The Audio Long Read
Hosted by Aditya Chakrabortty · The Guardian
4.5from 1,641 ratings
- 706
- Episodes
- 228
- Transcribed
- 1,641
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 788M
- YouTube views
About The Audio Long Read
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.
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Mar 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
228 of 706 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen?
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
From the archive: The trials of Robert Habeck: is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail?
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry
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‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Peter Magyar, a former Fidesz insider who had broken with the party, was leading Orban by double digits in independent polls. one of two things was about to happen. Either Fidesz would be out of power for the first time in 16 years, or Orban would prove himself a genuine dictator. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Jan Grue
- James Graham
- Michael Gove
- Naomi Klein
- Astra Taylor
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 787,593,714
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 810 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 831 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts The Audio Long Read?
Aditya Chakrabortty host the show. Published by The Guardian.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Audio Long Read take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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