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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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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

    Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom

    Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom

    Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Have we entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them? By Jessica Traynor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    • 25 min
    From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

    From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

    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: Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from ‘locked-in syndrome’, but as a doctor told him, everything about his case is bizarre. By Josh Wilbur. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    • 35 min
    ‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?

    ‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?

    More people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any other protest-related disorder since at least the 1980s. What was behind this push to prosecute so harshly? By Tom Wall. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    • 44 min
    What we talk about when we talk about giving up

    What we talk about when we talk about giving up

    We give things up when we believe we can change; we give up when we believe we can’t. By Adam Phillips. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    • 27 min
    From the archive – Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

    From the archive – Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America

    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: During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators are finally facing justice. By Giles Tremlett. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    • 43 min
    The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

    The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

    From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify. By Kyle Chayka. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    • 29 min

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