Tortoise

Slow news. Not breaking news.

Published by: Tortoise Media
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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:
- A 30-day free trial*
- Access to all our newsletters
- Tickets to live events
- Discounts on guest tickets, merch and more
The small print.
* Our 30-day free trial is only available to new members on annual memberships.
- When joining us as a member on a monthly basis, payment will be charged immediately in your local currency.
- When paying on an annual basis, payment will be charged in your local currency after your 30-day free trial.
If you have any questions or feedback, please visit www.tortoisemedia.com or get in touch with us on social media.
Terms and Conditions: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/policy/terms/
Privacy Notice: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/policy/privacy-notice/
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USD 113.99
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USD 6.99

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Tortoise Reviews

Great content, awful app

CookieCookeCooke on

United Kingdom

The most confusing interface. Incredibly hard to access individual episodes. Don’t play in order. This stuff is basic and has been highlighted in reviews from ages ago. Why hasn’t this been fixed??

In-depth reporting at its best

TamsinD on

United Kingdom

The Tortoise presents news differently. It delves into the stories behind the stories. Curated and presented in a range of reading and listening, it’s a newspaper/news app that you want to spend time with. My annual subscription has so far been more than worth its value and I will definitely be renewing.

Great content but the app isn’t good

oynegirl on

United Kingdom

I subscribed to this app as I really like the content and like listening to the podcasts. However, the app isn’t good. Downloaded episodes fail to play out properly or the podcast just stops in the middle of playing. If I have to pause the podcast it often requires re-booting when I return to it. So disappointing and thinking of cancelling my subscription as it’s so frustrating.

App needs work

bec0870 on

United Kingdom

Great content poor app

Content is great, but…

talancon on

United Kingdom

The app is still a bit complicated to navigate. Sometimes I have to go through multiple screens to find the podcast or article I want to read.

Slow news is good news.

Georgerjrs on

United Kingdom

What’s not to love. Eclectic voices, insightful discussion, news on the go. I feel able to develop deeper connections with the journalists in this digital news room. I don’t remember the last time I didn’t use Tortoise as a reference of some sort in discussion or debate.

Good app overall but a few issues

G92turtle on

United Kingdom

A few things I’ve noticed - episodes don’t always play chronologically and you have to manually select the next one. The UX & navigation confusing in some places - also not clear how to use the library function/how to add series to the library. Design is great and it looks really good, just some UX issues.

Vital and intelligent journalism

InfamousGreggyG on

United Kingdom

We just need Tortoise as a voice in our media today

Awesome

rroypop on

United Kingdom

Easy to use and amazing journalism

Brilliant portfolio insightful and interesting podcasts.

Tubby2sheds on

United Kingdom

Always well presented, thoroughly researched and interesting narratives told from the other perspective.

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