Brilliant! A great time to reflect. Ten years on from the USA landscape on the eve of another election. I’d be very interested to hear your views on Isabel Wilkerson’s fresh perspective on race and racism in Caste. Your voice is still too rare. More please.

An urban drug dealing tale spoken by an American who sounds like a well educated mouse.

If these were taken from a year 12’s exam project it might be taken more seriously. As it is, unless you’re living in one of the Guardian’s notorious echo chamber, most (not all) come across as simplistic, irrelevant and not very worrying at all.

Deeply researched and brilliantly told stories

I have really enjoyed this podcast, but can no longer listen due to the episodes being read by AWFUL artificially generated voices. It sounds terrible and distracts so much from the writing. The episodes now sound like lazy YouTube ads rather than talented journalism.

You might assume that an interview with a notorious, brutal double-murderer would be a controversial topic and after listening to the Malcom M episode I would agree that was the case. I felt that any purpose to quality journalism (sorry, “essaying”) was missed, or simply never existed, and instead an echo chamber of self-excusing drivel ensued. What I took away from this podcast was a kinder, gentler approach towards myself as inspired by the exchange I have just endured. I now no longer need to look internally for the reasons of my habitual snacking with one-hand-in-the-fridge, it’s possible, it is temporary insanity. That car I gave two fingers to this morning? Most likely, temporary insanity. And yes I farted in church last week, get over it, I was temporarily insane. I’m also available for interview all day, every day for a riveting look into my world.

…spoiling an otherwise completely fascinating piece.

Due to the transphobia and providing a platform for hate speech I can no longer support the guardian.

Honestly, this “audio production” has ruined this otherwise amazing program. “America the Beautiful” overlayed over an introduction about trump and right-wing populism. It’s just so cheesy…to quote trump on his former twitter account: “#SAD!”

I‘ve been listening to the guardian audio long read for 4 years. I started to listen regularly because most episodes managed to capture my interest, even if they were on a topic I had no previous interest in. They did this in a brilliantly simple and straightforward way: by brilliant writing and good reading. But I’ve been gritting my teeth through listening recently, due to the new production style. The sounds don’t add anything other than annoyance and making it sound like a radio drama. I couldn’t even get through the first minute of the most recent one, and I wish I could! The topic really interests me.