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.

  • 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
  • 45 minutes 22 seconds
    Revisited: The Unabomber and his ongoing influence
    Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people, died in prison last year. But his manifesto promoting violent rebellion against the modern world continues to inspire copycat attacks 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
    12 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 27 minutes 12 seconds
    The town that fears losing its high street to climate change
    Flooding in Tenbury Wells used to be a once in a generation event, now it’s happening increasingly frequently. Jessica Murray reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    11 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 34 minutes 59 seconds
    Inside Damascus after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
    Foreign correspondent William Christou travels to Damascus, hours after Syria’s decades-long dictator Bashar al-Assad is ousted from power, and asks whether the country’s thirteen-year civil war can finally come to an end. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    10 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 20 minutes 14 seconds
    How Trump’s victory sparked a crypto boom
    Guardian US tech editor, Blake Montgomery, explains what the US president-elect’s embrace of the cryptocurrency world might mean for his second term. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
    9 December 2024, 3:00 am
  • 33 minutes 57 seconds
    Revisited: The Israeli negotiator who talks to Hamas
    Gershon Baskin on his experience as a hostage negotiator in the Israel-Palestine conflict 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
    6 December 2024, 3:00 am
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