The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
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990 Episodes
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From the archive: ‘I pleaded for help. No one wrote back’: the pain of watching my country fall to the Taliban
Published: 23/04/2025 -
The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image
Published: 21/04/2025 -
Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics
Published: 18/04/2025 -
From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system
Published: 15/04/2025 -
My mother, the racist
Published: 14/04/2025 -
The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath
Published: 11/04/2025 -
From the archive: Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age to six
Published: 09/04/2025 -
The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?
Published: 07/04/2025 -
It came from outer space: the meteorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-sac
Published: 04/04/2025 -
From the archive: ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green
Published: 02/04/2025 -
Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children
Published: 31/03/2025 -
The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a bat’
Published: 28/03/2025 -
From the archive: Is society coming apart?
Published: 26/03/2025 -
The Coventry experiment: why were Indian women in Britain given radioactive food without their consent?
Published: 24/03/2025 -
My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’
Published: 21/03/2025 -
From the archive: The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and Hungary’s nativist turn?
Published: 19/03/2025 -
‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis?
Published: 17/03/2025 -
Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish
Published: 14/03/2025 -
From the archive: The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?
Published: 12/03/2025 -
Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?
Published: 10/03/2025
The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian’s long reads, giving you the opportunity to get on with your day while listening to some of the finest longform journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on current affairs, climate change, global warming, immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more. The podcast explores a range of subjects and news across business, global politics (including Trump, Israel, Palestine and Gaza), money, philosophy, science, internet culture, modern life, war, climate change, current affairs, music and trends, and seeks to answer key questions around them through in depth interviews explainers, and analysis with quality Guardian reporting. Through first person accounts, narrative audio storytelling and investigative reporting, the Audio Long Read seeks to dive deep, debunk myths and uncover hidden histories. In previous episodes we have asked questions like: do we need a new theory of evolution? Whether Trump can win the US presidency or not? Why can't we stop quantifying our lives? Why have our nuclear fears faded? Why do so many bikes end up underwater? How did Germany get hooked on Russian energy? Are we all prisoners of geography? How was London's Olympic legacy sold out? Who owns Einstein? Is free will an illusion? What lies beghind the Arctic's Indigenous suicide crisis? What is the mystery of India's deadly exam scam? Who is the man who built his own cathedral? And, how did the world get hooked on palm oil? Other topics range from: history including empire to politics, conflict, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Gaza, philosophy, science, psychology, health and finance. Audio Long Read journalists include Samira Shackle, Tom Lamont, Sophie Elmhirst, Samanth Subramanian, Imogen West-Knights, Sirin Kale, Daniel Trilling and Giles Tremlett.
