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The Audio Long Read

By: The Guardian
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  • Summary

  • 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
    © 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history

    Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history
    May 3 2024
    Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world – and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask. By Jacob Mikanowski. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    37 mins
  • From the archive: The battle over dyslexia

    From the archive: The battle over dyslexia
    May 1 2024
    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 2020: It was once a widely accepted way of explaining why some children struggled to read and write. But in recent years, some experts have begun to question the existence of dyslexia itself. By Sirin Kale. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    46 mins
  • The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’

    The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
    Apr 29 2024
    New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought. By Alex Blasdel. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    34 mins
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