300 episodes
The Audio Long Read The Guardian
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4.5 • 20 Ratings
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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 journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more
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From the archive: How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart
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, from 2020: For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others. By Samanth Subramanian. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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What is the real Hamas?
How Israeli, Palestinian and US political actors understand Hamas is not merely a theoretical question – it will determine what kind of agreement can be reached to end the current war, and what the future of Gaza will look like. By Joshua Leifer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery?
As the author of a book about a pivotal uprising in 18th-century Jamaica, Vincent Brown was enlisted in a campaign to make its leader a national hero. But when he arrived in Jamaica, he started to wonder what he had got himself into. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed?
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, from 2021: Flordelis grew up in a Rio favela, but rose to fame after adopting more than 50 children, becoming a hugely successful gospel singer and winning a seat in congress. And now she is on trial for murder. By Tom Phillips. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Rage, waste and corruption: how Covid changed politics
Four years on from the start of the pandemic, the drama may have subsided but the lingering effects go on. Are we suffering from political long Covid? By David Runciman. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis
Linguistic diversity on Earth is far more profound and fundamental than previously imagined. But it’s also crumbling fast. By Ross Perlin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Boris from Holland.
Superficial piece on counterfeiting
Monday’s piece on counterfeiting is a superficial piece that reinforces the misguided view that counterfeiting only financially impacts big brands who have brought it on themselves by making their products desirable. The writer seems to run out of steam at the end, veering off into a different topic. Where is the real journalism here? What about the safety implications of counterfeits? The fake shampoos that make your hair fall out or the electronics that set on fire? Or the risks customs officers take by patrolling our land borders? Or where the money goes? This is a huge missed opportunity to demonstrate the serious impact of buying counterfeits that is light-heartedly dismissed in the opening admission that the journalist herself owns a fake handbag. There are hundreds of experts you could have interviewed. Perhaps then you would have discovered that your neat solution isn’t as straightforward as you make out.