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Sensemaker

Can ChatGPT replace my therapist?

As people are turning to AI for mental health support and relationship advice, could chatbots replace the role of a trusted friend, or even a therapist?

Writer: Ada Barume

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Host: Tomini Babs

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Can ChatGPT replace my therapist? (Revisited)

Weight loss drugs can be transformative for people who have struggled with obesity. But with a spike in hospital admissions experiencing adverse reactions to the drugs, should we be doing more to regulate this growing market? 

Writer: James Tapper

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Tomini Babs 

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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The downsides of weight-loss drugs (Revisited)

The 100ft wave is a big wave surfing milestone that was supposed to be impossible. Now, a young surfer from California is rumoured to have achieved it, breaking the official world record at the same time. The problem? Nobody can agree how big the wave was. 

Writer: Claudia Williams, with additional reporting by Ada Barumé

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Claudia Williams

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Is the hunt for the 100ft wave over? (Revisited)

A group of climbers has sparked debate over cheating in mountaineering after scaling Everest and returning to London in just 5 days - with the help of xenon gas.

Writer: Jess Swinburne

Producer: Serena Cesareo

Host: Casey Magloire

Photography: Alex Jones

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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How to hack Mount Everest (Revisited)

A recent survey suggests Gen Z is fuelling a resurgence in church attendance, especially among Catholics. Why? 

Writer: Jess Swinburne

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Claudia Williams 

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

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Why is Gen Z going to church? (Revisited)

Buy now, pay later platforms like Klarna have become a go-to payment option for millions, offering flexibility in tough economic times. But as debt piles up and regulation looms, is this convenience coming at too high a cost?

Reporter: Barney Macintyre

Writer/ Producer: Patricia Clarke 

Host: Claudia Williams 

Photography: Roisin Savage 

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Has buy now, pay later gone too far? (Revisited)

Bumble received more than 20,000 legal threats alleging that the app discriminated against men by not allowing them to make the first move.

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

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Why did Bumble drop ‘women making the first move’?

Now into her 52nd day of refusing to eat, the jailed Palestine Action protester Qesser Zuhrah is in mortal danger

Reporter: John Simpson

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Ada Barume

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Palestine Action’s youngest hunger striker

China has started construction of what will become the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibetan territory. 

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Andrew Butler

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Who controls the Himalayas’ water?

Resident doctors make up about half of all NHS doctors so NHS leaders are anxious about how the service will cope.

Host: Casey Magloire

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why are doctors striking during a flu outbreak?

We've all got the date in our heads: the 21st of June – the great reopening. But is it a realistic deadline? 
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Ep 38: Post-pandemic freedom at last?

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