The Audio Long Read
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.
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JAN 28, 2026
From the archive: The King of Kowloon: my search for the cult graffiti prophet of Hong Kong
This week, from 2022: For years Tsang Tsou-choi daubed his eccentric demands around Hong Kong, and the authorities raced to cover them up. But as the city’s protest movements bloomed, his words mysteriously reappeared Written and read by Louisa Lim
41 MIN
JAN 26, 2026
We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home
Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We fear our exile will never end This story, republished with permission, was originally run by El Faro English By Óscar Martínez and Carlos Martínez
29 MIN
JAN 23, 2026
‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?
During the conflict, the Damascus suburb became a killing field. But some of Assad’s henchmen are still around – and even working with the new government By Melvyn Ingleby. Read by Selva Rasalingam
38 MIN
JAN 21, 2026
From the archive: The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis
This week, from 2021: one of Britain’s most influential scholars has spent a lifetime trying to convince people to take race and racism seriously. Are we finally ready to listen? By Yohann Koshy. Read by Dermot Daly
57 MIN
JAN 19, 2026
‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero
The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as she’s known, has had a profound effect on food lovers in China, too By Leslie T Chang. Read by Ginnia Cheng
30 MIN
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