Sweet Bobby

Introducing...West Cork. If you loved Sweet Bobby, we know you’re going to be hooked on West Cork so we made episode one available for you right here - enjoy!

This is part of Acast Classics 2026: four exceptional limited series hand-picked for their journalism, craft, and storytelling.
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Introducing...The Lab Detective

Kathleen Folbigg was known as ‘Australia's worst female serial killer’ - she’d lost all four of her infant children and was convicted for killing them.

Until, after spending decades in jail, a scientist working in a lab uncovered the truth behind the deaths.

The Lab detective is the story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, and an investigation into why Kathleen’s story might not be the last.

This is episode one of four. You can listen to the entire series today by subscribing to The Observer+ on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or by downloading the Tortoise app. To listen, search for The Lab Detective wherever you get your podcasts.

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Reporter: Rachel Sylvester
Producer: Gary Marshall
Music supervisor: Karla Patella
Sound design: Rowan Bishop
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Executive producer: Basia Cummings
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What does it sound like at the bottom of the ocean?

In this new podcast from Greenpeace and Crowd Network, you can find out. Join Wildlife Filmmaker Hannah Stitfall as she embarks on a journey across the planet and under the waves.

You’ll be swimming with dolphins, visiting the seabed, and meeting the people aiming to protect 30% of our oceans by 2030.

Part of the series was even recorded aboard the ship Arctic Sunrise in the Arctic Circle.

Season 2 is out now, listen on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.
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Introducing...Agent Pale Horse.

Agent Pale Horse tells the story of FBI undercover agent Scott Payne, whose job it was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. He was taking down these groups from within. And Scott was good at it — people confided in him their most audacious plans for mass violence and domestic terrorism. After a 28-year-long career pretending to be somebody else, agent Payne is ready to tell his side of the story, and an unvarnished view of a life undercover. In this episode, Scott has his first in-person meeting with The Base. Alone. He needs to convince the international neo-Nazi network that he's one of them.

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Introducing...Elon's Spies

Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world. He's a billionaire, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and more. To his followers, he's a hero; to his critics, a far-right rabble rouser.

But for someone so public, there’s one part of his life that’s less well known.

Elon’s Spies investigates how this free-speech champion uses private investigators and surveillance to target everyone from whistleblowers at his companies, to online critics and people in his own life.

This is episode one of three. You can binge the entire series today by subscribing to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or by downloading the Tortoise app. To listen, search for Elon's Spies wherever you get your podcasts.

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Reporter: Alexi Mostrous
Producer: Gary Marshall
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Podcast artwork: Jon Hill
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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