Episodios

  • Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: desperate rich people

    Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: desperate rich people
    Apr 28 2025
    Each year, hundreds of potentially world-changing treatments are discarded because scientists run out of cash. But where big pharma or altruists fear to tread, my friend and I have a solution. It’s repugnant, but it will work By Alexander Masters. Read by Tom Andrews. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    30 m
  • In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king

    In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king
    Apr 25 2025
    Noah Musingku made a fortune with a Ponzi scheme and then retreated to a remote armed compound in the jungle, where he still commands the loyalty of his Bougainville subjects By Sean Williams. Read by Simon Darwen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    48 m
  • From the archive: ‘I pleaded for help. No one wrote back’: the pain of watching my country fall to the Taliban

    From the archive: ‘I pleaded for help. No one wrote back’: the pain of watching my country fall to the Taliban
    Apr 23 2025
    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 2021: As the fighters advanced on Kabul, it was civilians who mobilised to help with the evacuation. In the absence of a plan, the hardest decisions fell on inexperienced volunteers, and the stress began to tell By Zarlasht Halaimzai. Read by Serena Manteghi. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    30 m
  • The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image

    The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image
    Apr 21 2025
    The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks? By Samanth Subramanian. Read by David Bateson. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    48 m
  • Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics

    Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics
    Apr 18 2025
    A violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the very highest levels of government By Joshua Leifer. Read by Kerry Shale. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    47 m
  • From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system

    From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system
    Apr 15 2025
    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 2021: After 32 years of establishment lies, media smears, inquests, trials and retrials, the families of the Hillsborough dead have yet to see anyone held accountable By David Conn. Read by Gavin Skelhorn. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    49 m
  • My mother, the racist

    My mother, the racist
    Apr 14 2025
    She spent her life in northern France doing exhausting, back-breaking work – and yet she turned her anger against people who had done no wrongs to her. But as much as I couldn’t stand her rants, I was forced to accept her as she was By Didier Eribon. Read by Mark Noble. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    32 m
  • The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath

    The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath
    Apr 11 2025
    At 18, Mustafa was told his only way out of prison was to join the regime forces. After 14 years, his past as one of Assad’s fighters could get him killed By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    50 m
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