The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
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925 Episodes
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From the archive: Inside Italy’s ultras: the dangerous fans who control the game
Published: 16/03/2022 -
‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power
Published: 14/03/2022 -
The death of the department store
Published: 11/03/2022 -
From the archive: Two minutes to midnight: did the US miss its chance to stop North Korea’s nuclear programme?
Published: 09/03/2022 -
Opening nightmare: launching a restaurant into a world stricken by Covid and Brexit
Published: 07/03/2022 -
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Published: 05/03/2022 -
From the archive: How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money
Published: 04/03/2022 -
From the archive: Trojan horse: the real story behind the fake ‘Islamic plot’ to take over schools
Published: 02/03/2022 -
‘A deranged pyroscape’: how fires across the world have grown weirder
Published: 28/02/2022 -
Weekend: episode 4 of a new podcast
Published: 26/02/2022 -
Alcoholism and me: ‘I was an addicted doctor, the worst kind of patient’
Published: 25/02/2022 -
From the archive: How Nicholas Serota’s Tate changed Britain – podcast
Published: 23/02/2022 -
‘I remember the feeling of insult’: when Britain imprisoned its wartime refugees
Published: 21/02/2022 -
Weekend: Marina Hyde, Emma Thompson and Johnny Knoxville
Published: 19/02/2022 -
Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent
Published: 18/02/2022 -
From the archive: How did one of the worst paedophiles in history get away with his crimes?
Published: 16/02/2022 -
‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’
Published: 14/02/2022 -
‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green
Published: 11/02/2022 -
From the archive: The myth of the ‘lone wolf’ terrorist
Published: 09/02/2022 -
How the speed of climate change is unbalancing the insect world
Published: 07/02/2022
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.
