The Audio Long Read

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

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 35m. Bisher sind 1069 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 26 days 21 hours 57 minutes

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From the archive: Forever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by America’s war on terror?


This week, from 2018: Saifullah Paracha, the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay, will probably die in detention without ever being charged. His son is currently in a US prison. Both have been in custody for almost 15 years, accused of aiding al-Qaida. But did they?


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 September 15, 2021  46m
 
 

The unravelling of a conspiracy: were the 16 charged with plotting to kill India’s prime minister framed? – podcast


In 2018, Indian police claimed to have uncovered a shocking plan to bring down the government. But there is mounting evidence that the initial conspiracy was a fiction – and the accused are victims of an elaborate plot


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 September 13, 2021  35m
 
 

A dog’s inner life: what a robot pet taught me about consciousness – podcast


The creators of the Aibo robot dog say it has ‘real emotions and instinct’. This may seem over the top, but is it? In today’s AI universe, all the eternal questions have become engineering problems


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 September 10, 2021  29m
 
 

From the archives: Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in – podcast


This week, from 2017: The world is changing at dizzying speed – but for some thinkers, not fast enough. Is accelerationism a dangerous idea or does it speak to our troubled times?


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 September 8, 2021  48m
 
 

The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis – podcast


One of Britain’s most influential scholars has spent a lifetime trying to convince people to take race and racism seriously. Are we finally ready to listen?


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 September 6, 2021  50m
 
 

The lost history of the electric car – and what it tells us about the future of transport – podcast


To every age dogged with pollution, accidents and congestion, the transport solution for the next generation seems obvious – but the same problems keep coming back


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 September 3, 2021  29m
 
 

From the archives: John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician – podcast


This week, from 2015: John Horton Conway is a cross between Archimedes, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dalí. For many years, he worried that his obsession with playing silly games was ruining his career – until he realised that it could lead to extraordinary discoveries.


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 September 1, 2021  41m
 
 

Man v food: is lab-grown meat really going to solve our nasty agriculture problem? – podcast


If cellular agriculture is going to improve on the industrial system it is displacing, it needs to grow without passing the cost on to workers, consumers and the environment


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 August 30, 2021  28m
 
 

‘While there’s British interference, there’s going to be action’: why a hardcore of dissident Irish republicans are not giving up – podcast


In the face of scorn and contempt from former IRA members, a small number of dissident groups remain committed to armed action. What do they think they can achieve?


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 August 27, 2021  46m
 
 

From the archive: Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world – podcast


This week, from 2017: The word has become a rhetorical weapon, but it properly names the reigning ideology of our era – one that venerates the logic of the market and strips away the things that make us human


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