1026 Episodes

  1. Why WeWork went wrong

    Published: 1/17/2020

  2. Snow machines and fleece blankets: inside the ski industry’s battle with climate change

    Published: 1/13/2020

  3. ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place

    Published: 1/10/2020

  4. The age of perpetual crisis: how the 2010s disrupted everything but resolved nothing

    Published: 1/6/2020

  5. The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox?

    Published: 1/3/2020

  6. Best audio long reads of 2019: the Anthropocene epoch

    Published: 12/30/2019

  7. Best audio long reads of 2019: my infant son’s struggle with food

    Published: 12/27/2019

  8. Best audio long reads of 2019: Hand dryers v paper towels

    Published: 12/23/2019

  9. ‘I've seen death in this city, but nothing as sad as this’: how a ferry disaster exposed the corruption devastating Iraq

    Published: 12/20/2019

  10. People v mosquitos: what to do about our biggest killer

    Published: 12/16/2019

  11. How the right’s radical thinktanks reshaped the Conservative party

    Published: 12/11/2019

  12. The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota

    Published: 12/9/2019

  13. How our home delivery habit reshaped the world

    Published: 12/6/2019

  14. How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash

    Published: 12/2/2019

  15. Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel

    Published: 11/29/2019

  16. 'A dizzying maze': how the UK immigration system is geared to reject

    Published: 11/25/2019

  17. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner

    Published: 11/22/2019

  18. How liberalism became ‘the god that failed’ in eastern Europe

    Published: 11/18/2019

  19. Why do people hate vegans?

    Published: 11/15/2019

  20. 'A body drifted past the window': surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash

    Published: 11/11/2019

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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.

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