Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFrom the archive: Divine comedy: the standup double act who turned to the priesthood
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, …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying By Peter Brannen. Rea…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?
When the streaming giant began making films guided by data that aimed to please a vast audience, the results were often generic, forgettable, artless…
7 months ago
From the archive: Forgetting the apocalypse: why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous
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, …
7 months ago
‘The forest had gone’: the storm that moved a mountain
On a small ledge in the Swiss mountains, 200 people were enjoying a summer football tournament. As night fell, they had no idea what was coming By Jo…
7 months ago
Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to …
7 months, 1 week ago
From the archive: Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
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, …
7 months, 1 week ago
Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one …
7 months, 1 week ago
‘People pay to be told lies’: the rise and fall of the world’s first ayahuasca multinational
Alberto Varela claimed he wanted to use sacred plant medicine to free people’s minds. But as the organisation grew, his followers discovered a darker…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
From the archive: ‘We were all wrong’: how Germany got hooked on Russian energy
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, …
7 months, 2 weeks ago