Today in Focus
A podcast by The Guardian
1598 Episodes
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Is it going to be another Covid Christmas?
Published: 21/12/2021 -
Countdown to attack: inside a simulation that mimics nuclear conflict
Published: 20/12/2021 -
Can theatres survive another Christmas of covid cancellations?
Published: 17/12/2021 -
Is Vladimir Putin preparing to invade Ukraine?
Published: 16/12/2021 -
Do Covid vaccine mandates work?
Published: 15/12/2021 -
The Tories are in turmoil: can Labour capitalise?
Published: 14/12/2021 -
How Magnus Carlsen won chess back from the machines
Published: 13/12/2021 -
Christmas parties, sleaze and plan B: how Boris Johnson is running out of allies
Published: 10/12/2021 -
Failure, fear and the threat of famine in Afghanistan
Published: 9/12/2021 -
The death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and the crisis in social work
Published: 8/12/2021 -
Is MI6 fit for the future?
Published: 7/12/2021 -
How Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ became a biodiversity nightmare
Published: 6/12/2021 -
How designer Virgil Abloh transformed fashion
Published: 3/12/2021 -
Will the Omicron Covid variant cancel Christmas?
Published: 2/12/2021 -
The Mississippi and Texas laws threatening US abortion rights
Published: 1/12/2021 -
Barbados becomes a republic – and Britain faces a reckoning
Published: 30/11/2021 -
Inflation’s back – but is it here to stay?
Published: 29/11/2021 -
A tragedy in the Channel
Published: 26/11/2021 -
The disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai
Published: 25/11/2021 -
The autistic women denied a diagnosis for decades
Published: 24/11/2021
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.
