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  1. From the archive: ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’

    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: While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources.

  2. ‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise

    I joined Marilyn Monroe, Walter White, Ozzy Osbourne and other tribute artists on a cruise where imitation is its own art form By Mina Tavakoli. Read by Norma Butikofer. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.thegua

  3. Best of 2026…so far: ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: After a nin

  4. Best of 2026…so far: Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: For many ye

  5. ‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege

    Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected Written and read by Charlotte Higgins On Wednesday 30 September, join Charlotte Higgins and our panel of acclaimed Ukraini

  6. Best of 2026 … so far: Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: Once violently

  7. Best of 2026 … so far: Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from April: A certain imag

  8. Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US

    With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click he

  9. Best of 2026…so far: Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from April: Endo Kazutoshi

  10. Best of 2026…so far: 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: It costs the U

  11. The Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalised

    At the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciples By Andy Beckett. Read by Simon Vance The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now

  12. Best of 2026…so far: ‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from January: Universities

  13. Best of 2026…so far: My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’

    Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: I suffered

  14. ‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger

    He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now behind bars, and his trial, on charges including fraud and organised crime, could take 12 years By Kaya

  15. ‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?

    Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly. Help suppo

  16. From the archive: ‘A dizzying maze’: how the UK immigration system is geared to reject

    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 2019: Navigating the roadblocks into Britain gets ever more difficult and expensive, a

  17. ‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages

    The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs By Erin Maglaque. Read by Lanna Joffrey. Help support our indep

  18. What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human beings

    Our lovable yet unruly boxer Dusty forced me to wonder: if a dog has no morals, how do you teach it to be ‘good’? By William Davies. Read by John Robins. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longre

  19. Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wars

    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: How the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker became one of the world’s most conten

  20. Saint Levant: the pop star from Gaza caught between passionate fandom and bitter disapproval

    His detractors say he shouldn’t be making pop music in times of war and destruction. His millions of fans say he has given them permission to celebrate their culture and their cause Written and read by Nesrine Malik. Help support our indepe

  21. ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI

    Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference? By Robert P Baird. Read by Simon

  22. From the archive: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight

    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: When a US businessman took over a beloved garden a decade ago, he decided on a r

  23. ‘Navigating the unknown together’: me and my idiot AI boyfriend

    I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of AI in general. But could I be seduced? By Lauren Oyler. Read by Kate Handford. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.thegua

  24. ‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras

    I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out By Tobias Jones. Read by Bert Seymour. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://ww

  25. From the archive: Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online

    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: Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an

  26. How did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader?

    Claudia Sheinbaum started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals? By Rachel Nolan. Read by Gemma Acosta. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longreadpod">

  27. I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began

    My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated By Abraham Jiménez Enoa. Read by Sebastián Capitán Viveros A version of this essay was previously p

  28. From the archive: Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf

    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 2019: The days of the mass-produced pappy white British supermarket loaf may be number

  29. ‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings

    For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took me up close Written and read by Stephen Phelan. Help su

  30. Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of the deep sea

    The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of Earth’s last great wildernesses By Jacob Mikanowski. Read by Linc

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