The Guardian's Audio Long Reads
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Synopsis
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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Schedule Changes to the Audio Long Read
01/02/2023 Duration: 01minFor the month of February, we’ll be making a slight change to our production schedule. For the next few weeks, we will be publishing two episodes a week. On Mondays you’ll hear brand new long reads, and on Fridays we’ll raid the Audio Long Read archive to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. In March we’ll return to publishing three episodes a week.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate
30/01/2023 Duration: 37minSo much is happening, both wonderful and terrible – and it matters how we tell it. We can’t erase the bad news, but to ignore the good is the route to indifference or despair. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘We can’t even get basic care done’: what it’s like doing 12-hour shifts on an understaffed NHS ward
27/01/2023 Duration: 26minThe NHS saved my life once, and inspired me to change career. But when I started as a healthcare assistant on a hospital ward for older patients, it was clear how bad things had got. This is the story of a typical shift. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive – The selling of the Krays: how two mediocre criminals created their own legend
25/01/2023 Duration: 40minWe 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: The Kray twins wanted everyone to know who they were – and indeed they were always better at fame than crime. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coalmine that ate an Indian village
23/01/2023 Duration: 41minIn a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?
20/01/2023 Duration: 35minWe know we need to cut down on sugar. But replacing it with artificial compounds isn’t necessarily the answer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: El Chapo: what the rise and fall of the kingpin reveals about the war on drugs
18/01/2023 Duration: 45minWe 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: As the capture and conviction of Mexico’s notorious drug lord has shown, taking down the boss doesn’t mean taking down the organisation. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
16/01/2023 Duration: 44minNothing is produced at Sellafield any more. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale, but a planetary one. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Becoming a chatbot: my life as a real estate AI’s human backup
13/01/2023 Duration: 39minFor one weird year, I was the human who stepped in to make sure a property chatbot didn’t blow its cover – I was a person pretending to be a computer pretending to be a person. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Who killed the prime minister? The unsolved murder that still haunts Sweden
11/01/2023 Duration: 37minWe 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: Three decades ago, Olof Palme was assassinated on Stockholm’s busiest street. The killer has never been found. Could the discovery of new evidence finally close the case?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘The Godfather, Saudi-style’: inside the palace coup that brought MBS to power
09/01/2023 Duration: 34minNot long ago, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, was all set to assume power. But his ambitious young cousin had a ruthless plan to seize control for himself. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘They want toys to get their children into Harvard’: have we been getting playthings all wrong?
06/01/2023 Duration: 38minFor decades we’ve been using toys to cram learning into playtime – and toys have been marketed as tools to turn children into prosperous, high-achieving adults. Is it time for a rethink?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: How the ‘rugby rape trial’ divided Ireland
04/01/2023 Duration: 46minWe 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 2018: After a trial that dominated the news, the accused were all found not guilty. But the case had tapped into a deeper rage that has not died down. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Iran’s moment of truth: what will it take for the people to topple the regime?
02/01/2023 Duration: 41minThree months after the uprising began, demonstrators are still risking their lives. Will this generation succeed where previous attempts to unseat the Islamic hardliners have been crushed?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022: ‘Is this justice?’: why Sudan is facing a multibillion-dollar bill for 9/11
30/12/2022 Duration: 42minEvery Monday and Friday for the rest of December 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. From September: The families of some 9/11 victims are still pursuing compensation from those complicit in the attacks – but is Sudan, already ravaged by years of US sanctions, really the right target?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022: The amazing true(ish) story of the ‘Honduran Maradona’
26/12/2022 Duration: 31minEvery Monday and Friday for the rest of December 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 October: For one of our many adolescent pranks, my friend and I planted tips about an obscure young footballer. Then he suddenly started going places. What had we done?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times
23/12/2022 Duration: 44minEvery Monday and Friday for the rest of December 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. From September: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022: The sludge king: how one man turned an industrial wasteland into his own El Dorado
19/12/2022 Duration: 51minEvery Monday and Friday for the rest of December 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. From September: When a Romanian businessman returned to his hometown and found a city blighted by mining waste, he hatched a plan to restore it to its former glory. He became a local hero, but now prosecutors accuse of him a running a multimillion dollar fraud. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022: ‘A deranged pyroscape’: how fires across the world have grown weirder
16/12/2022 Duration: 39minEvery Monday and Friday for the rest of December 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. From February: Despite the rise of headline-grabbing megafires, fewer fires are burning worldwide now than at any time since antiquity. But this isn’t good news – in banishing fire from sight, we have made its dangers stranger and less predictable. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Best of 2022: Seven stowaways and a hijacked oil tanker: the strange case of the Nave Andromeda
12/12/2022 Duration: 46minEvery Monday and Friday for the rest of December 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. From July: In 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