From the archive: ‘We were all wrong’: how Germany got hooked on Russian energy
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: Germany has been forced to admit it was ...
10 Sep 202532min
Dancing with Putin: how Austria’s former foreign minister found a new home in Russia
Karin Kneissl made headlines around the world when she invited the Russian president to her wedding in 2018. Five years later, she moved to St Petersburg. The scandal revealed a dark truth about the t...
8 Sep 202534min
Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now. By Abi Stephenson. Read by Nicolette Chin. Hel...
5 Sep 202530min
From the archive: ‘We need to break the junk food cycle’: how to fix Britain’s failing food system
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: From ultra-processed junk to failing sup...
3 Sep 202533min
The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight
Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship. As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrated By Barbara Speed. Read by Robyn Addison. Help sup...
1 Sep 202551min
Best of 2025 … so far: ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen i...
29 Aug 202537min
Best of 2025 … so far: ‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: are we right to strive to save the world’s tiniest babies?
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen i...
27 Aug 202545min
The go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy
The tiny, astonishingly wealthy country has become a major player on the world stage, trying to solve some of the most intractable conflicts. What’s driving this project? By Nesrine Malik. Read by Sul...
25 Aug 202543min
