We also wade into an extremely bizarre debate about Orchard Pudding thanks to @catneilan.bsky.social

Thanks to the brilliant @paticlarke.bsky.social + @ktriley.bsky.social + Hashi Mohamed

Cat, I stand by the editorial judgement I made. @paticlarke.bsky.social was right not to plump for your terrible pun!

I did not think we would have tapped into such a rich vein of pudding drama. You are welcome to make your case in a future episode.

We host live recordings every month. See you at the next one! 👀🎟️

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Yesterday was a thrill as always! So many new faces and great chats with listeners after the show.

With the news moving so fast, it’s clear people want space to make sense of it all and that’s exactly what we’re here for.

Thanks to @caseymagloire.bsky.social for making it happen!

🎙️🔥 The episode is out now: lnk.to/7bAXXI

Tune in for @matt-forde.bsky.social's uncanny Starmer & Trump impressions,

+ @scottygb.bsky.social's passionate defence of the UK's struggling TV industry,

+ why does @catneilan.bsky.social say Zelensky might have pulled a blinder with the US mineral deal?

It was an privilege to produce this series during the first six months of the investigation and to collaborate with such a tenacious and empathetic reporter on this complex story.

'Gareth' is in his fifties now and he's spent decades trying to come to terms to what happened to him.

Please take a listen to this beautifully told, sensitive four-part series by Chloe, Gary Marshall and Hannah Varrall.

- And @claudiawilliams.bsky.social investigated the mystery of who stole ancient treasures from the Drents Museum (lnk.to/uKcZrq)

With the way things are going, it looks like the news will stay relentless for a long time yet.

Follow The News Meeting and The Sensemaker so we can help you keep up.

But it’s not all fire and fury from the US.

- Elaine McCallig asked whether Joan Didion’s personal diary should have been published after her death (lnk.to/FsjMZi)

- @phoebeivy.bsky.social spoke to a woman leading efforts to distribute self-test rape kits (lnk.to/7wz3N3)

- Serena Cesareo asked if the Labour government is borrowing Trump’s immigration playbook (lnk.to/2rlFn8)

- And tomorrow, @paticlarke.bsky.social will analyse the data: are Musk’s politics turning people off Tesla?

- @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social wrote about Musk’s Doge gang taking over the US government (lnk.to/WjA9jh)

- @catneilan.bsky.social focused on Pete Hegseth firing the starting gun on America’s shift on Ukraine and Europe (lnk.to/vGjE4Y)

The mission for our Sensemaker podcast is simple: one story, every day to make sense of the world. And with Trump shaping the global political weather, it’s no surprise he’s been at the centre of many recent episodes.