The Tip Off

Ep. 68 The deep blue

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:01:51 GMT

A tragedy in the English Channel got Aaron Walawalkar thinking. How could it be that people were dying, their boats sinking in one of the busiest stretches of water in the world?

This is how Liberty Investigates went to battle over FOI rejections, knocked on doors and analysed shipping data to reveal the shocking reality behind deaths at sea.

Read all about it:

https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/coastguard-effectively-ignored-19-reports-of-small-boats-before-november-2021-tragedy/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/29/uk-coastguard-left-channel-migrants-adrift-in-lead-up-to-mass-drowning

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 67 Moths to a flame

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 02:01:41 GMT

The horizon near Ali’s house is filled with flames. Owen Pinnell and Jess Kelly, from BBC Arabic, can't stop thinking of them.

And back in the UK, Unearthed's Joe Sandler Clarke is digging into his own investigation.

This is the story of how journalists worked with citizen journalists and scientists to delve into the impact of oil drilling around Basra, Iraq.

Read all about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cm32

https://projects.unearthed.greenpeace.org/big-oil-iraq/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/27/ali-smoke-choked-bp-oilfield-death-gas-flaring

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep.66 What a scoop!

Fri, 05 May 2023 02:01:35 GMT

You will have heard about the BBC Newnight interview with Prince Andrew - it was a seismic scoop that reverberated around the world.

But how did it happen? The answer is one woman: Sam McAlister. This is how she bagged the interview of the decade.

Read all about it:

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sam-McAlister/Scoops--The-BBCs-Most-Shocking-Interviews-from-Prince-And/27025330

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/netflix-prince-andrew-film-scoop-gillian-anderson-rufus-sewell-1235514568/

Supported by Studio To Be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 65 Closed ranks

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 02:01:01 GMT

Hannah Al-Othman sits in her car in front of a stranger’s house. Inside is a man who might be responsible for a woman’s death. A man whose name is known to a lot of people, but who has not yet been brought to justice.

In this episode we hear how Hannah and her colleague David Collins uncovered a shocking story of silence and inaction.

Read all about it:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-believe-british-soldiers-killed-my-sister-agnes-wanjiru-now-i-want-the-truth-rbc69q9pf

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-army-soldier-murder-mother-kenya-9hffnjqqv

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crying-with-laughter-british-soldiers-joked-about-mothers-murder-on-facebook-fkj9s6stb

Supported by Studio To Be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Introducing... Silenced

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:01:58 GMT

We're between series of The Tip Off now - and planning lots more great episodes for you, but while we do, why not take a listen to Silenced.

A new podcast from human rights organisation ARTICLE 19 Silenced tell the Stories of journalists and activists around the world, whose governments attempt to rein them in and cover up the truth.

Take a listen to this episode, in which Matthew Caruana Galizia, journalist and son of the late investigative journalist Daphne Caruana-Galizia, speaks to host Nicola Kelly about the day of his mother's murder and his determination to continue her legacy, exposing corruption among Malta's elite. Then find Silenced in your favourite podcast app and get subscribing: https://podfollow.com/1619957803

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Ep. 64 In the pipeline

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:22:20 GMT

Rob Cribb had an idea for an investigation, an idea so big it was almost impossible to envisage how the work could be done. But then, it came to him....

This is the story of how more than 100 journalists across Canada banded together to reveal the shocking levels on lead in tap water across the country.

Read all about it:

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/lead-in-water.html

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2019/11/04/how-we-did-it-inside-the-tainted-water-investigation.html

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 63 Listen

Thu, 19 May 2022 10:21:38 GMT

Who gets to tell the stories we hear? On this episode we hear from citizen journalists - two women with lived experience of homelessness and surrounding issues, as they talk us through a ground-breaking project.

Warning: this episode contains some explicit language and mention of sexual violence.

Read all about it:

https://groundswell-listenup-hub.org/

Sign up to the Listen Up Hub's mailing list:

https://groundswell.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=898f9a6f3bf48a747d1b8a9d0&id=cb4875e542

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor and sound design: Maeve McClenaghan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 62 Butternutters

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 05:01:58 GMT

How do you investigate a group that is shrouded in secrecy by its very nature?

This is the story of how two journalists - Patrick Lohmann and Marnie Eisenstadt tracked down dozens of people, to reveal the concerning goings on in an AA-type support group.

Read all about it:

https://www.syracuse.com/butternutters/#:~:text=The%20organization%20called%20%22The%20Syracuse,Post%2DStandard%20investigation%20has%20found.

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Soobin Kim

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 61 Beyond the Horizon

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:01:51 GMT

Where do you start in unravelling one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in the UK system? For Nick Wallis it all began with a tweet.

This is the story of how Nick’s tenacity, with over a decade of reporting, exposed a scandal of unimaginable proportions.

Read all about it:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-great-post-office-scandal/nick-wallis/9781916302389

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Dan Woodburn

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 60 From the archive: Web of death - part 1

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 05:01:55 GMT

Hi Tip Off Listeners - We are working hard on new episodes for you, and have some more great stories coming up this series. But this week we are taking a dip into our archive.

As the Russian regime is accused of breaking international law and committing untold atrocities in Ukraine, we're re-publishing the first of a two-parter, originally published in 2018. This is the story of how Heidi Blake and her team of journalists at Buzzfeed UK revealed a series of deaths, all on British soil and all linked to Russian actors. These episodes came out just a few weeks before the horrifying news of Novichok poisonings in Salisbury.

So, stay tuned for more stories behind the headlines, and for now, enjoy a classic from our archives.

Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-russia-with-blood/heidi-blake/9780008300098

If you liked this episode go back and find Episode 16 in our archive - called Web of Death Part 2.

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Ep. 59 Unidentified flying objects

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:01:15 GMT

One December day, Samira Shackle found herself in the midst of an unfolding, global story. Drones had been spotted flying around Gatwick Airport. But weeks, then months passed, and no drone operators were ever found.

Samira lays out how she dug into the mystery and revealed all was not as it first seemed.

Read all about it:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-of-the-gatwick-drone

https://samirashackle.com/karachi-vice/

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Soobin Kim

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 58: Where justice ends

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:33:46 GMT

Annabel Hennessy was reporting on another case when she heard a name that would change everything. A lawyer, expert in First Nations’ rights, told her about Jody Gore - a woman convicted of murder with little weight given to the years of domestic abuse she suffered.

This story unravels how Annabel’s groundbreaking series of articles led to real change in Western Australia.

WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of domestic abuse and may not be suitable for all. If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, support is available globally through a number of hotlines and organisations, some are listed below.

Note - a previous version of this episode wrongly called Annabel's paper the Western Australian, it is, of course: the West Australian. Apologies.

Read all about it:

https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/kill-or-be-killed-chapter-one-the-incarceration-of-jody-gore-ng-b881296125z

https://thewest.com.au/features/kill-or-be-killed-chapter-three-the-crisis-centre-files-ignored-at-jody-gores-murder-trial-ng-b881317254z

Interview with Dr Hannah McGlade, from Noongar Dandjoo TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5o91-fvYiE

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Rushana Miller

Theme music: Dice muse

If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, support is available globally through a number of hotlines and organisations. Here are just a few:

22 Standout Groups Stopping Domestic Violence: https://greatist.com/happiness/stop-domestic-violence-organizations#get-help-now

AUSTRALIA

Djirra, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation which provides holistic, culturally safe and specialist legal and non-legal support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience family violence – predominantly women: https://djirra.org.au/who-we-are/

1800RESPECT: https://www.1800respect.org.au/help-and-support/services-overview

Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline: https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

USA

National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/

CANADA

Shelter Safe: https://sheltersafe.ca/

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Ep. 57 Evicted in a pandemic

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 06:01:23 GMT

What do you do if the data you need doesn’t exist?

When the pandemic hit I couldn’t stop wondering about how the impact of lockdown, sickness or bereavement on people’s ability to pay their rent or mortgage. I wanted to know more, but I couldn’t do it alone. This is the story of how a group of more than 20 journalists, all across England and Wales, came together in one of the largest court-reporting projects of its kind.

Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-09-23/evicted-in-less-than-10-minutes-courts-fail-tenants-broken-by-pandemic

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-11-03/banks-repossessions-pandemic-mortgages

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2021-10-05/closeddoors-how-local-journalists-exposed-pandemic-evictions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58643437

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editing and sound design: Maeve McClenaghan

Voice acting: Francis Whittaker

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 56 Exposing Savile - Part Two

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:01:28 GMT

Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones think they have everything they need to finally expose Jimmy Savile’s abhorrent crimes. But as their transmission date gets nearer, their BBC bosses start to pull back.

This is the story of how the BBC came to drop the Newsnight investigation into Savile and the seismic consequences of that decision.

This is the second part of a two-episode story.

Read all about it:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/02/jimmy-savile-bbc-journalists-risked-jobs-reveal-truth

https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-10-04/watch-the-itv-documentary-on-jimmy-savile/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victim-Zero-Jimmy-Savile-Tried/dp/1786060299

https://www.channel4.com/news/by/jackie-long/blogs/my-friend-liz-mackean-a-forensic-journalist-who-had-time-for-people-who-others-ignored

https://www.channel4.com/news/hunted-russia-gay-dispatches-channel-4-video

Special thanks to Liz MacKean's family for their support.

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Soobin Kim

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 55 Exposing Savile - Part One

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 06:01:38 GMT

Meirion Jones has had a strange feeling about Jimmy Savile for some time and he thinks he may have a way to probe further. When Savile dies, Meirion teams up with Liz MacKean to try and get to the truth.

This is how Liz and Meirion pulled together the pieces - in an attempt to finally bring Savile’s crimes to light.

Many thanks to Liz MacKean's family for allowing me to use audio from an un-aired interview in 2015.

This is the first part of a two-episode story - stay tuned next week for part 2.

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Rushana Miller

Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 54 How it gets built

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:01:49 GMT

Zak Garner-Purkis is sat in a fastfood restaurant - his attention laser-focused on the men gathering across the road. He is trying to work out who these man are, how they have come to be there, and whether this is what modern day slavery looks like in 21st century London?

This is the story of how Zak went undercover to expose a shocking system of exploitation in the construction industry.

Read all about it: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/agenda/investigations/how-i-bought-slave-labour-in-london-an-undercover-investigation-19-12-2019/

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/agenda/investigations/stop-funding-slavery-19-12-2019/

Transcript available: http://thetipoffpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Transcript-The-Tip-Off-S9-Ep54-How-it-gets-built.pdf

This show is a co-production of Studio to be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken Ikeda

Producer: Olivia Aylmer

Audio Editor: Chloe Behrens

Sound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia Meza

Transcription support: Soobin Kim

Theme music: Dice muse

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Coming soon - Series 9 of The Tip Off

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:01:31 GMT

Stay tuned - we will be back very soon with more stories behind the headlines.

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OUT NOW: Maeve's book - No Fixed Abode - in paperback

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:00:00 GMT

Creator and host of The Tip Off, Maeve McClenaghan has written a book, and it is now out in paperback.

No Fixed Abode: Life and Death Among the UK’s Forgotten Homeless tells highly personal, human and sometimes surprisingly uplifting stories of real people struggling in a crumbling system. The book goes behind the scenes of the dramatic, winding investigation that revealed - for the first time - how and when people were dying homeless in one of the richest countries in the world.

This paperback edition includes a new preface covering the impact of Covid-19.

Here’s some of the nice things people have said about it:

“A conscience-pricking look at the reality of life on Britain’s streets . . . No Fixed Abode couldn’t be more illuminating, timely and urgent.” - Sunday Times

“Urgent, gripping and devastating” - the Secret Barrister

“A campaigning book of the very highest order” - Irish Times

‘A meticulous investigation exposes the shameful truths surrounding the UK’s homeless population . . . moving and revealing” - Guardian

Available here and in all good bookshops: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Maeve-McClenaghan/No-Fixed-Abode--Life-and-Death-Among-the-UKs-Forgotten-Homeless/25638386

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Introducing…Cheat!

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:01:00 GMT

Cheats: we love to hate them. But in this climate of fast news, short attention spans, 280 characters, do we ever get the full picture? Cheat!, a new podcast from Somethin’ Else, digs underneath the surface to tell the inside stories behind some of the biggest scandals in contemporary history and introduces you to the flawed protagonists at their heart: controversial and contentious figures from the world of pop culture, business, sport, politics and love. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.

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Ep. 53 Black and white data

Thu, 13 May 2021 02:01:00 GMT

Sarah Turnnidge started her journalism career at local papers so it was there she first encountered press releases from police forces. But over time Sarah started to wonder - did they tell the whole story.

In this episode Sarah talks through her meticulous data project which revealed a worrying disproportionality when it came to information put out about black criminals.

Read all about it:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/metropolitan-police_uk_603fa18ec5b617a7e411ffc5

This episode was made with the production support of Studio To Be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Edited by: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 52 The Exorcist

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:01:00 GMT

Andrew Gold, a freelance journalist, is feeling out of his depth. He is in a church hall on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, and the priest he is there to see is not happy.

This is the story of how Andrew tracked down a man who claimed to be exorcising demons.

WARNING: contains descriptions/audio of supposed exorcisms, which some might find upsetting.

Read all about it:

BBC Three Exorcism The Battle for Young Minds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78hW8qVIWI

Andrew's podcast: On The Edge With Andrew Gold https://podfollow.com/on-the-edge-with-andrew-gold

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Edited by: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep.51 Baby snatchers

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:01:00 GMT

Pete Murimi has stumbled upon a horrifying hypothesis - that people are snatching children from the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. Now he is working for BBC Africa Eye and is on the trail. Working with Njeri Mwangi Marc Perkins (Editor) and Tom Watson (Exec), this is how the BBC investigations team exposed a shocking tale.

Read all about it:

BBC The Baby Stealers https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08yjy5r/africa-eye-africa-eye-the-baby-stealers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ix5jbCmiDU

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Edited by: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 50 What happened next?

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 02:01:00 GMT

To commemorate getting to our 50th episode we look back at what happened next after some big stories went out.

Jane Bradley, Samir Jeraj, Natalie Bloomer and Aliaume Leroy broke some great investigative scoops, but the story didn’t end there. The impact of their work continues to reverberate and impact change - here’s what happened next.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep.49 Making them count

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 03:01:00 GMT

In late winter 2017 I was struck with what I thought was a simple question… how many people were dying while homeless? It turned out nobody knew the answer - so I set out, with colleagues around the country, to find out.

In this episode I dissect one of my own investigations, focusing on the reporting process around one man’s death.

I go deeper and tell more of these stories in my new book No Fixed Abode: Life and Death Among the UK's Forgotten Homeless. The book is on sale now in hardback and audiobook form. https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Maeve-McClenaghan/No-Fixed-Abode--Life-and-Death-Among-the-UKs-Forgotten-Homeless/24568143

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/No-Fixed-Abode-Audiobook/1529023742

The project has now been taken over by Museum of Homelessness, you can read and support their work, or let them know of any deaths, here: https://museumofhomelessness.org/

If you want to support organisations working with and for those experiencing homelessness, you might look at:

https://www.streetskitchen.org/

https://hobstafford.co.uk/

https://www.streetlink.org.uk/

https://www.crisis.org.uk/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 48 Sharing data

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 02:00:00 GMT

Samir Jeraj and Natalie Bloomer have decided to team on to take on an investigation… they want to know if and how police forces are sharing information with immigration officials, and they are about to uncover some shocking findings.

Read all about it:

https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/04/05/met-police-hands-victims-of-crime-over-to-the-home-office

https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/08/11/sex-worker-robbed-at-knifepoint-faces-deportation-after-cont

https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/11/28/woman-reports-rape-to-police-and-is-arrested-on-immigration

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 47 Omar

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:01:00 GMT

Omar Radi is working in dangerous circumstances. His journalism is exposing how tribal lands are being snatched away from inhabitants in Morocco, only to be sold off at exorbitant rates. He knows this work is making him enemies… but he has no idea just how serious things will get.

Support Omar:

Sign the Amnesty International Ireland petition: https://www.amnesty.ie/urgent-action-morocco-stop-harassing-journalist-omar-radi/

Write to or tweet at your Moroccan Embassy, in the UK: https://www.moroccanembassylondon.org.uk/en/Contact%20us.html / @MOROCCOinUK

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 46 Dark Money

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:01:00 GMT

Peter Geoghegan is standing on a train station platform when he sees it - a large advert in a free-sheet newspaper that will set him off on an investigation into the dark world of campaign spending.

In this episode we hear how he worked to unravel the secrets behind the Brexit campaigning by Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party - as he attempts to follow their funding to the source.

Read all about it:

Peter’s book Democracy For Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics is out now https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Peter-Geoghegan/Democracy-for-Sale--Dark-Money-and-Dirty-Politics/24069555

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 45 Strings attached

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 02:01:00 GMT

BBC journalist Ellie Flynn is nervous, she is about to go undercover to meet a man who is offering a bed in his flat, but there is a catch…

For weeks Ellie travelled the country meeting men who were advertising rent in exchange for sex. This is how she produced a documentary for BBC Three about this shockingly prevalent practice.

Read all about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05y93q5

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Miliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Thanks to our Patreon supporters who make these stories possible - you can support us at: https://www.patreon.com/thetipoff

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Ep. 44 Under our noses

Thu, 21 May 2020 02:01:00 GMT

HuffPost UK's Nadine White is onto a story- following allegations of fraud and wrong-doing in a well-publicised British church. But why has no-one else spotted the story? Could it be because these are black victims?

In response to Nadine's findings, SPAC Nation denied the allegations and said that it has thousands of members and police should carry out the review and take whatever measures they deemed fit.

Read all about it:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/spac-nation-pastors-church-knife-crime_uk_5dc47ee4e4b0eb0ef22b13d8

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/spac-nation-opinion-media-politicians_uk_5dcd91f1e4b03a7e0296d035

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 43 Canned tomatoes

Thu, 07 May 2020 02:01:00 GMT

Ayo Awokoya had an idea and she couldn’t let it go. This is how a talented and tenacious freelancer followed her instincts to uncover a shocking story - revealing modern day slavery practices happening in European agriculture. The work later won the Frontline Club Award for Print.

Read all about it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/20/tomatoes-italy-mafia-migrant-labour-modern-slavery

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Ep. 42 Justice served cold

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:01:00 GMT

For years Alon Aviram and Adam Cantwell-Corn followed a story - a story that took them to dingy warehouses, stake-outs in cars, and undercover work in ice cream vans. This is how the Bristol Cable tracked alleged wrongdoing in one of the city’s well-known businesses.

The multi-award winning investigation took years and had big impact… this is how they did it.

Read all about it: https://thebristolcable.org/2019/05/finally-exposed-how-lopresti-ice-cream-boss-kept-men-in-slave-like-conditions-tenants-and-families-in-squalor-but-people-spoke-out/

https://thebristolcable.org/2019/10/revealed-an-anti-slavery-court-order-was-made-against-local-boss-lopresti-heres-evidence-it-may-be-being-breached/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Miliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

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Introducing: The Immaculate Deception

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:01:00 GMT

This week we offer you a taste of something new... enjoy an extract from new podcast series The Immaculate Deception.

Fertility doctor Jan Karbaat was renowned for getting amazing results. Women who were desperate for children would visit him at his Rotterdam clinic and always leave pregnant. But when the clinic closed, rumours began about the methods Karbaat used to achieve his success. The children conceived at the clinic - the Karbaat Kids - began asking difficult questions about what happened to their mothers.

What happened in Dr Karbaat’s clinic? From Somethin’ Else, The Immaculate Deception is a story about a doctor who was determined to create life - by any means possible. Reported and hosted by Jenny Kleeman.

Find it now wherever you get your podcasts.

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Ep. 41 Behind closed doors

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:30:00 GMT

Journalist Louise Tickle is one of a handful of reporters who covers a secretive and little known area of UK life… the family courts. In this episode she explains the many challenges she faces in reporting even the most egregious cases of wrong-doing, and talks through a potentially precedent setting case.

Read all about it:

https://openfamilycourt.wordpress.com/

https://www.patreon.com/louisetickle

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/19/right-open-family-courts-scrutiny-high-court

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 40 O Sister Where Art Thou?

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 03:01:00 GMT

While researching the effects of the One Child Policy in China, LA Times journalist Barbara Demick stumbles upon an extraordinary story: twin sisters, one of whom was forcibly adopted away to the USA. Barbara sets off to find the missing twin, and reunite the family.

Read all about it:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/how-a-journalist-discovered-and-reunited-identical-twins

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.39 Fragments

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 03:01:00 GMT

Hundreds of miles apart, journalists Jessica Purkiss and JD are working to get answers. They are looking for accountability and justice for an Afghan man named Masih. Masih’s entire family was wiped out in an airstrike, on his house in a remote part of Afghanistan.

This is the story of how Masih worked with journalists around the world to get to the truth.

Read all about it:

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-06-03/us-bomb-kills-afghan-family

https://youtu.be/cUNihuiCp3o

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.38 Holding hands to jump

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 03:01:00 GMT

Jodi Kantor was given a beat and had been pointed at a tweet - a single tweet, without any names included that would set her on a months-long investigation. Teaming up with Megan Twohey, the two New York Times’ journalists set off to uncover one of the biggest scandals of the decade: a slew of allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

(Weinstein and lawyers representing his former company went on to deny all wrong-doing.)

This is the story of what went into breaking a major story that started a viral, online movement.

Read all about it:

Jodi and Megan’s book She Said is out now and available from all good booksellers: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586563/she-said-by-jodi-kantor-and-megan-twohey/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 37 Latitude Live - Anatomy of a conspiracy theory

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:01:00 GMT

In a crowded tent at Latitude Festival, journalist Charlie Mole explains how he tracked back how a conspiracy theory had grown and developed, finally ending up on US national news.

In this show, recorded in front of a live audience, Charlie explains how the death of a young Democrat staffer, sparked an elaborate story about revenge killings, secret leaks and shady forces at work.

Help support the show: www.patreon.com/thetipoff

Read all about it:

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/conspiracy-files-murder-in-washington-bbc2/5127901.article

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43727858

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Ayers

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 36 What does justice look like? Part 2

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 02:01:00 GMT

After working for years to put together the pieces of how a massacre had gone unsolved, Barry and his team publish their findings. But that is far from the end of the story…

This is how Barry got sucked into the story himself - after being arrested and taken to court, all for trying to report the truth.

Read all about it:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/31/northern-ireland-judge-rebukes-police-for-seizing-papers-from-journalists

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48504287

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/19/news/rte-to-screen-loughinisland-documentary-no-stone-unturned-1716947/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Ayers

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 35 What does justice look like? Part 1

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:01:00 GMT

The violent, protracted conflict known as The Troubles claimed many innocent victims in Northern Ireland. But one atrocity stood out for journalist Barry McCaffrey - the massacred of six men in the quiet, tiny village of Loughinisland. The killings stuck with him, in part because it seemed so clear who the suspects were, so why were they walking free?

Barry explains how he spent years digging into what happened after the massacre, an investigation that would be developed into the acclaimed Alex Gibney film No Stone Unturned. It is a story that would have unintended consequences…

Read all about it:

https://www.thedetail.tv/articles/loughinisland-collusion-or-myth

https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Stone-Unturned-Aidan-OToole/dp/B078HQSC2M

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Ayers

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 34 The start of a scandal

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:01:00 GMT

Amelia Gentleman’s work exposing the Windrush Scandal is some of the most impactful and well-renowned journalism of recent years. But where did it all begin?

Amelia explains how a simple email she received while on holiday, set off a chain of events that would lead to arguably the biggest story of her illustrious career.

Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-windrush-betrayal/amelia-gentleman//9781783351848

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 33 Clues of a killing

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:01:00 GMT

A video of an extrajudicial killing haunts Aliaume Leroy - but how do you get to the truth from a short film posted on social media?

Aliaume found himself banding together with open source investigators across the world in a race to uncover the truth behind the atrocity. This is the story of how they did it.

Read all about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-45599973/cameroon-atrocity-finding-the-soldiers-who-killed-this-woman

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.32 "Brother needs help"

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:01:00 GMT

Back in 2000 Jim DeRogatis received a fax that would change the course of his career forever.

This is the story of how one journalist stayed on a story for decades, continuing to report allegations of abuse while the rest of the world covered its ears.

Read all about it: https://www.abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/soulless-the-case-against-r-kelly/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Alice Milliken

Theme music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.31 Chicken

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:01:00 GMT

Brexit. It is all anyone is talking about. But while politicians argue and wring their hands, what is going on behind the scenes?

Alice Ross and Lawrence Carter, part of Greenpeace's Unearthed team, set out to find out and discovered one way that lobbyists might try to get their ideas in front of the right people.

Read all about it:

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/29/iea-hard-brexit-think-tank-access-ministers/

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/30/iea-brexit-shanker-singham-mark-littlewood-us-donors/

Fund in Lyra McKee’s memory: https://uk.gofundme.com/in-memory-of-lyra-mckee

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support and edit: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.30 A Post Antibiotic Era

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 02:01:00 GMT

Madlen Davies has been reporting on a concerning topic for years: the rise of antibiotic resistance and superbugs.

Her reporting started in the UK but she soon realised she would need to travel further to get the real story. Here she talks about one international reporting trip... a story with a tragic ending.

Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-08-08/scourge-superbugs-killing-babies-malawi

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support and editing: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.29 Proof

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:01:00 GMT

Ashley Fantz often covers police press conferences as part of her day job at CNN. But a few years ago she would attend one that would set her on a months long journey, forensically piecing together the evidence to reveal the systematic destruction of vital police evidence.

This is the story of how a team at CNN revealed widespread issues in sexual assault investigations, across the USA.

WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and listener discretion is advised.

Read all about it: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/investigates/police-destroyed-rapekits/index.html

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep.28 W1G

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:01:00 GMT

Ep.28 W1G

What connects a wide-screen TV in the toilet, a faked blockbuster film and an elaborate Las Vegas heist? Turns out... it's one address in central London.

This is the story of how Oliver Bullough followed a tangle of financial crimes back to the source, discovering a far-from-transparent system on the way!

Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/19/offshore-central-london-curious-case-29-harley-street and https://www.waterstones.com/book/moneyland/oliver-bullough/9781781257920

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 27 Mother

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:20:00 GMT

Ep.27 Mother

Lorna Tucker doesn’t think of herself as a journalist, more of a collector of stories. So years ago, when she stumbled on a story that needed to be told, she knew she wouldn’t stop until the truth came out.

This is how she helped to document the stories of several Native American women who had undergone forcible sterilisation in the USA.

Correction: Maeve mistakenly refers to former US president LBJ as Lyndon Boyd Johnson, it is of course Lyndon Baines Johnson. Apologies.

Read all about it: https://amamovie.com/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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Ep. 26 Burnt

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Shiv Malik thought he was onto something special. He’d been working with a source who was offering incredible insights into the UK terrorist scene. And now, this same source was saying he was ready to turn his back on his past life and he wanted Shiv to tell that story.

Then things fell apart.

Shiv's book The Messenger will be released in June 2019.

Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-messenger/shiv-malik/9781783350452

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse, Poddington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions and Komiku

This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.

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A festive message from The Tip Off

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:20:00 GMT

Just a quick one to say thanks for all your support in 2018 and to update on plans for what comes next...... oh and to announce Maeve's part in a charity Christmas single.... yes you read that right!

We don't ask for much at The Tip Off but we'd be overjoyed if you'd spend just 99p to buy The Sounds of Christmas by Podcast Al-lStars. All money raised goes to Samuel's Charity which provides treats to sick children: https://www.samuelscharity.co.uk/

The Sounds of Christmas is available on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play and elsewhere: https://awal.lnk.to/podcastchristmas

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Ep.25 The Tip Off LIVE - Tales from West Cork

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 02:01:00 GMT

A court case, a mysterious witness and an envelope at the Post Office... this is the story of how Sam Bungey and Jennifer Ford unravelled a decade old murder case.

Recorded in front of a live audience as part of Audible's Spoken Worlds Festival- Maeve hears how Sam and Jennifer made the smash-hit podcast series: West Cork.

Read all about it:

https://www.amazon.com/West-Cork/dp/B0792BWQWT

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse

Audio clips thanks to Audible.

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Ep.24 Shining a Light

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 02:01:00 GMT

In The Dark, the US podcast team, finished their acclaimed first series with a request: they wanted to hear what their audience thought they should be investigating next. And there, buried in the hundreds of responses they got was a simple, short email. An email about Curtis Flowers.

From dusting off records in abandoned jail cells to reconstructing get-away routes and tracking down mystery men, this is the story of how a team of investigative journalists exposed huge questions around a troubling death-row case.

Read all about it:

https://www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark/season-two

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, Blue Dot Sessions, Podington Bear.

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Ep.23 Many miles from home

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:01:00 GMT

Three continents, 80 interviews and an investigation that took more than a decade. This is the story of how Cam Simpson uncovered one of the great David vs. Goliath stories of our time.

In this episode, Cam wrestles with duplicitous sources, flies across the world twice and arranges an undercover embed, all to find out how 12 men came to die far from home, in the Iraqi desert.

Read all about it:

https://camsimpson.com/

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062449719/the-girl-from-kathmandu/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, the Losers, Blue Dot Sessions. Recordings from Turku and Samuel Corwin.

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Ep.22 Resolution

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:01:00 GMT

New Yorker writer Alexis Okeowo wants to tell stories differently. Her new book A Moonless Starless Sky, tells the stories of people affected by extremism in Africa.

In this episode, Alexis tells us how she came to find two of the main characters of her book: Eunice and Bosco, a couple with a complicated past.

Warning: mention of sexual violence.

Read all about it:

https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781472153708

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/04/uganda-sudan-trauma-child-soldiers-alexis-okeowo-moonless-starless-sky-book-extract

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, Podington Bear, Springtide, Blue Dot Sessions.

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@TipOffPodcast

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Ep. 21 Ready to talk

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 02:01:00 GMT

BBC File on Four's Alys Harte explores a shocking case of a sexually abused teenager who was failed by the authorities.

From speed-reading in-depth reports, to casting famous actors- this is the behind-the-scenes of how a team of journalists told an emotional and legally sensitive story.

Read all about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08y134b

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, Podington Bear, the Losers, Blue Dot Sessions.

Tickets to Refuge Woman Tour:

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2018-06-14/were-putting-investigative-journalism-on-stage-across-the-uk

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Ep.20 Chill Pill

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:01:00 GMT

Ben Bryant was having fun, mingling with friends at a house party when inspiration struck in the most unusual way. This is the story of how one moment of piqued interest turned into a year of investigation.

From trawling the dark web to making contact with drug dealers, this is how Ben uncovered a previously unreported surge in fake prescription drugs.

Read all about it:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-british-teenagers-became-hooked-on-xanax-2fh6tqznw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/fake_xanax_the_uks_largest_ever_dark_net_drugs_bust

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Edited and co-produced: Cheeka Ayers

Music: Dice Muse, Podington Bear, the Losers.

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Ep. 19 Lives cut short

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 02:01:00 GMT

Gary Younge explains how he set out on a year long project to record the number of children and teenagers killed by knife violence.

Funerals, heartbreaking interviews and a tenacious hunt for data. This is the story of how a team of journalists produced award-winning and timely stories.

Read all about it:

https://www.theguardian.com/membership/series/beyond-the-blade

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/05/what-the-life-of-quamari-serunkuma-barnes-tells-us-about-child-knife-deaths-in-britain

https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/sep/19/the-boy-who-killed-and-the-mother-who-tried-to-stop-him

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Ayers

Music: Dice Muse and Trekks.

Listen to Letter to Q here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzGiBPDl5d0

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Ep.18 All the President's Club Men

Thu, 31 May 2018 02:01:00 GMT

Madison Marriage broke a story that ricocheted around the world. The sleazy goings on of the President’s Club fundraising dinner provoked shock and outrage from all camps.

But where did it all begin…. ? This is the story of how Madison and a team of FT colleagues uncovered one of the biggest stories of the year so far.

Wanring: This episode contains some bad language and adult themes.

Read all about it:

https://www.ft.com/content/075d679e-0033-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

https://www.ft.com/content/c6c8d488-0060-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Ayers

Music: Dice Muse, Podington Bear, The Losers and Blue Dot Sessions

Episode artwork: Andrew Garthwaite

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Hot off the press: The Tip Off Series 3 coming soon

Mon, 14 May 2018 02:02:00 GMT

A sneak peek at what's coming in series 3.... and a quick ask!

We've been shortlisted for TWO British Podcast Awards- yippee! (Best New Podcast and Smartest Podcast). But we're up against some big names! If you want to help us out, you can vote for The Tip Off in the Listeners' Choice Award, it just takes a second at: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote

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Ep.17 Two sides to the story

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 03:03:00 GMT

A journalist is on the trail of a big story, unravelling how an 18 year-old rape victim came to be, not only disbelieved, but charged with false reporting after being attacked by a serial rapist. He is putting all the pieces together when he gets an email that will change everything…

Journalists Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller talk through how they told a story of two halves, one that wound up earning them a Pulitzer prize.

WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and bad language and is not suitable for all.

Read all about it:

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/12/16/an-unbelievable-story-of-rape?ref=hp-2-112#.nXDOj42tQ

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

https://www.amazon.co.uk/False-Report-T-Christian-Miller/dp/1786330806

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, Podington Bear, Fake Cats Project

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Ep.16 Web of death- part 2

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:45:00 GMT

After months of digging the end is in sight for Heidi Blake and the Buzzfeed team. They are piecing together a puzzle of mysterious deaths on British soil, and all the signs are pointing to Russian influence….

Then one night… a shady figure appears outside the journalist’s home...

Read all about it:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/poison-in-the-system?utm_term=.roABLnaNPR#.mkzxDMG72o

https://www.buzzfeed.com/janebradley/scientist-who-helped-connect-litvinenkos-murder-to-the?utm_term=.ch1Vp3oQ7L#.jjbvRoG806

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, Blue Dot Sessions John Ripper

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Ep.15 Web of death- part 1

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 03:00:00 GMT

In the corner room of Buzzfeed’s office is a wall is covered with photographs. Photographs that are linked up in a web of connections. Photographs of dead men.These are the people Heidi Blake suspects were killed with impunity on British soil.

This is the story of how Heidi and a team of reporters followed the clues surrounding a series of mysterious deaths, back to the same, shady source.

(This is the first in a two part episode.)

Read all about it:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil?utm_term=.auAz5gv9ow#.wcRPV72yqk

Pentagon Papers clip from Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/the-pentagon-papers-secrets-lies-and-leaks/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse and The Losers

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Ep.14 Hoping to be wrong

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Tip offs for a story can come in many forms, but for Alistair one investigation he worked on started in the worst way imaginable: with the death of a loved one.

From a hospital car-park in the Midlands to a meeting with the Health Secretary, the BBC’s Alistair Jackson sets off to explore sepsis deaths in the UK.

Read all about it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0957545

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41204389

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4868872/Alistair-Jackson-discovered-mother-died-needlessly.html

UK Sepsis Trust: https://sepsistrust.org/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse and Podington Bear

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Ep.13 Voices in the ether

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:00:00 GMT

When you set out on an investigation you usually start with a hypothesis- an idea that you will test and challenge as you go. But not Paul Myles…

Working for On Our Radar, Paul set out to tell the story of dementia in the UK. Hours spent on trains, workshops around the country and 3D printed phones brought him to Agnes, Melvyn and dozens of others. Together they give a never-before-seen insight into life with the condition.

Read all about it:

https://dementiadiaries.org/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/inspiring-tales-coping-with-dementia?utm_term=.raENZvdoA#.yoaMagBGd

https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2017/jan/30/dementia-diaries-its-like-trying-to-go-through-a-brick-wall-video

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/15/dealing-with-dementia-those-living-with-condition-outline-dos-an/

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse and Lee Rosevere

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Ep. 12 The sound of news

Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:00:00 GMT

Leah Borromeo sees journalism differently to most. Or rather she hears it. Leah and colleagues are working on a project to tell investigative journalism through music.

So Maeve went along to the studio, to hear just exactly what that means.

Read all about it:

https://www.disobedientfilms.com/if-the-oceans-could-speak

https://www.disobedientfilms.com/climate-symphony

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse and Climate Symphony

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Ep.11 Putting a price on health

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:00:00 GMT

Ep. 11 Putting a price on health

Billy Kenber set out to look into one story and ended up finding another. Hidden within open datasets was proof of a practice that was costing the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year.

Battling to put the pieces together in a quagmire of complex pricing structures and regulations understood by very few people, Billy blew the lid of a multi-million pound industry. And in the end one failed hypothesis led to an investigation that would change the law.

Read all about it:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/extortionate-prices-add-260m-to-nhs-drug-bill-8mwtttwdk

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/victory-against-rip-off-drug-firms-after-times-investigation-qm6hlmqts

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse and Podington Bear

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Ep. 10 Brown paper envelopes

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:45:00 GMT

Jennifer Williams, of the Manchester Evening News, was hearing horrible stories coming from two hospitals in her patch. Rumour had it, there was a damning report out there... but getting hold of it would be easier said than done.

Sources, FOI battles and an envelope full of surprises- this is the story of how one reporter revealed mothers and babies dying at a worrying rate.

Read all about it:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/pennine-acute-maternity-secret-report-12218989

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/pennine-acute-maternity-report-revealed-12220033

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music: Dice Muse, Komiku, John Spacek and Podington Bear

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Ep.9 When the roof came down

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:16:00 GMT

Ep.9 When the roof came down In late July I read a Facebook post that would send me on a three month journey- from town council steps, to bland hotels to dirty council flats- I followed the stories of women fleeing domestic violence only to be let down by the system designed to support them. Meanwhile, a team of journalists all across the country, dug into FOI data, pulled in local council funding bids and surveyed experts on the ground. Together we uncovered a country-wide crisis, with huge cuts to refuge funding and hundreds of vulnerable women turned away. WARNING: This episodes contains descriptions of domestic violence and strong language. If you need to talk to someone about domestic violence contact Women's Aid/Refuge free helpline on 0808 2000 247. If you are in immediate danger, call 999. Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-10-16/a-system-at-breaking-point https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-10-16/new-entry https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2017-10-19/refuges-at-breaking-point-stories-from-around-the-country Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Testimony voiced by: Emer O Connor and Stephanie Soh Music: Dice Muse and Komiku http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure__vol_3/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_vol_3_-_09_You_yourself_and_the_main_character

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Ep.8 The stories untold

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:53:18 GMT

Ep.8 The stories untoldIt’s one thing breaking a story- but how do you keep reporting a story that unfurls over years and not days?Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi explains how she travelled to the vast refugee camps of Ethiopia before Rossalyn Warren takes up the baton, reporting from the perilous sea-crossings on the Mediterranean. Working freelance, both women struggle to do the stories they care about while making a living.WARNING: This episodes contains descriptions of domestic violence.Read all about it:http://www.newstatesman.com/world/africa/2017/03/i-want-try-live-or-die-how-refugees-decide-whether-make-dangerous-trip-europehttp://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/longform/a36785/moroccan-teen-girl-fleeing-slavery/Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanMusic: Dice Muse, Clare Marks and KomikuAudio of sea rescues from Medicins Sans Frontierhttps://soundcloud.com/claremarks

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Ep.7 Codename Prometheus

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:07:45 GMT

Ep. 7 Codename: PrometheusEveryone’s heard of the Panama Papers- the stories from the biggest data lead in history rocked the world. But how did it happen? Where did the data appear from? How do you sift through 11.5m files? And how on earth do you herd hundreds of journalists to the same finish line?Bastian Obermayer (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Holly Watt (Guardian) and Will Fitzgibbon (ICIJ) talk us through the trials and tribulations of the world’s biggest cross-border collaboration.Read all about it:https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/07/david-cameron-admits-he-profited-fathers-offshore-fund-panama-papershttps://panamapapers.icij.org/about.htmlHosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanMusic: Dice Muse and Josh Spacek

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Ep.6 Caught offside?

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:44:20 GMT

Ep. 6 Caught offside?A two year investigation took reporters undercover as they met with top football managers and agents.Claire Newell explains how the Daily Telegraph’s investigation team exposed the murky world of British football, ending in the England manager stepping down.Read all about it:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/26/exclusive-investigation-england-manager-sam-allardyce-for-sale/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football-for-sale/Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanMusic: Dice Muse and Clare Markshttps://soundcloud.com/claremarks

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Ep.5 It started with a body

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 06:43:02 GMT

Ep. 5 It started with a bodyIt started with a body and ended up in a months long investigation exploring the scale of homelessness in a London borough. We follow Emma Youle as one simple story grows and morphs into an award-winning campaign.Read all about it: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/hackney-council-pays-35million-a-year-to-keep-the-homeless-homeless-1-4851576http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/revealed-shocking-modern-day-slum-conditions-at-hackney-hostel-for-homeless-people-1-4589067Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanMusic: Dice Muse and Podington Bear

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Ep.4 Knock Knock

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:53:28 GMT

Ep.4 Knock knock Jane Bradley is stood on doorstep in West London. She is about to knock and tell a mother that she suspects her son is one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. We follow Jane’s progress as she tracks down not one but two of the Beatles terror cell. Read all about it: https://www.buzzfeed.com/janebradley/unmasked-the-second-member-of-isiss-beatles-execution-cell?utm_term=.tbXjXVDRw#.vvG4w1PG7 https://www.buzzfeed.com/janebradley/my-son-the-isis-executioner?utm_term=.uxO3lDBw9#.uqWJrqAvR Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production advice: Lorna Stewart Music: Dice Muse

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Ep.3 Back to the source

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:18:17 GMT

Ep.3 Back to the source The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Abigail Fielding-Smith finds a vital source, who lets her into the world of the Pentagon’s top-secret propaganda machine. With: Abigail Fielding-Smith Read all about it: http://labs.thebureauinvestigates.com/fake-news-and-false-flags/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction advice: Lorna StewartMusic: Dice Muse

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Ep.2 The stuff of horror movies

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:39:16 GMT

Ep. 2 The stuff of horror movies Piece by piece the Washington Post’s Louisa Loveluck puts together the picture of a horrifying Syrian torture facility, in a setting you wouldn’t expect. WARNING: This episode includes descriptions of violence and torture and may not be suitable for all listeners. With: Louisa Loveluck Read all about it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-hospitals-were-slaughterhouses-a-journey-intosyrias-secret-torture-wards/2017/04/02/90ccaa6e-0d61-11e7-b2bb-417e331877d9_story.html?utm_term=.78c0ffec5d51 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction advice: Lorna StewartMusic: Dice Muse and Podington Bear

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Ep.1 Follow the money

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:21:57 GMT

Ep.1 Follow the money Wigs, car chases and rucksacks stuffed with cash. Buzzfeed’s Heidi Blake explains how she exposed the questionable financial practices of one of the Conservative Party’s largest donors. With: Heidi Blake Read all about it: https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/this-tory-donor-was-secretly-filmed-dropping-cash-stuffed-ru?utm_term=.oxjmBQGKN#.qneDMy19Q Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction advice: Lorna StewartMusic: Dice Muse

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Coming soon... The Tip Off

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 12:24:16 GMT

Welcome to The Tip Off, a new weekly podcast that delves into the stories behind some of the biggest headlines in British journalism.

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