The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian’s long reads, giving you the opportunity to get on with your day while listening to some of the finest longform journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on current affairs, climate change, global warming, immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more. The podcast explores a range of subjects and news across business, global politics (including Trump, Israel, Palestine and Gaza), money, philosophy, science, internet culture, modern life, war, climate change, current affairs, music and trends, and seeks to answer key questions around them through in depth interviews explainers, and analysis with quality Guardian reporting. Through first person accounts, narrative audio storytelling and investigative reporting, the Audio Long Read seeks to dive deep, debunk myths and uncover hidden histories. In previous episodes we have asked questions like: do we need a new theory of evolution? Whether Trump can win the US presidency or not? Why can't we stop quantifying our lives? Why have our nuclear fears faded? Why do so many bikes end up underwater? How did Germany get hooked on Russian energy? Are we all prisoners of geography? How was London's Olympic legacy sold out? Who owns Einstein? Is free will an illusion? What lies beghind the Arctic's Indigenous suicide crisis? What is the mystery of India's deadly exam scam? Who is the man who built his own cathedral? And, how did the world get hooked on palm oil? Other topics range from: history including empire to politics, conflict, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Gaza, philosophy, science, psychology, health and finance. Audio Long Read journalists include Samira Shackle, Tom Lamont, Sophie Elmhirst, Samanth Subramanian, Imogen West-Knights, Sirin Kale, Daniel Trilling and Giles Tremlett.

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‘Ryan Reynolds never had to deal with this’: the slow death and (possible) rebirth of Southend United 2024-06-10
César Aira’s unreal magic: how the eccentric author took over Latin American literature 2024-06-07
From the archive: ‘The Silicon Valley of turf’: how the UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football 2024-06-05
Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy? 2024-06-03
‘I’ll stay an MP for as long as I can’: Diane Abbott’s tumultuous political journey 2024-05-31
From the archive: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war 2024-05-29
‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India 2024-05-27
Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption 2024-05-24
From the archive: Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys 2024-05-22
After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger 2024-05-20
‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein 2024-05-17
From the archive: The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’ 2024-05-15
‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine 2024-05-13
The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush 2024-05-10
From the archive: The age of perpetual crisis – how the 2010s disrupted everything but resolved nothing 2024-05-08
How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet 2024-05-06
Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history 2024-05-03
From the archive: The battle over dyslexia 2024-05-01
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ 2024-04-29
Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest 2024-04-26
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