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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

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

14 hrs Ago

37 MINS

37:01

14 hrs Ago

#299

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

#298

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

#297

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

#296

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

#295

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

#294

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

#293

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

#292

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

#291

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

#290

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

#289

From the archive: the free speech panic: how the right concocted a crisis

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

04 Feb 2026

42 MINS

42:04

04 Feb 2026

#288

‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life ... more

02 Feb 2026

41 MINS

41:21

02 Feb 2026

#287

Death on the inside: as a prison officer, I saw how the system perpetuates violence

A rise of murders is traumatising inmates and staff, and making life harder for staff. But... more

30 Jan 2026

26 MINS

26:30

30 Jan 2026

#286

From the archive: The King of Kowloon: my search for the cult graffiti prophet of Hong Kong

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

28 Jan 2026

41 MINS

41:24

28 Jan 2026

#285

We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home

Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Buk... more

26 Jan 2026

29 MINS

29:35

26 Jan 2026

#284

‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?

During the conflict, the Damascus suburb became a killing field. But some of Assad’s hench... more

23 Jan 2026

38 MINS

38:19

23 Jan 2026

#283

From the archive: The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisi...

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

21 Jan 2026

57 MINS

57:02

21 Jan 2026

#282

‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero

The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as... more

19 Jan 2026

30 MINS

30:27

19 Jan 2026

#281

The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’

Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religio... more

16 Jan 2026

39 MINS

39:00

16 Jan 2026