The 9 Best The Audio Long Read Podcast Episodes
1) Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future?
Tokyo remains, in the world’s imagination, a place of sophistication and wealth. But with economic revival forever distant, ‘tourism pollution’ seems the only viable plan. By Dylan Levi King. Read by ...Show More
2) 10 years of the long read: Man v rat: could the long war soon be over? (2016)
As the Long Read turns 10 we are raiding the archives to bring you a favourite piece from each year since 2014, with new introductions from the authors. This week from 2016: Rats spread disease, decim...Show More
3) Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias
The spread of the avocado is a story of greed, ambition, corruption, water shortages, cartel battles and, in a number of towns and villages, a fierce fightback. By Alexander Sammon. Help support our i...Show More
4) From the archive: Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes
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 2020: Cholera has largely been beaten in the we...Show More
5) From the archives: Gary Younge: Farewell to America
For the next couple of months we will be raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week’s article: In 20...Show More
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I can't recommend this piece from one of the Guardian's U.S. correspondents enough. While recorded in 2015, it could have been recorded in 1...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Why WeWork went wrong
The office-space startup took a tumble when investors tired of its messianic CEO and lack of profits. But why were its backers – the House of Saud among them – so keen to pour billions into it in the ...Show More
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Detailed look into the WeWork fiasco 😒
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics – podcast
In order to tempt nuclear scientists from countries such as Iran or North Korea to defect, US spy agencies routinely send agents to academic conferences – or even host their own fake ones • Read the t...Show More
The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics – podcast
25:58 | Oct 23rd, 2017
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets – podcast
Expert interrogators know torture doesn’t work – but until now, nobody could prove it. By analysing hundreds of top-secret interviews with terror suspects, two British scientists have revolutionised t...Show More
The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets – podcast
40:13 | Oct 30th, 2017
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? – podcast
It eases pain, seems to be addictive and shows every sign of causing long-term health problems. Is it time to quit sugar for good? By Gary Taubes. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="h...Show More
10) From the archive: Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous face
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: Thanks to a savvy California lawyer, Alb...Show More