Today in Focus
A podcast by The Guardian
1600 Episodes
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Why a Belarusian Olympic sprinter refused to fly home
Published: 5/08/2021 -
How Simone Biles changed gymnastics – on and off the mat
Published: 4/08/2021 -
Are plans to change the Official Secrets Act a threat to journalism?
Published: 3/08/2021 -
Why did Unesco drop Liverpool from its heritage list?
Published: 2/08/2021 -
How we all got hooked on caffeine
Published: 30/07/2021 -
The lobbying push that killed off a fight to save the Great Barrier Reef
Published: 29/07/2021 -
The Republican backlash in Joe Biden’s America
Published: 28/07/2021 -
The pandemic enters a new phase
Published: 27/07/2021 -
The authority gap: why women still aren’t taken seriously
Published: 26/07/2021 -
The Pegasus project part 5: the fightback against private spyware begins
Published: 23/07/2021 -
The Pegasus Project part 4: runaway princesses and the UK connection
Published: 22/07/2021 -
The Pegasus Project part 3: cartels, corruption and cyber-weapons
Published: 21/07/2021 -
The Pegasus project part 2: cat and mouse
Published: 20/07/2021 -
The Pegasus project part 1: an invitation to Paris
Published: 19/07/2021 -
Marina Hyde on five years of watching the political circus
Published: 16/07/2021 -
Inside the mind of an Olympic athlete one week before the games
Published: 15/07/2021 -
The heatwave forcing America to confront climate reality
Published: 14/07/2021 -
Is it possible to make the internet safe for children? – podcast
Published: 13/07/2021 -
The people searching for missing family members during the pandemic – podcast
Published: 12/07/2021 -
The Indigenous children who died at Canada’s residential schools
Published: 9/07/2021
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.