The Guardian's Audio Long Reads
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The Guardian's Audio Long Reads podcasts are a selection of the Guardians long read articles which are published in the paper and online. It gives you the opportunity to get on with your day whilst listening to some of the finest journalism the Guardian has to offer: in-depth writing from around the world on immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more.
Episodes
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From the archive: The battle over dyslexia
01/05/2024 Duration: 45minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: It was once a widely accepted way of explaining why some children struggled to read and write. But in recent years, some experts have begun to question the existence of dyslexia itself. By Sirin Kale. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
29/04/2024 Duration: 34minNew research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought. By Alex Blasdel. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest
26/04/2024 Duration: 33minOrganising is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength. By Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart
24/04/2024 Duration: 42minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others. By Samanth Subramanian. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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What is the real Hamas?
22/04/2024 Duration: 42minHow Israeli, Palestinian and US political actors understand Hamas is not merely a theoretical question – it will determine what kind of agreement can be reached to end the current war, and what the future of Gaza will look like. By Joshua Leifer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery?
19/04/2024 Duration: 44minAs the author of a book about a pivotal uprising in 18th-century Jamaica, Vincent Brown was enlisted in a campaign to make its leader a national hero. But when he arrived in Jamaica, he started to wonder what he had got himself into. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed?
17/04/2024 Duration: 56minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: Flordelis grew up in a Rio favela, but rose to fame after adopting more than 50 children, becoming a hugely successful gospel singer and winning a seat in congress. And now she is on trial for murder. By Tom Phillips. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Rage, waste and corruption: how Covid changed politics
15/04/2024 Duration: 33minFour years on from the start of the pandemic, the drama may have subsided but the lingering effects go on. Are we suffering from political long Covid? By David Runciman. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis
12/04/2024 Duration: 28minLinguistic diversity on Earth is far more profound and fundamental than previously imagined. But it’s also crumbling fast. By Ross Perlin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: The mystery of the Gatwick drone
10/04/2024 Duration: 36minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: A drone sighting caused the airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky? By Samira Shackle. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘What’s the worst that could happen?’: Love in the sickle cell capital of the world
08/04/2024 Duration: 42minThe prevalence of sickle cell disease is changing how Nigerians date, marry and plan their lives. And as genetic testing becomes more common, prospective parents across the world will face similar questions. By Krithika Varagur. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground
05/04/2024 Duration: 24minThe ocean’s depths are not some remote alien realm, but are in fact intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. We should treat them that way. By James Bradley. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive – Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky
03/04/2024 Duration: 40minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2021: In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he? by Sirin Kale. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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200 cats, 200 dogs, one lab: the secrets of the pet food industry
01/04/2024 Duration: 27minPet food is a £120bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right? By Vivian Ho. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom
29/03/2024 Duration: 25minDatacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Have we entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them? By Jessica Traynor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient
27/03/2024 Duration: 35minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from ‘locked-in syndrome’, but as a doctor told him, everything about his case is bizarre. By Josh Wilbur. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?
25/03/2024 Duration: 44minMore people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any other protest-related disorder since at least the 1980s. What was behind this push to prosecute so harshly? by Tom Wall. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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What we talk about when we talk about giving up
22/03/2024 Duration: 27minWe give things up when we believe we can change; we give up when we believe we can’t. By Adam Phillips. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America.
20/03/2024 Duration: 43minWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators are finally facing justice by Giles Tremlett. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
18/03/2024 Duration: 29minFrom the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify. By Kyle Chayka. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod