What’s happening with HS2 and should we celebrate Adidas’s new super-shoe?

What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Giles Whittell.

In this episode he’s joined by Basia Cummings, Alexi Mostrous and Rachel Wolf from the new Tortoise podcast Trendy to discuss reported plans to scrap part of HS2, Osiris-Rex returning samples from an asteroid and Adidas’s new super-shoe.

What do you think should lead the news? Email your stories to [email protected].

Listen to Trendy here.

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The producer was Rebecca Moore and the executive producer was Lewis Vickers.

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Release date

Lydbog: 25. september 2023