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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 wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service

    ‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
    Jan 9 2026
    After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be By Paul Sagar. Read by Felipe Pacheco. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    29 mins
  • From the archive: The cartel, the journalist and the gangland killings that rocked the Netherlands

    From the archive: The cartel, the journalist and the gangland killings that rocked the Netherlands
    Jan 7 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 2022: In a country known for its liberal drugs policies, organised crime operated for years under the public’s nose – until a series of shocking killings revealed how deep the problem went By Jessica Loudis. Read by Alice Arnold. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    58 mins
  • Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’

    Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
    Jan 5 2026
    The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened? By Lilith Verstrynge. Read by Norah Lopez Holden. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    31 mins
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