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, money, philosophy, science, internet culture, modern life, war, climate change, current affairs (including Trump, Israel, Palestine and Gaza), music and trends, and seeks to answer key questions around them through explainers, interviews, 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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Title Date published
America’s undying empire: why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated 2024-01-12
From the archive: How Nespresso’s coffee revolution got ground down 2024-01-10
Four bike rides, four years in the life of Black Britain: ‘On the road, we found ourselves again’ 2024-01-08
Too much stuff: can we solve our addiction to consumerism? 2024-01-05
From the archive: Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2024-01-03
Last love: a romance in a care home 2024-01-01
Best of 2023: The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy 2023-12-29
Best of 2023: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’ 2023-12-25
Best of 2023: The strange survival of Guinness World Records 2023-12-22
Best of 2023: Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site 2023-12-18
Best of 2023: Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote 2023-12-15
Best of 2023: Dark waters: how the adventure of a lifetime turned to tragedy 2023-12-11
Nitrogen wars: the Dutch farmers’ revolt that turned a nation upside-down 2023-12-08
From the archive: The rise and fall of French cuisine 2023-12-06
‘I remember the silence between the falling shells’: the terror of living under siege as a child 2023-12-04
A violent murder, a child on death row 2023-12-01
From the archive: ‘We the people’: the battle to define populism 2023-11-29
The Netanyahu doctrine: how Israel’s longest-serving leader reshaped the country in his image 2023-11-27
Chainsaws, disguises and toxic tea: the battle for Sheffield’s trees 2023-11-24
From the archive: How the murders of two elderly Jewish women shook France 2023-11-22
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