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  The Guardian  

Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.

Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.

 

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#300

Off Duty: The Crime

On the evening of 29 December 2011, Officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security g... more

Yesterday

26 MINS

26:14

Yesterday

#299

‘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... more

20 Mar 2026

33 MINS

33:23

20 Mar 2026

#298

From the archive: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational s...

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years... more

18 Mar 2026

45 MINS

45:34

18 Mar 2026

#297

Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’

Innocent people are being frozen out of basic banking services – and it all traces back to... more

16 Mar 2026

32 MINS

32:14

16 Mar 2026

#296

Shock, awe, death, joy and looting: how the Guardian covered the outbreak of the Iraq war

In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into de... more

13 Mar 2026

27 MINS

27:18

13 Mar 2026

#295

From the archive: ‘Iran was our Hogwarts’: my childhood between Tehran and Essex

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years... more

11 Mar 2026

38 MINS

38:38

11 Mar 2026

#294

‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners hav... more

09 Mar 2026

29 MINS

29:34

09 Mar 2026

#293

‘What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness? ...

Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as... more

06 Mar 2026

26 MINS

26:24

06 Mar 2026

#292

From the archive: China’s troll king: how a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years... more

04 Mar 2026

39 MINS

39:01

04 Mar 2026

#291

I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much wor...

Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense tha... more

02 Mar 2026

37 MINS

37:01

02 Mar 2026

#290

Out of the ruins: will Aleppo ever be rebuilt?

Years of civil war have turned whole areas of the city into rows of empty husks. But after... more

27 Feb 2026

27 MINS

27:36

27 Feb 2026

#289

From the archive: Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years... more

25 Feb 2026

35 MINS

35:08

25 Feb 2026

#288

A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot

In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They ... more

23 Feb 2026

26 MINS

26:54

23 Feb 2026

#287

Inside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness?

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our... more

20 Feb 2026

31 MINS

31:31

20 Feb 2026

#286

From the archive: ‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years... more

18 Feb 2026

38 MINS

38:33

18 Feb 2026

#285

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back

Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Val... more

16 Feb 2026

37 MINS

37:52

16 Feb 2026

#284

The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age

Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the internatio... more

13 Feb 2026

48 MINS

48:19

13 Feb 2026

#283

From the archive: Do we need a new theory of evolution?

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years... more

11 Feb 2026

40 MINS

40:36

11 Feb 2026

#282

Walking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail... more

09 Feb 2026

45 MINS

45:22

09 Feb 2026

#281

Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable... more

06 Feb 2026

37 MINS

37:23

06 Feb 2026