The Audio Long Read

A podcast by The Guardian

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925 Episodes

  1. The trials of Robert Habeck: is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail?

    Published: 30/10/2023

  2. ‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail

    Published: 27/10/2023

  3. From the archive: ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’

    Published: 25/10/2023

  4. ‘You may have been poisoned’: how an independent Russian journalist became a target

    Published: 23/10/2023

  5. Justice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us

    Published: 20/10/2023

  6. From the archive: Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes

    Published: 18/10/2023

  7. ‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS

    Published: 16/10/2023

  8. The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy

    Published: 13/10/2023

  9. From the archive: Was the Millennium Dome really so bad? The inside story of a (not so) total disaster

    Published: 11/10/2023

  10. The Melilla massacre: how a Spanish enclave in Africa became a deadly flashpoint

    Published: 09/10/2023

  11. ‘A huge heart’: the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa

    Published: 05/10/2023

  12. From the archive: ‘A body drifted past the window’: surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash

    Published: 04/10/2023

  13. Empire of dust: what the tiniest specks reveal about the world

    Published: 02/10/2023

  14. ‘The Eurocentric fallacy’: the myths that underpin European identity

    Published: 29/09/2023

  15. From the archive: ‘Mama Boko Haram’: one woman’s extraordinary mission to rescue ‘her boys’ from terrorism

    Published: 27/09/2023

  16. ‘Voters are unhappier with the NHS than they’ve been for 30 years. As a GP, I feel the same’

    Published: 25/09/2023

  17. Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote

    Published: 22/09/2023

  18. From the archive: The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground

    Published: 20/09/2023

  19. The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’

    Published: 18/09/2023

  20. ‘Move forward. Flap around a little!’ How learning to swim in my 50s set me free

    Published: 15/09/2023

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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.