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Today in Focus

The Guardian

Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. And, in the run up to the US Election, Lucy Hough presents US Election Extra, a daily series of short updates, running alongside the regular Today in Focus podcast. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.

  • 22 minutes 51 seconds
    Revisited: The man who fell to Earth
    Twenty-three years after Mohammed Ayaz fell from the wheel bay of a plane coming in to land at Heathrow, his brother visits the car park where the body was found. Esther Addley reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    27 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 27 minutes 26 seconds
    Revisited: The birdwatcher fighting racism in public spaces
    A Central Park birdwatching incident went viral after Christian Cooper filmed a white woman threatening him. Now he is using his platform to share his passion for nature. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    26 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 29 minutes 18 seconds
    Revisited: Creating The Spark: the kids behind 2024’s surprise summer hit
    Rory Carroll and Helen Pidd meet the Kabin Crew and the Lisdoonvarna Crew – creators of a song that has notched up more than a billion plays on TikTok – as they perform at the Electric Picnic music festival. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    25 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 32 minutes 40 seconds
    How the Guardian reported 2024
    It was a year that saw multiple elections across the world, the war in Ukraine grind on and the conflict in Gaza spill over into Lebanon. Katharine Viner explains what it looked like from the editor’s chair. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    24 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 36 minutes 10 seconds
    A radical way to teach contested history
    Helen Pidd visits Lancaster Royal grammar school to see the work of Parallel Histories, an education charity which helps young people make sense of contested history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    23 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 28 minutes 14 seconds
    Yasser’s story: the Syrian refugee who lived with me
    Helen Pidd speaks to her former lodger, Yasser, a Syrian refugee contemplating moving back home. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    20 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 32 minutes 29 seconds
    Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off?
    Port Talbot in Wales is defined by its huge steelworks. But in January Tata Steel announced it was ending primary steelmaking there. George McDonagh charts a year that could change the town for ever. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    19 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 28 minutes 38 seconds
    The prince and the ‘spy’
    Prince Andrew is in trouble again, this time for meeting a businessman who has denied spying for China. Dan Sabbagh and David Pegg report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    18 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 25 minutes 19 seconds
    The reformed jihadi? Al-Jolani, the new most powerful man in Syria
    International security correspondent Jason Burke explores the life of Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and asks whether he has genuinely reformed from his hardline al-Qaida past. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    17 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 25 minutes 26 seconds
    ‘The most beautiful word in the dictionary’: Donald Trump’s tariff plan
    Guardian US business editor Dominic Rushe explains why the president-elect wants to impose tariffs on imports, and the risks it poses to the economy. Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins talks through the potential of a wider retaliatory trade war with China.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    16 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 26 minutes 30 seconds
    Revisited: Have open marriages gone mainstream?
    From therapy sessions to bookshelves, interest in non-monogamous relationships seem to be soaring Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    13 December 2024, 3:00 am
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