Today in Focus

A podcast by The Guardian

1595 Episodes

  1. The rise of antisemitism in the UK

    Published: 26/10/2023

  2. In the wake of Storm Babet

    Published: 25/10/2023

  3. Could the conflict in Israel tip into regional war?

    Published: 24/10/2023

  4. How a contested history feeds the Israel-Palestine conflict

    Published: 23/10/2023

  5. How Taylor Swift built her music empire

    Published: 20/10/2023

  6. Kicking out the populists: how young voters helped swing Poland’s election

    Published: 19/10/2023

  7. The deadly stakes of a ground invasion of Gaza

    Published: 18/10/2023

  8. Is the SNP’s independence dream fading?

    Published: 17/10/2023

  9. The hidden cost of cancer

    Published: 16/10/2023

  10. The fight to give Indigenous Australians a voice

    Published: 13/10/2023

  11. Human catastrophe unfolds in Israel and Gaza

    Published: 12/10/2023

  12. Keir Starmer’s plan to rebuild Britain

    Published: 11/10/2023

  13. From Blair to Starmer: Labour’s path to power – part 2

    Published: 10/10/2023

  14. How the Israel-Gaza conflict erupted

    Published: 9/10/2023

  15. From Blair to Starmer: Labour’s path to power, part 1

    Published: 9/10/2023

  16. Why Britain is mourning the Sycamore Gap tree

    Published: 6/10/2023

  17. Do Rishi Sunak's new policies add up?

    Published: 5/10/2023

  18. HS2: how the costly rail project ran out of track

    Published: 4/10/2023

  19. Out in the cold: the spy scandal gripping Denmark

    Published: 3/10/2023

  20. Gangs of Stockholm: the rise of gun crime in Sweden

    Published: 2/10/2023

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Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining personal storytelling with insightful analysis, this podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a topic or story in the news, covering: politics, climate change, current affairs, investigations, leaks, scandals involving the royals and interviews. It might cover topics such as: politics and current affairs in the United States of America - Donald Trump, the US presidential election 2024, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; current affairs including Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Russia, Bangladesh, HS2, the police, AI, information technology and the royal family - including King Charles III and Prince Harry; UK politics including UK election 24, Parliament, Labour, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer; GB, Scotland, England and Ireland news, arts and culture, the environment, green issues, the climate emergency and global warming. Today in Focus features journalists such as: Aditya Chakrabortty, Alexis Petridis, Andrew Roth, Emma Graham-Harrison, George Monbiot, John Crace, John Harris, Jonathan Freedland, Kiran Stacey, Larry Elliott, Luke Harding, Marina Hyde, Nesrine Malik, Owen Jones, Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Polly Toynbee, Shaun Walker, Simon Hattenstone and Zoe Williams.
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