The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
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969 Episoade
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From the archive: The last of the Zoroastrians
Publicat: 08.11.2023 -
The insider: how Michael Lewis got a backstage pass for the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Publicat: 06.11.2023 -
‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
Publicat: 03.11.2023 -
From the archive: What I have learned from my suicidal patients
Publicat: 01.11.2023 -
The trials of Robert Habeck: is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail?
Publicat: 30.10.2023 -
‘A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail
Publicat: 27.10.2023 -
From the archive: ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’
Publicat: 25.10.2023 -
‘You may have been poisoned’: how an independent Russian journalist became a target
Publicat: 23.10.2023 -
Justice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us
Publicat: 20.10.2023 -
From the archive: Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes
Publicat: 18.10.2023 -
‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS
Publicat: 16.10.2023 -
The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy
Publicat: 13.10.2023 -
From the archive: Was the Millennium Dome really so bad? The inside story of a (not so) total disaster
Publicat: 11.10.2023 -
The Melilla massacre: how a Spanish enclave in Africa became a deadly flashpoint
Publicat: 09.10.2023 -
‘A huge heart’: the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa
Publicat: 05.10.2023 -
From the archive: ‘A body drifted past the window’: surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash
Publicat: 04.10.2023 -
Empire of dust: what the tiniest specks reveal about the world
Publicat: 02.10.2023 -
‘The Eurocentric fallacy’: the myths that underpin European identity
Publicat: 29.09.2023 -
From the archive: ‘Mama Boko Haram’: one woman’s extraordinary mission to rescue ‘her boys’ from terrorism
Publicat: 27.09.2023 -
‘Voters are unhappier with the NHS than they’ve been for 30 years. As a GP, I feel the same’
Publicat: 25.09.2023
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.
