June 10, 2022 - Yet this look at the supposed 2014 Islamist plot in Birmingham schools did just that, leaving no stone unturned in its investigation – to the extent that it ended up dragging an ex-teacher’s dentist to South Africa. Passionate co-host Hamza Syed, in his podcast debut, made the storytelling all the more compelling.

January 5, 2023 - From The Antidote to Wild Things, the 2022 podcasts of the year. Composite: Guardian Design; Joshua Kissi; Alamy; Sean Pressley; Alex Lake/The Observer · Porn money talk, conspiracy theories, near-fatal tiger attacks and the bleak hilarity ...

February 18, 2025 - This week, Charlie Lindlar chooses five of the best podcasts to help you understand British politics, from a show profiling Westminster’s women MPs to a guide to Scottish government Brexit and Beyond During the EU referendum and its bitter fallout, one organisation cut through as a trusted, calm source of fair-minded explanation of what was actually going on: UK in a Changing Europe.

February 26, 2024 - 8. Fighting for Ukraine Yuriy Matsarsky; November Ukrainian journalist turned civilian fighter Yuriy Matsarsky brings short daily updates from the frontline. There are many admirable podcasts that explain the war in Ukraine, but this is one of the most immediate and honest available, full of revealing anecdotes, from a man unafraid of telling the truth.

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February 18, 2025 - In this week’s newsletter: Sirin ... in the Guardian’s first true crime podcast, Can I Tell You a Secret? Plus: a Serial special after Adnan Syed’s sentence is overturned · Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here · Alexi Duggins, Hannah Verdier, Hollie Richardson, Shaheena Uddin · Thu 22 Sep 2022 04.45 EDTLast ...

April 8, 2022 - Economist Russ Roberts, of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, hosts this long-running (since 2006: geriatric, in podcast years) “conversation for the curious”, distinguished by its magpie-minded scope. In any given month, Roberts might turn his attention to astrophysics, reforming government and underground fungi, often but not always through an economics lens.

February 18, 2025 - Eureka! Widely available, episodes weekly Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks promise a raft of pub facts in their science podcast – and they certainly deliver. In turbulent times, it’s reassuring to ponder questions such as: “Will we ever talk to animals?” The episode where Edwards takes down people who brag about being bad at maths is a winner.

5 days ago - Best Guardian Podcasts to Listen to ⋅ 1. Football Weekly ⋅ 2. Today in Focus ⋅ 3. Full Story ⋅ 4. Politics Weekly UK ⋅ 5. Australian Politics ⋅ 6. Science Weekly ⋅ 7. The Audio Long Read

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 2022: As the world faces the worst debt crisis in decades, the need for a global lender of last resort is clearer than ever. But many nations view the IMF as overbearing, or even neocolonial – and… … continue reading ... RHLSTP #592 - Smell My Suit - It’s another Leicester Square Theatre podcast and Rich is wondering if he’s already got to the point where his kids are funnier than him (low bar).

February 18, 2025 - MP David Lammy is first up, reflecting on his experience of leaving Tottenham for a scholarship at an all-white school and giving a thoughtful summary on where the UK is on race today. Hannah Verdier · Slow Burn Widely available, episodes weekly from Monday 30 May “What will the future of abortion look like in America?” asks Slow Burn’s host Susan Matthews. “It might look a lot like the past.” The history podcast’s seventh season turns a timely lens on Roe v Wade, with horrific stories about the time before legalised abortion which illustrate how vital the endangered ruling is.

This twice-weekly programme has the best analysis of European football and premier leagues. Likewise, The Guardian has classic podcasts, such as The Long Read. It has a selection of long-read articles online and in the newspaper.

May 23, 2024 - Paul Weller performing in 2022. Photograph: Andrew Hasson/The Guardian · The Queen’s Reading Room Widely available, episodes weekly Kate Mosse, Curtis Sittenfeld and Ben Okri are all guests on the second series of Queen Camilla’s literary podcast, hosted by Vicki Perrin.

April 1, 2022 - The Guardian's UK Culture podcast features the best of our original writing, drama, reviews and news. Our latest series is Adulting, the Guardian's first foray into original podcast content · Latest Episode · Follow · 01/04/2022 · Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators.

The Stooges frontman serves up an entertainingly sideways take on the climate crisis. Plus, the long-awaited return of a hugely popular LGBTQ+ podcast

April 16, 2024 - Fronted by Guardian regulars Faye Carruthers and Suzanne Wrack, this one drops three times a week and maintains the mixture of proper analysis and daft chat which made Guardian Football Weekly so huge, while also hitting its own diagonals and ...

December 19, 2024 - The Guardian’s Long Read series is, as the title suggests, all about long, deeply researched articles – stories examine the likes of Nespresso coffee pods, care home romances and the origins of Guinness World Records. The Audio Long Read converts them into a listenable format, perfect for when you’re unable (or unwilling) to scroll, but still want to dive into some compelling journalism.

Science editor Ian Sample talks through the dilemma facing more than a million people in the UK as the cost of the jabs jumps