Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFrom the archive: ‘We need to break the junk food cycle’: how to fix Britain’s failing food system
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 ago
The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight
Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship. As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrate…
6 months, 1 week ago
Best of 2025 … so far: ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…
6 months, 1 week ago
Best of 2025 … so far: ‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: are we right to strive to save the world’s tiniest babies?
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…
6 months, 1 week ago
The go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy
The tiny, astonishingly wealthy country has become a major player on the world stage, trying to solve some of the most intractable conflicts. What’s …
6 months, 1 week ago
Best of 2025 … so far: an English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Best of 2025 … so far: Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?
Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has be…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Best of 2025 … so far: The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a bat’
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Best of 2025 … so far: ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…
6 months, 3 weeks ago