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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
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  • From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean

    From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean
    Jun 10 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 2025: Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have spent more than $1bn on an Albanian island that will be a luxury resort – once the unexploded ordnance has been removed By Marzio Mian. Read by Mo Ayoub For more on US politics and the Trump family check out Politics Weekly America. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    21 mins
  • Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan

    Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan
    Jun 8 2026
    It’s one thing to remove a PM from office, as happened to the former cricketer in 2022. But it’s another thing to try to eradicate the most famous person in Pakistan’s history By Osman Samiuddin. Read By Aaron Neil. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    48 mins
  • ‘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
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