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The Story podcast is dedicated to our finest audio documentaries, investigations and long form stories

  • 39 minutes 46 seconds
    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
    Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known guests to lift the lid on the food they turn to when they’re at home alone – and what comfort foods have seen them through their lives. In the first episode, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how his husband’s death informed his latest TV series, It’s a Sin. Future guests will include Nish Kumar, Rafe Spall and Aisling Bea. Episodes willl be released every Tuesday – search for it wherever you get your podcasts
    1 July 2021, 10:00 am
  • 25 minutes 34 seconds
    Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series
    The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. In the first episode, we hear from Kashy Keegan, an unknown singer-songwriter in a sleepy English town who became the voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series
    8 February 2021, 2:10 pm
  • 20 minutes 21 seconds
    Innermost: another episode of our new series
    We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series
    3 August 2020, 4:26 pm
  • 16 minutes 34 seconds
    Innermost: episode 1 of a new series
    The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series
    25 June 2020, 10:21 am
  • 34 minutes 4 seconds
    Jemima: who owns our life? - The Story podcast
    In 2017, Jemima Dixon, who suffered from a complex form of multiple sclerosis, died in an assisted death at a clinic in Switzerland. She became one of hundreds of Britons to end their life this way. But for each individual, there are many more loved ones left behind, including Jemima’s sister, Annabel, and their mother. In this documentary, we hear the complex emotions and tensions that can arise for families like the Dixons as they grapple with Jemima’s enormous decision. And through conversations recorded before her death, we’ll hear how it felt from Jemima’s point of view too
    3 February 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 55 seconds
    Maybe baby: should I have children or not? - The Story podcast
    How do we decide whether to become parents? Leah Green speaks to people in the middle of making the biggest decision of their lives. She encounters unexpected sources of doubt, explores therapy that is meant to ease it, and confronts the risk of having a ‘problem child’
    14 November 2018, 6:00 am
  • 21 minutes 26 seconds
    Doc Tales: Black Sheep – The Story
    To celebrate the release of our latest documentary, Charlie Phillips sits down with the film’s protagonist, Cornelius Walker, to discuss his incredible story as an adolescent struggling to fit in
    26 October 2018, 11:23 am
  • 16 minutes 20 seconds
    Immigration detention: 'You're not human to them' – The Story podcast
    A new Guardian survey has found that as of 31 August 2018, out of 188 people in immigration detention, 84% of detainees had not been given removal directions. It was certainly the case with this woman who, following a false claim of a sham relationship, found herself on the verge of deportation
    11 October 2018, 6:01 am
  • 18 minutes 22 seconds
    Immigration detention: 'It's basically a death sentence' – the Story podcast
    According to the UK Home Office, in 2017 over 27,000 individuals were held in immigration detention. But even for the half who were released, there is little to celebrate. Take the story of this man who, despite being here for decades with his children, found himself on the verge on deportation for a crime he claims he didn’t commit
    11 October 2018, 6:00 am
  • 23 minutes 3 seconds
    The LGBT church: a shelter from the storm – The Story podcast
    Attitudes towards LGBT people in parts of the world have led to ostracisation, or people being forced to hide or flee. But in a small church in the UK capital, some have found sanctuary
    5 October 2018, 5:00 am
  • 32 minutes 53 seconds
    Episode 3: Croydon - Beyond the blade podcast
    Half of Britain’s teenage stabbing deaths happen in London. But not all the city is equally at risk and in this final episode we travel to Croydon in south London to hear how members of the local community are fighting back
    10 September 2018, 6:02 am
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