Today in Focus podcast

Today in Focus

Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.

Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.

 

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Angela Rayner resigns – Today in Focus Extra

Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff talks through the tax row that brought down the now forme... more

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15:44

5 hrs Ago


#299

Would you have your legs broken to be taller?

Alongside dental work, hair transplants and nose jobs, people from around the world are tr... more

19 hrs Ago

29 MINS

29:01

19 hrs Ago


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Strongmen assemble: Putin, Kim and Xi in Beijing

Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins discusses a historic week in China – including a 20... more

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21:13

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Can the Green party’s new leader galvanise the left?

How does Zack Polanski plan to get people talking about the Green party? Peter Walker repo... more

03 Sep 2025

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26:41

03 Sep 2025


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A North Korean defector on why Kim Jong Un has sent troops to Ukraine

What does North Korea’s involvement in Ukraine mean for Kim Jong-un’s geopolitical ambitio... more

02 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:20

02 Sep 2025


#295

Spy cameras: are you being watched?

With tiny cameras disguised as everyday objects freely available, Anna Moore looks at the ... more

01 Sep 2025

27 MINS

27:14

01 Sep 2025


#294

Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six

Revisited: According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, the... more

30 Aug 2025

34 MINS

34:02

30 Aug 2025


#293

Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five

Revisited: Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the... more

29 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:24

29 Aug 2025


#292

Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four

Revisited: The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment he... more

28 Aug 2025

25 MINS

25:27

28 Aug 2025


#291

Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher – episode three

Revisited: Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his gene... more

27 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:12

27 Aug 2025


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Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president – episode two

Revisited: What took the British journalist Dom Phillips from the club nights of the UK da... more

26 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:07

26 Aug 2025


#289

Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode one

Revisited: Three years ago, the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigeno... more

25 Aug 2025

26 MINS

26:48

25 Aug 2025


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Noel Clarke loses his libel case against the Guardian – Today in Focus Extra

Investigations editor Paul Lewis talks through the Guardian’s successful defence against a... more

22 Aug 2025

15 MINS

15:25

22 Aug 2025


#287

Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool

An intergenerational war has broken out with Gen Z mercilessly mocking millennials as emba... more

22 Aug 2025

23 MINS

23:56

22 Aug 2025


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Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns

Helen Pidd grew up in Morecambe, and life in seaside towns has only got harder since she w... more

21 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:08

21 Aug 2025


#285

What price will Ukraine have to pay for peace?

After a week of historic summits on the future of Ukraine, will the president, Volodymyr Z... more

20 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:22

20 Aug 2025


#284

How far-right rhetoric on migration went mainstream

Academic and author Dr Maya Goodfellow discusses how UK politicians have adopted far-right... more

19 Aug 2025

24 MINS

24:24

19 Aug 2025


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Can Europe’s leaders drag Trump’s Ukraine policy back on track? – Today in Focus Extra podcast

The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger on why a ‘dream team’ of E... more

18 Aug 2025

15 MINS

15:13

18 Aug 2025


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Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration mastermind

What is driving the architect of Donald Trump’s immigration policy? With Jean Guerrero. He... more

18 Aug 2025

31 MINS

31:05

18 Aug 2025


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Ghosting, breadcrumbing, one-night stands: are we done with dating apps?

More than a million people in the UK left dating apps last year. The Guardian matchmaker K... more

15 Aug 2025

25 MINS

25:20

15 Aug 2025