t be listening again to this rubbish.
  • Kshigek
    Pathetic excuse for professional journalism.
    I still don’t understand how companies like these continue to exist. Thank god you’re losing your credibility
  • stockholmbeijing
    World class journalism
    This is an amazing podcast that should be on everyone’s playlist. Thank you to all the journalists involved in making it.
  • M2 LDN
    Anti Trump bias
    Bias bias bias
  • Kelboy100
    Thought Provoking and Expansive
    One of the best podcasts series available the scope and depth are thought provoking and expansive. As a US based listener, this podcast has become one of my favorites. I encourage everyone to rate it five stars for these reasons and to ensure such thoughtful and incisive content continues.
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