The Audio Long Read
Kanaal Besonderhede
The Audio Long Read
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...
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432 episodes
‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil
As new settlers clear their forest habitat, the apes are coming into conflict with humans. But simply moving them to another part of the forest may no...
From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan
It’s one thing to remove a PM from office, as happened to the former cricketer in 2022. But it’s another thing to try to eradicate the most famous per...
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed
After a series of deaths on the beaches of Brittany, one bereaved family set out to prove the foul-smelling bloom was to blame By Marta Zaraska. Read...
Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is it still so hard to access?
Two mothers fought British bureaucracy to obtain lifesaving cannabis medicines for their children. But most patients are having to go private – at hug...
Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype
A certain image of the tiger mom – strict, cold and demanding – is ubiquitous in popular culture. Why? By Rebecca Liu. Read by Ginnia Cheng. Help supp...
From the archive:‘I feel like I’m selling my soul’: inside the crisis at Juventus
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship
When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association. And I had to act Written and read by Sergey...
On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife
One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in ne...
From the archive: Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the leading interpreter of our dark times
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake’
In this age of crisis, technology is pulling us apart. At its best, journalism can bring us together again. Written and read by the Guardian editor-in...
Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’
The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when they ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistri...
‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India
Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, bot...
From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?
Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that d...
‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK
Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and...
No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother
Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation By...
‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab
After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months l...
From the archive: The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
Inside China’s robotics revolution
How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out By Chang Che. Read by V...
Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs
Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath...
From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI
I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the m...
35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?
It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s Mi...
From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution
When Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no on...
AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave...
From the archive: Freedom without constraints: how the US squandered its cold war victory
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’
I suffered with my mystery illness for decades before gaining a diagnosis. Could retraining my brain be the answer? By Hermione Hoby. Read by Alby Bal...
Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong
For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya sur...
From the archive: the butcher’s shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her stor...
What was Doge? How Elon Musk tried to gamify government
Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set out to defeat the enemy of the United States: its people By Ben...
From the archive: Are we really prisoners of geography?
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...
Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya
When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, a former CIA asset runs the country – and L...
Off Duty: The Crime
On the evening of 29 December 2011, Officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot...
‘The children are not safe here’: the Nigerian couple fighting infanticide
In a few isolated communities in central Nigeria, some babies are believed to be bad omens. Olusola and Chinwe Stevens run a thriving home for babies...
From the archive: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, f...