Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFrom the archive: The knackerman: the toughest job in British farming
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, …
1 year, 2 months ago
‘Bring me my tariffs’: how Trump’s China plan was 40 years in the making
Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s political careers were shaped by their formative experiences in the 1980s – and, above all, their encounters with …
1 year, 2 months ago
Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future?
Tokyo remains, in the world’s imagination, a place of sophistication and wealth. But with economic revival forever distant, ‘tourism pollution’ seems…
1 year, 2 months ago
From the archive: The false positives scandal: how thousands of innocent Colombians were killed so soldiers could get more holiday
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, …
1 year, 2 months ago
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria. By Tess McClure. Read…
1 year, 2 months ago
Endless work, little money, occasional UFOs: my father’s five decades driving Brazil’s roads
As a sociologist, my career couldn’t be further from that of my father, who spent his life on the road as a truck driver. It’s only in recent years, …
1 year, 2 months ago
From the archive: How one man spent 34 years in prison after setting fire to a pair of curtains
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, …
1 year, 2 months ago
The man making a business out of China’s burnout generation
Li Jianxiong was a highflying marketing executive in Beijing until a breakdown sent him to the west on a wellness voyage of discovery – just as his p…
1 year, 3 months ago
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings emp…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the archive: Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine
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, …
1 year, 3 months ago