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The Global Story Podcast Transcripts

BBC World Service · 669 episodes with transcripts

Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it.

Spoken has transcripts of 669 The Global Story episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from July 15, 2026.

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Latest The Global Story transcripts

Jeffrey Epstein, Howard Lutnick, and the disgraced former prince

July 15, 2026

Tristan Redman (0:00)

Back in February, the BBC's Andy Verity was at his desk combing through millions of newly released documents.

Andy Verity (0:08)

When the Epstein files came out, I, like others, was tasked with going through these files and I spotted something rather familiar when I searched for Lutnick.

Tristan Redman (0:20)

Andy was looking for any files that referenced the US Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick.

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