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The Audio Long Read

The Audio Long Read

By: The Guardian
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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.© 2026 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Social Sciences
Episodes
  • ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed

    ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed
    Jun 5 2026
    After a series of deaths on the beaches of Brittany, one bereaved family set out to prove the foul-smelling bloom was to blame By Marta Zaraska. Read by Lucy Bromilow. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    32 mins
  • Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery

    Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery
    Jun 3 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: Elvira and her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, were left at a train station in Barcelona aged two, four and five. As an adult, when Elvira decided to look for her parents, she discovered a family history wilder than anything she had imagined By Giles Tremlett. Read by Luis Soto. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    48 mins
  • After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is it still so hard to access?

    After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is it still so hard to access?
    Jun 1 2026
    Two mothers fought British bureaucracy to obtain lifesaving cannabis medicines for their children. But most patients are having to go private – at huge cost Written and read by Kojo Koram. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    30 mins
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