The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
1023 Episodes
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Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world
Published: 5/08/2024 -
From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world
Published: 2/08/2024 -
From the archive: From Game of Thrones to The Crown: the woman who turns actors into stars
Published: 31/07/2024 -
Chortle chortle, scribble scribble: inside the Old Bailey with Britain’s last court reporters
Published: 29/07/2024 -
‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player
Published: 26/07/2024 -
From the archive: ‘As borders closed, I became trapped in my Americanness’: China, the US and me
Published: 24/07/2024 -
‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books
Published: 22/07/2024 -
‘How do I heal?’: the long wait for justice after a black man dies in police custody
Published: 19/07/2024 -
From the archive: The elephant vanishes: how a circus family went on the run
Published: 17/07/2024 -
Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way
Published: 15/07/2024 -
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias
Published: 12/07/2024 -
From the archive: ‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes
Published: 10/07/2024 -
Where the wild things are: the untapped potential of our gardens, parks and balconies
Published: 8/07/2024 -
How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster
Published: 4/07/2024 -
From the archive: Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope
Published: 3/07/2024 -
‘Natty or not?’: how steroids got big
Published: 1/07/2024 -
Nairobi to New York and back: the loneliness of the internationally educated elite
Published: 28/06/2024 -
From the archive: Brazilian butt lift: behind the world’s most dangerous cosmetic surgery
Published: 26/06/2024 -
Two poems, four years in detention: the Chinese dissident who smuggled his writing out of prison
Published: 24/06/2024 -
As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?
Published: 21/06/2024
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.
