The Audio Long Read
A podcast by The Guardian
1028 Episodio
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How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics
Pubblicato: 10/05/2021 -
‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe – podcast
Pubblicato: 07/05/2021 -
From the archive special: CP Scott’s centenary essay – podcast
Pubblicato: 05/05/2021 -
Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine – podcast
Pubblicato: 03/05/2021 -
‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes – podcast
Pubblicato: 30/04/2021 -
From the archives: Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture
Pubblicato: 28/04/2021 -
Letting go: my battle to help my parents die a good death – podcast
Pubblicato: 26/04/2021 -
Among the Covid sceptics: ‘We are being manipulated, without a shadow of a doubt’ – podcast
Pubblicato: 23/04/2021 -
From the archive: The age of banter – podcast
Pubblicato: 21/04/2021 -
The clown king: how Boris Johnson made it by playing the fool – podcast
Pubblicato: 19/04/2021 -
Traffic wars: who will win the battle for city streets? – podcast
Pubblicato: 16/04/2021 -
From the archive: Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad
Pubblicato: 14/04/2021 -
How to have better arguments online – podcast
Pubblicato: 12/04/2021 -
Why we need to take bad sex more seriously – podcast
Pubblicato: 09/04/2021 -
From the archives: Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
Pubblicato: 07/04/2021 -
The student and the algorithm: how the exam results fiasco threatened one pupil’s future
Pubblicato: 05/04/2021 -
Damage: the silent forms of violence against women – podcast
Pubblicato: 02/04/2021 -
From the archives: The fall of Saigon: witnessing the end of the Vietnam war
Pubblicato: 31/03/2021 -
'My body is unserviceable and well past its sell-by date': the last days of Avril Henry – podcast
Pubblicato: 29/03/2021 -
Hunting the men who kill women: Mexico’s femicide detective – podcast
Pubblicato: 26/03/2021
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.