Episodes

  • Inside China’s robotics revolution

    Inside China’s robotics revolution
    Apr 27 2026
    How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out By Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    43 mins
  • Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs

    Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs
    Apr 24 2026
    Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath as he travelled around his homeland, visiting the people that helped make him Written and read by Kieran Morris. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    45 mins
  • From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world

    From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world
    Apr 22 2026
    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: For all the advances that have been made in recent decades, disabled people cannot yet participate in society ‘on an equal basis’ with others – and the pandemic has led to many protections being cruelly eroded By Jan Grue. Read by Giles Abbott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 mins
  • Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI

    Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI
    Apr 20 2026
    I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack By Peter C Baker. Read by Adam Sims. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    39 mins
  • 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?

    35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?
    Apr 17 2026
    It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s Mike Dawber who investigates By Stuart McGurk. Read by Nicholas Camm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    41 mins
  • From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’

    From the archive: Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have been my friend’
    Apr 15 2026
    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: Having grown up in different cultures with different expectations, my mother and I have often clashed. But as my daughter grows older, I have come to see our relationship in a different light Written and read by Dina Nayeri. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    35 mins
  • How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution

    How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution
    Apr 13 2026
    When Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no one flourishes in a repressive police state By Eve Fairbanks. Read by Katherine Fenton. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    34 mins
  • AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

    AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
    Apr 10 2026
    LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity By Kevin T Baker. Read by Adam Sims. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    38 mins