Episódios

  • ‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to save the planet?

    ‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to save the planet?
    May 23 2025
    Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take action By Samira Shackle. Read by Díana Bermudez. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    32 minutos
  • From the archive: Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent

    From the archive: Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent
    May 21 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: Gary Hersham has been selling houses to the very rich for decades. At first, £1m was a big deal. Now he sells for £50m, £100m, even £200m. What does it take to stay on top in this cut-throat business? By Sophie Elmhirst. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    42 minutos
  • A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right

    A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right
    May 19 2025
    Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections Written and read by Harry Shukman. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    35 minutos
  • ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son

    ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son
    May 16 2025
    For the first time, the man the KGB codenamed ‘the Inheritor’ tells his story By Shaun Walker. Read by James Faulkner. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    50 minutos
  • From the archive: What lies beneath: the secrets of France’s top serial killer expert

    From the archive: What lies beneath: the secrets of France’s top serial killer expert
    May 14 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: An intrepid expert with dozens of books to his name, Stéphane Bourgoin was a bestselling author, famous in France for having interviewed more than 70 notorious murderers. Then an anonymous collective began to investigate his past By Scott Sayare. Read by Simon Vance. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    58 minutos
  • ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor

    ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor
    May 12 2025
    Online dissent is a serious crime in China. So why did a Weibo censor help me publish posts critical of the Communist party? By Murong Xuecun. Read by Zhang Wang Li. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 minutos
  • The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

    The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town
    May 9 2025
    On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 years By Giles Tremlett. Read by Luis Soto. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 minutos
  • From the archive: Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain

    From the archive: Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain
    May 7 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: Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic level By Samanth Subramanian. Read by Raj Ghatak. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    46 minutos