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- Peru’s anchoveta have made up about a 10th of the entire global commercial fishing catch since 1970, more than any other fish. A combination of warming seas and decades-long overfishing spells disaster By Geoff Mann. Read by Adam Sims. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb
30/10/2026 | 44 mins.On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock started ticking By Samira Shackle. Read by Dinita Gohil. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodFrom the archive: The disabled villain: why sensitivity reading can’t kill off this ugly trope
28/10/2026 | 33 mins.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: For centuries, fictional narratives have used outer difference to telegraph inner monstrosity. As someone who uses a wheelchair, I’ve learned you can’t just edit out a few slurs or bad words to fix this – it’s often baked deep into the story Written and read by Jan Grue. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpodFixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance
26/10/2026 | 50 mins.The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he? By Jack Shenker. Read by Selva Rasalingam. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking
25/10/2026 | 47 mins.Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different future. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.
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