Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as investigations and current affairs.

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When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
maŋit 14 diimmut
31:29
I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth Written and read by Pamela Gordon. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
maŋit okta beaivi
31:48
Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime By Jacob Silverman.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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From the archive: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world
maŋit 3 beaivvit
47:46
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: what’s behind the indestructible appeal of the robotic snack? By Tom Lamont. Read by Andrew McGregor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID
2025-12-01
41:29
When Donald Trump set about dismantling USAID, many around the world were shocked. But on the ground in Sierra Leone, the latest betrayal was not unexpected By Mara Kardas-Nelson. Read by Lanna Joffrey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose
2025-11-28
28:20
When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the world By Rose George. Read by Rosalie Craig. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
From the archive: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos
2025-11-26
50:08
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: as violence, drug use and suicide at HMP Nottingham reached shocking new levels, the prison became a symbol of a system crumbling into crisis By Isobel Thompson. Read by Simon Darwen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
2025-11-24
41:11
How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit? By Snigdha Poonam. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it
2025-11-19
35:36
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: to eat in the modern world is often to eat in a state of profound sensory disengagement. It shouldn’t have to be this way By Bee Wilson. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
2025-11-17
40:00
Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work? By Philip Oltermann. Read by Daniela Denby Ashe. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London
2025-11-14
31:38
Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us today By Yvonne Singh. Read by Karl Queensborough. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

From the archive: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world

‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID

‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose

From the archive: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos

‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages

From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London