The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
1040 Episodes
-
The bells v the boutique hotel: the battle to save Britain’s oldest factory – podcast
Published: 6/7/2021 -
Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office – podcast
Published: 6/4/2021 -
From the archives: The struggle to be British: my life as a second-class citizen – podcast
Published: 6/2/2021 -
The true story of the fake US embassy in Ghana
Published: 5/31/2021 -
The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea – podcast
Published: 5/28/2021 -
From the archive: ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off – podcast
Published: 5/26/2021 -
Cash injection: could we cure all disease with a trillion dollars? – podcast
Published: 5/24/2021 -
Times change but the Guardian’s values don’t: 200 years, and we’ve only just begun – podcast
Published: 5/21/2021 -
From the archive: How a tax haven is leading the race to privatise space
Published: 5/19/2021 -
Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky – podcast
Published: 5/17/2021 -
Cold comfort: how cold water swimming cured my broken heart – podcast
Published: 5/14/2021 -
From the archives: Why I’m suing over my dream internship – podcast
Published: 5/12/2021 -
How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics
Published: 5/10/2021 -
‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe – podcast
Published: 5/7/2021 -
From the archive special: CP Scott’s centenary essay – podcast
Published: 5/5/2021 -
Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine – podcast
Published: 5/3/2021 -
‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes – podcast
Published: 4/30/2021 -
From the archives: Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture
Published: 4/28/2021 -
Letting go: my battle to help my parents die a good death – podcast
Published: 4/26/2021 -
Among the Covid sceptics: ‘We are being manipulated, without a shadow of a doubt’ – podcast
Published: 4/23/2021
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.
