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
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-audio-long-read
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 27 days 5 hours 45 minutes
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‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?
More people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any other protest-related disorder since at least the 1980s. What was behind this push to prosecute so harshly? by Tom Wall
What we talk about when we talk about giving up
We give things up when we believe we can change; we give up when we believe we can’t. By Adam Phillips
From the archive: Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America.
From 2020: During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators are finally facing justice by Giles Tremlett
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify. By Kyle Chayka
Electric mountain: the power station that shows the beauty of infrastructure
Utilitarian as they may be, some civic projects are so monumental they approach the sublime. And one of the most elegant is hidden inside a mountain in Wales. By Deb Chachra
From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics
From 2020: Travel bloggers have flocked to Pakistan in recent years – but have some of them become too close to the authorities? By Samira Shackle
‘Can I now send the funds?’: secrets of the Conservative money machine
To see how easy it is for the wealthy to buy political access and influence, consider the story of the Tory donor Mohamed Amersi. By Tom Burgis
‘Good times and dances might last for ever’: the sound of London’s Black gay scene
For many Black gay men in 1980s and 90s Britain, nightlife was community, family and lifeline – but its history is in danger of disappearing. By Jason Okundaye
From the archive: ‘A chain of stupidity’: the Skripal case and the decline of Russia’s spy agencies
From 2020: The unmasking of the Salisbury poisoning suspects by a new digital journalism outfit was an embarrassment for Putin – and evidence that Russian spies are not what they once were. By Luke Harding
What the unrest in Leicester revealed about Britain – and Modi’s India
A year and a half ago, Hindus and Muslims clashed in the streets of one of Britain’s most diverse cities. What lay behind the violence? By Yohann Koshy