Delayed Gratification, the Slow News podcast

1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

   AI medicine, the Iran War and MAGA thirst traps: looking back on February 2026 (opens the original)

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   In this episode, Delayed Gratification co-editor Rob Orchard, associate editor James Montague and editor-at-large Harriet Salem look back on February 2026. They discuss Harriet’s fascinating story in Delayed Gratification issue 62 about the potential use of AI to discover pre-existing drugs that could help tackle rare diseases in children. It’s an uplifting piece about parents, researchers and tech experts on both sides of the Atlantic racing to unlock treatments as quickly as possible. They div

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2. Episode · Jul 17, 2026

   Moltbook, Maduro and a thimbleful of space dust: looking back on January 2026 (opens the original)

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   In this episode, Delayed Gratification co-editor Rob Orchard, journalist Emily Hart and associate editor James Montague look back on January 2026. The trio dive into Emily's in-depth report in Delayed Gratification issue 62 about the fallout from the US exfiltration of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, which dominated headlines in early January and then slipped from the news agenda. How much has changed in the country since, and why were so many Venezuelans so pleased to see their leader kidn

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