The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
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925 Episodes
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What we talk about when we talk about giving up
Published: 22/03/2024 -
From the archive – Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America
Published: 20/03/2024 -
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
Published: 18/03/2024 -
Electric mountain: the power station that shows the beauty of infrastructure
Published: 15/03/2024 -
From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics
Published: 13/03/2024 -
‘Can I now send the funds?’: secrets of the Conservative money machine
Published: 11/03/2024 -
‘Good times and dances might last for ever’: the sound of London’s Black gay scene
Published: 08/03/2024 -
From the archive: ‘A chain of stupidity’: the Skripal case and the decline of Russia’s spy agencies
Published: 06/03/2024 -
What the unrest in Leicester revealed about Britain – and Modi’s India
Published: 04/03/2024 -
The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue
Published: 02/03/2024 -
Precipice of fear: the freerider who took skiing to its limits
Published: 01/03/2024 -
From the archive: How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction
Published: 28/02/2024 -
‘Farming is a dirty word now’: the woman helping farmers navigate a grim, uncertain future
Published: 26/02/2024 -
‘Ukraine fatigue’: why I’m fighting to stop the world forgetting us
Published: 23/02/2024 -
From the archive: Penthouses and poor doors: how Europe’s ‘biggest regeneration project’ fell flat
Published: 21/02/2024 -
‘Scars on every street’: the refugee camp where generations of Palestinians have lost their futures
Published: 19/02/2024 -
‘They were dying, and they’d not had their money’: Britain’s multibillion-pound equal pay scandal
Published: 16/02/2024 -
From the archive: The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the world
Published: 14/02/2024 -
Hippy, capitalist, guru, grocer: the forgotten genius who changed British food
Published: 12/02/2024 -
‘I repeatedly failed to win any awards’: my doomed career as a North Korean novelist
Published: 09/02/2024
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.
