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Strangely eventless, yet swelling with high drama, The Archers is the longest-running series in the world. But has...
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From the archive: Why time management is ruining our lives
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient
Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from...
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From the archives: How statistics lost their power – and why we should fear what comes next
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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The ‘false positives’ scandal that felled Colombia’s military hero
When the Colombian army defeated the Farc guerrillas, ending decades of conflict, General Mario Montoya was hailed a...
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Life during wartime: how west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles
Acts of state violence, and repeated official denials, drove some Northern Irish Catholics to armed resistance. But...
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From the archive: The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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'Try again next time': my three visa rejections
After being offered a prestigious international literary residency, Nkiacha Atemnkeng was excited for his first visit...
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The contested legacy of the anti-fascist International Brigades
In the 1930s, thousands of men and women around the world enlisted to fight fascism in Spain. Many survivors went on...
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From the archive: Political correctness and how the right invented a phantom enemy
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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'I have been quiet for 50 years': standing up against sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club
Many of the perpetrators have been jailed for their crimes. Now a number of survivors and their families claim that...
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The country’s rulers do not just suppress history, they recreate it to serve the present. They know that, in a...
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From the archives: An American drugs bust in west Africa
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
As Chinese demand for pork grows and grows, traditional small-scale farms are being replaced by vast, AI-assisted...
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How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets
In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in...
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From the archive: The hygge conspiracy
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us
The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest of evidence, we...
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How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction
A handful of radical nature lovers are secretly breeding endangered species and releasing them into the wild. Many...
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From the archives: The fall of Jersey: how a tax haven goes bust
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years past, with new...
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The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?
The foreign policy establishment has been lamenting its death for half a century. But Atlanticism has long been a...
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