The Audio Long Read
Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.
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From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching...
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From the archive: How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights
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‘Ryan Reynolds never had to deal with this’: the slow death and (possible) rebir...
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César Aira’s unreal magic: how the eccentric author took over Latin American lit...
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From the archive: ‘The Silicon Valley of turf’: how the UK’s pursuit of the perf...
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Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?
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‘I’ll stay an MP for as long as I can’: Diane Abbott’s tumultuous political jour...
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From the archive: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men...
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‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India
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Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption
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From the archive: Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home...
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After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved wa...
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‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein
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From the archive: The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on yo...
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‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine
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The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush
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From the archive: The age of perpetual crisis – how the 2010s disrupted everythi...
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How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet
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Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history
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From the archive: The battle over dyslexia
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The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes n...
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Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest
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From the archive: How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart
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What is the real Hamas?
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A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to re...
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From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed?
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Rage, waste and corruption: how Covid changed politics
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Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis
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