The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
1033 Episodes
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‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India
Published: 5/27/2024 -
Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption
Published: 5/24/2024 -
From the archive: Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys
Published: 5/22/2024 -
After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger
Published: 5/20/2024 -
‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein
Published: 5/17/2024 -
From the archive: The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’
Published: 5/15/2024 -
‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine
Published: 5/13/2024 -
The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush
Published: 5/10/2024 -
From the archive: The age of perpetual crisis – how the 2010s disrupted everything but resolved nothing
Published: 5/8/2024 -
How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet
Published: 5/6/2024 -
Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history
Published: 5/3/2024 -
From the archive: The battle over dyslexia
Published: 5/1/2024 -
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
Published: 4/29/2024 -
Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest
Published: 4/26/2024 -
From the archive: How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart
Published: 4/24/2024 -
What is the real Hamas?
Published: 4/22/2024 -
A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery?
Published: 4/19/2024 -
From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed?
Published: 4/17/2024 -
Rage, waste and corruption: how Covid changed politics
Published: 4/15/2024 -
Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis
Published: 4/12/2024
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.
