The Tip Off

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 BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse

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-flaringHosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Audio production support: Chloe BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse

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/27025330https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhMhttps://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 BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse

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 BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse

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

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.htmlhttps://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2019/11/04/how-we-did-it-inside-the-tainted-water-investigation.htmlThis show is a co-production of Studio to be. Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse

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=cb4875e542This show is a co-production of Studio to be. Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor and sound design: Maeve McClenaghanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse

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 IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Soobin KimTheme music: Dice muse

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 IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Dan WoodburnTheme music: Dice muse