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‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza
Jun 19, 2026
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From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK
Jun 17, 2026
Unknown duration
As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking
Jun 15, 2026
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‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil
Jun 12, 2026
42m 05s
From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean
Jun 10, 2026
21m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 |  ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza | Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her By Sean Williams. Read by Ami Okumura Jones. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 |  From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK | 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 2018: They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once condemned them. But now their opposition to Tehran has made them favourites of Trump White House hardliners By Arron Merat. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking | My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I’ve been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing By Nataliya Gumenyuk. Read by Inna Bagoli. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  ‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil✨ | orangutanspalm oil+3 | — | — | — | orangutanspalm oil+3 | — | 42m 05s | |
| 6/10/26 |  From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean✨ | Trump familyluxury resort+3 | — | Trump family | Albanian island | Trump familyAlbanian island+3 | — | 21m 11s | |
| 6/8/26 |  Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan✨ | politicsPakistan+3 | Osman Samiuddin | — | — | Imran KhanPakistan+3 | — | 48m 19s | |
| 6/5/26 |  ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed✨ | environmenthealth+3 | — | — | Brittany | seaweedBrittany+3 | — | 32m 01s | |
| 6/3/26 |  Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery✨ | abandonmentfamily history+4 | Giles Tremlett | The Guardian | Barcelona | abandoned childrenmissing parents+4 | — | 47m 37s | |
| 6/3/26 | From the archive: Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery | 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 | — | ||||||
| 6/1/26 |  After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is it still so hard to access?✨ | medical cannabishealthcare access+3 | — | The Guardian | UK | medical cannabisUK+5 | — | 29m 46s | |
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| 5/29/26 |  Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype✨ | stereotypesAsian mothers+3 | Rebecca Liu | The Guardian | — | tiger momstereotype+3 | — | 33m 18s | |
| 5/27/26 |  From the archive:‘I feel like I’m selling my soul’: inside the crisis at Juventus✨ | financial scandalsJuventus+3 | Tobias Jones | JuventusThe Guardian | — | Juventusfinancial scandals+5 | — | 44m 43s | |
| 5/25/26 |  ‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship✨ | Russian citizenshipPutin+4 | Sergey Radchenko | The Guardian | RussiaUkraine | Russian citizenshipPutin+4 | — | 34m 55s | |
| 5/22/26 |  On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife✨ | wildlife conservationbig game hunting+3 | — | The Guardian | — | wildlifeconservation+5 | — | 29m 24s | |
| 5/20/26 |  From the archive: Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the leading interpreter of our dark times | 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: historians aren’t supposed to make predictions, but Yale professor Timothy Snyder has become known for his dire warnings – and many of them have been proved correct By Robert P Baird. Read by Christopher Ragland. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/18/26 |  How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake’ | In this age of crisis, technology is pulling us apart. At its best, journalism can bring us together again. Written and read by the Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/17/26 |  Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ | The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when they ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority Black districts, sparking chaos for the midterm elections. Kai Wright talks with Stacey Abrams, the voting rights activist and former Georgia house minority leader, about the fallout from the decision, and why, even now, she thinks the way forward is still through engaging more voters to participate in democracy: “They have fractured communities and said we’re going to scatter these seeds. Our job is to grow.”. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/15/26 |  ‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India | Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Canada. What explains his seemingly undimmed power? By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics | 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 2020: Travel bloggers have flocked to Pakistan in recent years – but have some of them become too close to the authorities? By Samira Shackle. Read by Lucy Scott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/11/26 |  The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism? | Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history By Daniel Trilling. Read by Sami Abu Wardeh. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/8/26 |  ‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK✨ | foreign studentseducation+4 | — | The GuardianUniversities | UK | foreign studentsUK+4 | — | 31m 01s | |
| 5/6/26 |  No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world✨ | video gamescensorship+3 | — | The Guardian | China | Chinavideo games+3 | — | 42m 29s | |
| 5/6/26 | From the archive: No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world | 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: China’s video game market is the world’s biggest. International developers want in on it – but its rules on what is acceptable are growing increasingly harsh. Is it worth the compromise? By Oliver Holmes. Read by Jordan Erica Webber. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod | — | ||||||
| 5/4/26 |  Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother✨ | language learningWelsh culture+3 | Dan Fox | The Guardian | Welsh | Welshlanguage learning+3 | — | 48m 04s | |
| 5/1/26 |  ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab✨ | kidnappingsurvival+3 | — | — | SpainBolivia+1 | Nada Itrabkidnapping+5 | — | 50m 29s | |
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Chart Positions
34 placements across 34 markets.
Chart Positions
34 placements across 34 markets.