Episodes

  • ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab

    ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab
    May 1 2026
    After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordeal By Giles Tremlett. Read by Norah Lopez Holden. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    50 mins
  • From the archive: the impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees

    From the archive: the impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees
    Apr 29 2026
    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 2023: players, pundits and fans complain bitterly that referees are getting worse each season – but is that fair? By William Ralston. Read by Simon Darwen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Inside China’s robotics revolution

    Inside China’s robotics revolution
    Apr 27 2026
    How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out By Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    43 mins
  • Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs

    Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs
    Apr 24 2026
    Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath as he travelled around his homeland, visiting the people that helped make him Written and read by Kieran Morris. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    45 mins
  • From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world

    From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world
    Apr 22 2026
    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: For all the advances that have been made in recent decades, disabled people cannot yet participate in society ‘on an equal basis’ with others – and the pandemic has led to many protections being cruelly eroded By Jan Grue. Read by Giles Abbott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 mins
  • Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI

    Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI
    Apr 20 2026
    I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack By Peter C Baker. Read by Adam Sims. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 mins
  • 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?

    35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?
    Apr 17 2026
    It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s Mike Dawber who investigates By Stuart McGurk. Read by Nicholas Camm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    41 mins
  • From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’

    From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’
    Apr 15 2026
    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 2023: Having grown up in different cultures with different expectations, my mother and I have often clashed. But as my daughter grows older, I have come to see our relationship in a different light Written and read by Dina Nayeri. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    35 mins