300 episodes
The Audio Long Read The Guardian
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- Society & Culture
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4.2 • 134 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: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war
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: During the second world war, Chinese merchant seamen helped keep Britain fed, fuelled and safe – and many gave their lives doing so. But from late 1945, hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth. By Dan Hancox. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India
For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways. By Atul Dev. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption
From the 1960s, baby brokers persuaded often Indigenous Mayan women to give up newborns while kidnappers ‘disappeared’ babies. Now, international adoption is being called out as a way of covering up war crimes. By Rachel Nolan. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys
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: Early in Trump’s presidency, emboldened neo-Nazi and fascist groups came out into the open but were met with widespread revulsion. So the tactics of the far right changed, becoming more insidious – and much more successful. By Brendan O’Connor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger
Going public after I was attacked was hard, but it helped me overcome the shame that so many victims feel. By Rena Effendi. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein
It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein? By Nicole Lipman. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
Customer Reviews
Balance is king
I’m a right-wing conservative but I come here regularly because I like listening to challenging, opposing views plus I respect the quality of journalism from the Guardian, despite its political leaning. However, whilst you try to portray a neutral & objective position, the narrative frequently jumps into obvious biased territory with implied assumptions that the left is good and the right is wrong / outdated / unethical etc. Please try to minimise the blatant bias and obvious ‘glee’ in the struggles of the right when the reality is that the left is clearly unravelling in many countries and being replaced by right-wing parties in many recent elections around the world.
Great listen
Always well researched and informative. Well read and captivating stories. Apolitical
Get rid of whiny North American voices!
Great stories, but for audio stuff the narrator is obviously key. There were several stories I really want to listen to but the high-pitched nasal whine of the North Americans reading was just too unbearable.