Today in Focus

A podcast by The Guardian

1455 Episodes

  1. Damien Hirst and the dates that don’t add up

    Published: 5/27/2024

  2. What should kids be taught about sex and relationships?

    Published: 5/24/2024

  3. Rishi Sunak’s big election gamble

    Published: 5/22/2024

  4. Inside Kharkiv as Russia advances

    Published: 5/22/2024

  5. Could Netanyahu really be arrested for war crimes?

    Published: 5/21/2024

  6. The rightwing Christian group and the battle over end-of-life care

    Published: 5/20/2024

  7. The children of the contaminated blood scandal

    Published: 5/17/2024

  8. What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?

    Published: 5/16/2024

  9. The 'foreign agents' law that has set off mass protests in Georgia

    Published: 5/15/2024

  10. The growing tensions over immigration in Ireland

    Published: 5/14/2024

  11. Put it down! Should children be allowed smartphones?

    Published: 5/13/2024

  12. Rishi Sunak staggers on – but for how long?

    Published: 5/10/2024

  13. Escaping Rafah: on the ground in Gaza’s last refuge

    Published: 5/9/2024

  14. The London Bridge ‘hero’ who could go to prison for 99 years

    Published: 5/8/2024

  15. Non-doms are threatening to leave. Should they be convinced to stay?

    Published: 5/7/2024

  16. How do we protect teenagers from sextortion scams?

    Published: 5/6/2024

  17. Politics Weekly Westminster: local elections special

    Published: 5/5/2024

  18. Are we on the brink of a ceasefire deal for Gaza?

    Published: 5/3/2024

  19. Has Elon Musk driven Tesla off track?

    Published: 5/2/2024

  20. Is Labour about to win a local election landslide?

    Published: 5/1/2024

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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. Today in Focus features journalists such as: Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar, Alex Hern, Peter Walker, Luke Harding, Andrew Roth, Shaun Walker and Jim Waterson. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a story in the news, covering: current affairs, politics, investigations, leaks, and scandals. It might cover, for example, topics such as: the environment, green issues, climate change, the climate emergency and global warming; American politics including: Biden, Trump, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; UK politics including: parliament, Labour, the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer; culture; the royals and the royal family, including King Charles III; HS2; the police; Ukraine; Russia; and Bangladesh
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