The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
1025 Episodes
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Life during wartime: how west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles
Published: 12/4/2020 -
From the archive: The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback
Published: 12/2/2020 -
'Try again next time': my three visa rejections
Published: 11/30/2020 -
The contested legacy of the anti-fascist International Brigades
Published: 11/27/2020 -
From the archive: Political correctness and how the right invented a phantom enemy
Published: 11/25/2020 -
'I have been quiet for 50 years': standing up against sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club
Published: 11/23/2020 -
China’s memory manipulators
Published: 11/20/2020 -
From the archives: An American drugs bust in west Africa
Published: 11/18/2020 -
Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
Published: 11/16/2020 -
How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets
Published: 11/13/2020 -
From the archive: The hygge conspiracy
Published: 11/11/2020 -
Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us
Published: 11/9/2020 -
How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction
Published: 11/6/2020 -
From the archives: The fall of Jersey: how a tax haven goes bust
Published: 11/4/2020 -
The fatal hike that became a Nazi propaganda coup
Published: 11/2/2020 -
‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI
Published: 10/30/2020 -
From the archives: The lawyer who takes the cases no one wants
Published: 10/28/2020 -
Confessions of a killer policeman
Published: 10/26/2020 -
Inside the airline industry's meltdown
Published: 10/23/2020 -
From the archives: The prison where murderers play for Manchester United
Published: 10/21/2020
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.