The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

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.

  1. Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’

    21 UUR GELEDEN

    Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’

    The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened? By Lilith Verstrynge. Read by Norah Lopez Holden. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    31 min
  2. Best of 2025: ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

    3 DGN GELEDEN

    Best of 2025: ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

    Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From July: how did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old baby? By Sophie Elmhirst. Read by Serena Manteghi. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    1u 5m
  3. Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning

    29-12-2025

    Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning

    Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From October: Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to survive By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    45 min
  4. Best of 2025: The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job

    26-12-2025

    Best of 2025: The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job

    Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From October: From murder scenes to whale blubber, Ben Giles has seen it – and cleaned it – all. In their stickiest hours, people rely on him to restore order By Tom Lamont. Read by Elis James. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    32 min
  5. Best of 2025: Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land

    22-12-2025

    Best of 2025: Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land

    Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From September: with sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go? By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    44 min
  6. Best of 2025: The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image

    19-12-2025

    Best of 2025: The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image

    Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From April: The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks? By Samanth Subramanian. Read by David Bateson. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    50 min
  7. Best of 2025: Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’

    17-12-2025

    Best of 2025: Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’

    Each week for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From July: the Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now By Abi Stephenson. Read by Nicolette Chin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    33 min
  8. The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?

    15-12-2025

    The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?

    Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has vowed to spend his remaining years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A tax-dodging snail empire By Jim Waterson. Read by Nicholas Camm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

    33 min
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