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  • From the archive: Divine comedy: the standup double act who turned to the priesthood

    From the archive: Divine comedy: the standup double act who turned to the priesthood
    Oct 1 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: Josh and Jack used to interrogate life via absurdist jokes and sketches. But the questions they had just kept getting bigger – and led them both to embark upon a profound transformation By Lamorna Ash. Read by Katie Lyons. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    45 min
  • ‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

    ‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
    Sep 29 2025
    Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying By Peter Brannen. Read by Lincoln Conway. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    31 min
  • Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?

    Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?
    Sep 26 2025
    When the streaming giant began making films guided by data that aimed to please a vast audience, the results were often generic, forgettable, artless affairs. But is there a happy ending? By Phil Hoad. Read by Adam Sims. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    41 min
  • From the archive: Forgetting the apocalypse: why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous

    From the archive: Forgetting the apocalypse: why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous
    Sep 24 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: The horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made the whole world afraid of the atomic bomb – even those who might launch one. Today that fear has mostly passed out of living memory, and with it we may have lost a crucial safeguard By Daniel Immerwahr. Read by Christopher Ragland. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    45 min
  • ‘The forest had gone’: the storm that moved a mountain

    ‘The forest had gone’: the storm that moved a mountain
    Sep 22 2025
    On a small ledge in the Swiss mountains, 200 people were enjoying a summer football tournament. As night fell, they had no idea what was coming By Jonah Goodman. Read by Evelyn Miller. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    46 min
  • Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land

    Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
    Sep 19 2025
    With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go? By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen Check out Between Moon Tides documentary at theguardian.com. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    43 min
  • From the archive: Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers

    From the archive: Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
    Sep 17 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: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nation’s waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will anything be done? By Oliver Bullough. Read by Peter Searles. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    42 min
  • Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia

    Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
    Sep 15 2025
    When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secrets By David Pegg. Read by Shane Zaza. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    52 min