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  • My husband and son suffered strokes, 30 years apart. Shockingly little had changed

    My husband and son suffered strokes, 30 years apart. Shockingly little had changed
    Jun 30 2025
    I was told my husband would never talk again, while physiotherapy was dismissed entirely. My son was failed in similar ways, but for the brilliance of some medical staff who refuse to believe a stroke is the end By Sheila Hale. Read by Phyllida Nash. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    31 min
  • ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star

    ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star
    Jun 27 2025
    He’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast’s videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde genius? Written and read by Mark O’Connell. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    35 min
  • From the archive: ‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class

    From the archive: ‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class
    Jun 25 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: at the Oxford university debating society in the 80s, a generation of aspiring politicians honed the art of winning using jokes, rather than facts By Simon Kuper. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    30 min
  • ‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?

    ‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?
    Jun 23 2025
    President Trump’s tariffs have plunged the world economy into chaos. But history counsels against despair – and the left should seize on capitalism’s crisis of legitimacy By John Cassidy. Read by Chris Reilly. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    34 min
  • Extremely loud and incredibly scouse: how Jamie Carragher conquered football punditry

    Extremely loud and incredibly scouse: how Jamie Carragher conquered football punditry
    Jun 20 2025
    Football coverage no longer stops after the final whistle. And in this new era, the former Liverpool defender reigns supreme By Kieran Morris. Read by Felipe Pacheco. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    46 min
  • From the archive: Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favourite film-maker

    From the archive: Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favourite film-maker
    Jun 18 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: Nina Gladitz dedicated her life to proving the Triumph of the Will director’s complicity with the horrors of nazism. In the end, she succeeded – but at a cost Written and read by Kate Connolly. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    50 min
  • ‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain

    ‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain
    Jun 16 2025
    In a Danish palliative care unit, the alternative to assisted dying is not striving to cure – offering relief and comfort to patients and their families By Line Vaaben. Read by Freya Miller. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 min
  • An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

    An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones
    Jun 13 2025
    With his brilliant mind and impeccable credentials, it’s little wonder that wealthy clients trusted him with their fortunes. Then they started to get suspicious By Hettie O’Brien. Read by Simon Vance. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    54 min