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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Best of 2022 … so far: ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’
12/08/2022 Duration: 39minEvery Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2022, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Bicycle graveyards: why do so many bikes end up underwater?
08/08/2022 Duration: 26minEvery year, thousands of bikes are tossed into rivers, ponds, lakes and canals. What’s behind this mass drowning?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022 … so far: Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favourite film-maker
05/08/2022 Duration: 47minEvery Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2022, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: Nina Gladitz dedicated her life to proving the Triumph of the Will director’s complicity with the horrors of Nazism. In the end, she succeeded – but at a cost. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘It’s a little bit of utopia’: the dream of replacing container ships with sailing boats
01/08/2022 Duration: 37minGlobal trade depends almost entirely on huge, dirty, dangerous container ships. Now a team of French shipbuilders is bringing back wind-powered sea freight. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Made to measure: why we can’t stop quantifying our lives
29/07/2022 Duration: 28minFrom ancient Egyptian cubits to fitness tracker apps, humankind has long been seeking ever more ways to measure the world – and ourselves. But what is this doing to us?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: How the world got hooked on palm oil
27/07/2022 Duration: 38minWe are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2019: It’s the miracle ingredient in everything from biscuits to shampoo. But our dependence on palm oil has devastating environmental consequences. Is it too late to break the habit?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Promised land: how South Africa’s black farmers were set up to fail
25/07/2022 Duration: 41minWhen black people were given back their land after apartheid, many felt driven to prove they could farm as well as white South Africans. But even before they had begun, the system was stacked against them. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘Thank the lord, I have been relieved’: the truth about the history of abortion in America
22/07/2022 Duration: 35minAbortion in the 19th-century US was widely accepted as a means of avoiding the risks of pregnancy. The idea of banning or punishing it came later. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth
20/07/2022 Duration: 36minWe are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2019: After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on the planet. But its benefits mask enormous dangers to the planet, to human health – and to culture itself. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos
18/07/2022 Duration: 48minAs violence, drug use and suicide at HMP Nottingham reached shocking new levels, the prison became a symbol of a system crumbling into crisis. By Isobel Thompson. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘You can’t be the player’s friend’: inside the secret world of tennis umpires
15/07/2022 Duration: 43minNew technology was supposed to make umpiring easy. It hasn’t worked out that way. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: the murder that has obsessed Italy
13/07/2022 Duration: 40minWe are raiding the Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2015: On 26 November 2010, Yara Gambirasio, 13, went missing. Three months later her body was discovered in scrubland nearby. So began one of the most complex murder investigations in Italian history, which will reach its climax later this year. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Seven stowaways and a hijacked oil tanker: the strange case of the Nave Andromeda
11/07/2022 Duration: 44minIn October 2020, an emergency call was received from a ship in British waters. After a full-scale commando raid, seven Nigerians were taken off in handcuffs – but no one was ever charged. What really happened on board?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out
08/07/2022 Duration: 44minAfter so many other Olympic sites ended up left to rot, London 2012 was supposed to be different. But who has really benefited from this orgy of development?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: The mystery of India’s deadly exam scam
06/07/2022 Duration: 52minWe are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2015: It began with a test-fixing scandal so massive that it led to 2,000 arrests, including top politicians, academics and doctors. Then suspects started turning up dead. What is the truth behind India’s Vyapam scam?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Do we need a new theory of evolution?
04/07/2022 Duration: 38minA new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘There are no words for the horror’: the story of my madness
01/07/2022 Duration: 25minEmmanuel Carrère was no stranger to depression, but it was late in life that a major episode got him hospitalised and diagnosed as bipolar. In some ways it made sense of his problems, but in the midst of it, everything was broken. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Welcome to the age of Trump
29/06/2022 Duration: 41minWe are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2016: Whether he wins the US presidency or not, his rise reveals a growing attraction to political demagogues – and points to a wider crisis of democracy. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘Wallets and eyeballs’: How eBay turned the internet into a marketplace
27/06/2022 Duration: 32minThe story of the modern web is often told through the stories of Google, Facebook, Amazon. But eBay was the first conqueror. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘A merry-go-round of buck-passing’: inside the four-year Grenfell inquiry
24/06/2022 Duration: 46minAs survivors and the bereaved mark the disaster’s fifth anniversary, the inquiry hearings are finally nearing their end. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod