Episodios

  • From the archive: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world

    From the archive: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world
    Dec 3 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 2022: what’s behind the indestructible appeal of the robotic snack? By Tom Lamont. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    48 m
  • ‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID

    ‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID
    Dec 1 2025
    When Donald Trump set about dismantling USAID, many around the world were shocked. But on the ground in Sierra Leone, the latest betrayal was not unexpected By Mara Kardas-Nelson. Read by Lanna Joffrey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    41 m
  • ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose

    ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose
    Nov 28 2025
    When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the world By Rose George. Read by Rosalie Craig. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    28 m
  • From the archive: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos

    From the archive: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos
    Nov 26 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 2022: as violence, drug use and suicide at HMP Nottingham reached shocking new levels, the prison became a symbol of a system crumbling into crisis By Isobel Thompson. Read by Simon Darwen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    50 m
  • ‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages

    ‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
    Nov 24 2025
    How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit? By Snigdha Poonam. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    41 m
  • Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

    Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
    Nov 21 2025
    Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime By Jacob Silverman.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    32 m
  • From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it

    From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it
    Nov 19 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 2022: to eat in the modern world is often to eat in a state of profound sensory disengagement. It shouldn’t have to be this way By Bee Wilson. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    36 m
  • The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

    The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
    Nov 17 2025
    Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work? By Philip Oltermann. Read by Daniela Denby Ashe. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    40 m