The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
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989 Episodes
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Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote
Published: 22/09/2023 -
From the archive: The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground
Published: 20/09/2023 -
The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’
Published: 18/09/2023 -
‘Move forward. Flap around a little!’ How learning to swim in my 50s set me free
Published: 15/09/2023 -
From the archive: A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel
Published: 13/09/2023 -
‘Ruzzki not welcome’: the Russian exiles getting a hostile reception in Georgia
Published: 11/09/2023 -
The aftermath: how the Beirut explosion has left scars on an already broken Lebanon
Published: 08/09/2023 -
From the archive: Golden Dawn: the rise and fall of Greece’s neo-Nazis
Published: 06/09/2023 -
‘If I left, I’d have to go without a word’: how I escaped China’s mass arrests
Published: 04/09/2023 -
Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI
Published: 01/09/2023 -
The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale
Published: 28/08/2023 -
Best of 2023 … so far: How Deborah Levy can change your life
Published: 25/08/2023 -
‘All that we had is gone’: my lament for war-torn Khartoum
Published: 21/08/2023 -
Best of 2023… so far: The trials of an Indian witness: how a Muslim man was caught in a legal nightmare
Published: 18/08/2023 -
A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing?
Published: 14/08/2023 -
Best of 2023… so far: ‘I know where the bodies are buried’: one woman’s mission to change how the police investigate rape
Published: 11/08/2023 -
How hip-hop gave voice to a generation of Egyptians hungry for change
Published: 07/08/2023 -
Best of 2023 … so far: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight
Published: 04/08/2023 -
Victoria Amelina: Ukraine and the meaning of home
Published: 31/07/2023 -
‘People are like, Wow!’: the man trying to make condoms sexy
Published: 28/07/2023
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.
