Today in Focus

A podcast by The Guardian

1598 Episodes

  1. The rise and rise of Liz Truss

    Published: 18/01/2022
  2. Afghan female MPs fight for their country in exile

    Published: 17/01/2022
  3. A royal mess: Prince Andrew faces a US trial

    Published: 14/01/2022
  4. Will Boris Johnson’s apology be enough to save him?

    Published: 13/01/2022
  5. What does the Omicron winter crisis mean for the NHS?

    Published: 12/01/2022
  6. Guantánamo Bay at 20: why have attempts to close the prison failed?

    Published: 11/01/2022
  7. A moral victory: what the acquittal of the Colston Four means for future protests

    Published: 10/01/2022
  8. Culture 2022: what to watch, read and listen to this year

    Published: 7/01/2022
  9. How the Capitol attack still divides the United States

    Published: 6/01/2022
  10. Can the UK cope with the Omicron surge?

    Published: 5/01/2022
  11. The joy of missing out: how to manage your time in 2022

    Published: 4/01/2022
  12. Revisited: how a Disney movie helped solve a decades-old adventure mystery

    Published: 3/01/2022
  13. Revisited: the secret deportations of Chinese merchant sailors

    Published: 31/12/2021
  14. Revisited: Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-tier men’s footballer

    Published: 30/12/2021
  15. Revisited: Emily Ratajkowski’s body – and what she wants to make of it

    Published: 29/12/2021
  16. Revisited: An Al-Qaida recruit-turned-spy and the road to 9/11 podcast

    Published: 28/12/2021
  17. Revisited: Britain’s rich history of black literature

    Published: 27/12/2021
  18. Looking back on the Guardian’s 200th year

    Published: 24/12/2021
  19. How did things get so bad between France and Britain?

    Published: 23/12/2021
  20. 2021: a year in wine, cheese and sleaze

    Published: 22/12/2021

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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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