Best of 2026 … so far: Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introd...
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The Guardian's Audio Long Reads podcasts are a selection of the Guardian’s long read articles which are published in the paper and online. It gives you the opportunity to get on with your da...
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Best of 2026 … so far: Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introd...
Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US
With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state By...
Best of 2026…so far: Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introd...
Best of 2026…so far: 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introd...
The Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalised
At the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his...
Best of 2026…so far: ‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introd...
Best of 2026…so far: My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introd...
‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger
He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now beh...
‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?
Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat...
From the archive: ‘A dizzying maze’: how the UK immigration system is geared to reject
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages
The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my aborti...
What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human beings
Our lovable yet unruly boxer Dusty forced me to wonder: if a dog has no morals, how do you teach it to be ‘good’? By William Davies. Read by...
Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wars
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
Saint Levant: the pop star from Gaza caught between passionate fandom and bitter disapproval
His detractors say he shouldn’t be making pop music in times of war and destruction. His millions of fans say he has given them permission t...
‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and g...
From the archive: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘Navigating the unknown together’: me and my idiot AI boyfriend
I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of AI in general. But could I be seduced? By Lauren...
‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras
I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out B...
From the archive: Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...