The Audio Long Read
by The Guardian
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From the archive: ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’
Sep 2, 2026
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‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise
Aug 31, 2026
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Best of 2026…so far: ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab
Aug 28, 2026
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Best of 2026…so far: Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong
Aug 26, 2026
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‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
Aug 24, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/2/26 |  From the archive: ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ | 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: While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources. We have to change our approach By Tim Smedley. Read by Sid Sagar. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/31/26 |  ‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise | I joined Marilyn Monroe, Walter White, Ozzy Osbourne and other tribute artists on a cruise where imitation is its own art form By Mina Tavakoli. Read by Norma Butikofer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/28/26 |  Best of 2026…so far: ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordeal By Giles Tremlett. Read by Norah Lopez Holden. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/26/26 |  Best of 2026…so far: Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive? By Marcus Haraldsson. Read by Diana Bermudez. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/24/26 |  ‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege | Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected Written and read by Charlotte Higgins On Wednesday 30 September, join Charlotte Higgins and our panel of acclaimed Ukrainian writers to reflect on the profound connections between war, art and life. With Olia Hercules, Sasha Dovzhyk, Olesya Khromeychuk and Shaun Walker. Book tickets here. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/21/26 |  Best of 2026 … so far: Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation By Dan Fox. Read by Matt Addis. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/19/26 |  Best of 2026 … so far: Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from April: A certain image of the tiger mom – strict, cold and demanding – is ubiquitous in popular culture. Why? By Rebecca Liu. Read by Ginnia Cheng. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/17/26 |  Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US | With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/14/26 |  Best of 2026…so far: Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from April: Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath as he travelled around his homeland, visiting the people that helped make him Written and read by Kieran Morris. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/12/26 |  Best of 2026…so far: 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped? | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s Mike Dawber who investigates By Stuart McGurk. Read by Nicholas Camm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
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| 8/10/26 |  The Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalised | At the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciples By Andy Beckett. Read by Simon Vance The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/7/26 |  Best of 2026…so far: ‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from January: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt By Samira Shackle. Read by Dinita Gohil. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/5/26 |  Best of 2026…so far: My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’ | Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from February: I suffered with my mystery illness for decades before gaining a diagnosis. Could retraining my brain be the answer? By Hermione Hoby. Read by Alby Baldwin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 8/3/26 |  ‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger | He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now behind bars, and his trial, on charges including fraud and organised crime, could take 12 years By Kaya Genç. Read by Philip Ishak Arditti This piece first appeared in the Dial. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 7/31/26 |  ‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? | Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 7/29/26 |  From the archive: ‘A dizzying maze’: how the UK immigration system is geared to reject | 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 2019: Navigating the roadblocks into Britain gets ever more difficult and expensive, as government hostility leaks into every transaction. By Maya Goodfellow. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 7/27/26 |  ‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages | The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs By Erin Maglaque. Read by Lanna Joffrey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 7/24/26 |  What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human beings | Our lovable yet unruly boxer Dusty forced me to wonder: if a dog has no morals, how do you teach it to be ‘good’? By William Davies. Read by John Robins. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 7/22/26 |  Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wars | 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: How the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker became one of the world’s most contentious thinkers By Alex Blasdel. Read by Christopher Ragland • The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 7/20/26 | pop musicwar+3 | — | — | Gaza | Saint LevantGaza+5 | — | 41m 13s | ||
| 7/17/26 | AI ethicstechnology+4 | Iason Gabriel | Google DeepMindThe Guardian | — | AIethics+5 | — | 52m 34s | ||
| 7/15/26 | horticulturesustainability+4 | — | The Guardian | Isle of Wight | botanic gardensustainability+5 | — | 43m 07s | ||
| 7/13/26 | AIchatbots+3 | Lauren Oyler | The Guardian | — | AI boyfriendchatbots+3 | — | 38m 11s | ||
| 7/10/26 | footballultras+4 | Bert Seymour | — | — | football ultrasAlessandro Casolari+5 | — | 37m 59s | ||
| 7/8/26 | hackingteenage life+3 | Huib Modderkolk | The Guardian | — | hackeronline activities+3 | — | 33m 21s | ||
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Chart history for The Audio Long Read
Peaked at #26 in India, currently #26 in India.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #32 | #32 | — |
| VN | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| Ireland | — | #38 | #38 | — |
| South Africa | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| Finland | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| Brazil | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| HK | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| PT | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| ID | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| GR | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| AT | — | #102 | #102 | — |
| AE | — | #102 | #102 | — |
| IS | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| PH | — | #114 | #114 | — |
| TH | — | #115 | #115 | — |
| KE | — | #116 | #116 | — |
| PE | — | #125 | #125 | — |
| Spain | — | #129 | #129 | — |
Chart Positions
32 placements across 32 markets.
Chart Positions
32 placements across 32 markets.