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The Audio Long Read podcast

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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

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 ... more

10 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:34

10 Apr 2026

#299

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... more

08 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:45

08 Apr 2026

#298

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 retrainin... more

06 Apr 2026

34 MINS

34:12

06 Apr 2026

#297

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 co... more

03 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:49

03 Apr 2026

#296

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... more

01 Apr 2026

46 MINS

46:44

01 Apr 2026

#295

‘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... more

30 Mar 2026

50 MINS

50:38

30 Mar 2026

#294

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 ... more

27 Mar 2026

31 MINS

31:29

27 Mar 2026

#293

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... more

25 Mar 2026

41 MINS

41:38

25 Mar 2026

#292

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... more

23 Mar 2026

41 MINS

41:32

23 Mar 2026

#291

Off Duty: The Crime

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

21 Mar 2026

26 MINS

26:14

21 Mar 2026

#290

‘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

#289

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

#288

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

#287

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

#286

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

#285

‘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

#284

‘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

#283

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

#282

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

#281

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