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Today in Focus The Guardian
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4.6 • 62 Ratings
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Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining personal storytelling with insightful analysis, this podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus features journalists such as: Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar, Alex Hern, Peter Walker, Luke Harding, Andrew Roth, Shaun Walker and Jim Waterson. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a story in the news, covering: current affairs, politics, investigations, leaks, and scandals. It might cover, for example, topics such as: the environment, green issues, climate change, the climate emergency and global warming; American politics including: Biden, Trump, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; UK politics including: parliament, Labour, the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer; culture; the royals and the royal family, including King Charles III; HS2; the police; Ukraine; Russia; and Bangladesh
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Trump is guilty on all counts. So what happens next?
Revisited: Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland speaks to Sam Levine about how Donald Trump became the first US president, sitting or former, to become a convicted criminal. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Exposing Israel’s secret ‘war’ on the ICC – podcast
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham report on how Israeli intelligence agencies tried to derail an ICC war crimes investigation. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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How an Indian state became a testing ground for Hindu nationalism – podcast
Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from Uttarakhand, which offers a glimpse into what the future might look like if the BJP retains its power in national elections. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Why is Sunak’s election campaign so chaotic?
Big beasts have stepped down, a sitting MP has endorsed a Reform UK candidate and the prime minister has already had to have a campaign reset. Peter Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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A journey on weight-loss drug Ozempic
The company behind the weight-loss drug has made millions, but without health insurance it is unaffordable for many. George Chidi reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Damien Hirst and the dates that don’t add up
Guardian investigations correspondent Maeve McClenaghan discusses her investigation into some of the work of the artist Damien Hirst that has been dated to the 1990s, years before it was actually made. Art critic Jonathan Jones discusses the impact Hirst’s work has had on him. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Customer Reviews
Freshwater Five - Brilliant journalism
I was totally gripped by this in-depth story about the so called Freshwater Five case. Anushka is awesome. She always asks the questions that I want to hear. Her no nonsense approach makes even the quite tricky subjects easy to understand and always interesting. If you’ve not listed to this series yet then you need to.
The sound design is sooo good
Axel Kacoutié
Unfortunately maybe I end up listening to the background sound and applauding rather than concentrating on the conversation. I just love this podcast
Anushka Asthana
After listening to this podcast for a year or so I feel as though I know her and she feels like a mate now, just brill. But today she got the run around from the BBC.
Yesterday - a recap
Hi guys. I have followed your podcast for a month now and I am puzzled about the discrepanze between the name of the podcast and the content. Last week you aired the Trump-tour to the border a day later than other podcasts and news shows on radio or in print. Today you air your own story about Muslims in China three or four days after you published the story online. And this is a story you total ownership to. What is the thinking behind this? Is it that people need to hear about news and actualities a couple of days later than they read about them? 😊 A recap so to speak? In that case, just change the name of the podcast.