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Alex Baber is a self-taught investigator from rural West Virginia who claims to have solved a case that’s defeated the world’s best cryptographers for half a century: the identity of the Zodiac killer. Baber used AI to interpret the coded notes the serial killer left behind and, in the process, made another startling discovery.

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Guest: Josie Ensor, chief US reporter, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Emily Webb.
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Read more: An AI sleuth claims to have finally unmasked the Zodiac murderer, one of America’s most notorious serial killers
Clips: Paramount Pictures.
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After months of trying to hide her true circumstances, Stacey Duguid decided to go public about her economic situation. The response from fellow midlife women was huge.

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Read by: Claire Cohen, contributor, The Times.
Producers: Emily Webb.
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Read more: I was a high-flyer. Now, I’m broke and unemployed
Photo: Olivia Richardson, The Times.

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Sir Keir Starmer is out. Andy Burnham is in. And after just days in Downing Street, the new prime minister has torn up his predecessor's playbook — swapping warnings of a hard inheritance for a blitz of cost of living giveaways. Is this smart repositioning after Starmer's early missteps, or a sugar rush that can't survive contact with the budget?

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Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Elle Scott, Shabnam Grewal, Jennifer Kennedy.
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Read more: Keir Starmer’s biggest success was something that didn’t happen
Further listening: The remarkable rise of Andy Burnham
Clips: BBC, 10 Downing Street / Youtube, Andy Burnham / Instagram, Bus Aunty / Instagram.
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Riot police in Delhi have fired tear gas and baton charged the biggest protest the city has seen in years; tens of thousands of young Indians, marching under the banner of the "Cockroach Janta Party", calling for an end to corruption and educational reform. But what exactly triggered this uprising? And could this be the biggest threat Modi has faced in 12 years of power?

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Guests:
Amrit Dhillon, contributor, The Times.
Alexander Balakrishnan, content creator based in Delhi.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Elle Scott and Shabnam Grewal.
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Read more: Why India’s cockroach uprising is more than just a pest for Modi
Further listening: 'Influencer of influencers': Modi's strategy to win the Indian election
Clips: Sky News, BBC, Sonam Wangchuk / Instagram, WION.
Photo: Getty Images.
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A gas platform in the North Sea is at the centre of a fierce debate that has divided the country: should the UK be expanding fossil fuel infrastructure or going all-in on renewables? The Rough Field gas facility wants to repurpose depleted gas fields to solve Britain’s chronic shortage of energy storage. But should government funding go towards securing our current energy supply, or funding a greener future?

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Guest: Jim Armitage, contributing editor, The Sunday Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Elle Scott.
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Read more: This rig could treble Britain’s gas reserves, so why is it closing?
Further listening: War, immigration, welfare: the in-tray for Burnham and his new cabinet
Clips: Parliament, BBC, The Guardian, LBC, Express, Sky News.
Photo: Sunday Times Photographer Richard Pohle.

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