Show overview
The Audio Long Read has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 388 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 250 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 32 min and 44 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 63% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 129 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The Guardian.
From the publisher
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.