The Audio Long Read

1097 Episodes

1. The ghosts haunting China’s cities

   Published: 1/19/2024
2. From the archive: Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea’s Madrid embassy

   Published: 1/17/2024
3. ‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped

   Published: 1/15/2024
4. America’s undying empire: why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated

   Published: 1/12/2024
5. From the archive: How Nespresso’s coffee revolution got ground down

   Published: 1/10/2024
6. Four bike rides, four years in the life of Black Britain: ‘On the road, we found ourselves again’

   Published: 1/8/2024
7. Too much stuff: can we solve our addiction to consumerism?

   Published: 1/5/2024
8. From the archive: Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze

   Published: 1/3/2024
9. Last love: a romance in a care home

   Published: 1/1/2024
10. Best of 2023: The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy

    Published: 12/29/2023
11. Best of 2023: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’

    Published: 12/25/2023
12. Best of 2023: The strange survival of Guinness World Records

    Published: 12/22/2023
13. Best of 2023: Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site

    Published: 12/18/2023
14. Best of 2023: Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote

    Published: 12/15/2023
15. Best of 2023: Dark waters: how the adventure of a lifetime turned to tragedy

    Published: 12/11/2023
16. Nitrogen wars: the Dutch farmers’ revolt that turned a nation upside-down

    Published: 12/8/2023
17. From the archive: The rise and fall of French cuisine

    Published: 12/6/2023
18. ‘I remember the silence between the falling shells’: the terror of living under siege as a child

    Published: 12/4/2023
19. A violent murder, a child on death row

    Published: 12/1/2023
20. From the archive: ‘We the people’: the battle to define populism

    Published: 11/29/2023