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Jimbo
 Feb 7, 2026
In my top 5 of news / current affairs podcasts

nuribena
 Sep 17, 2025

Deaglan
 Aug 27, 2024
Makes no mention of USA sanctions on Venezuela and this has caused a lot of the problems.

rey zaldy serna
 Jan 22, 2024
one of my most fave podcasts


 Jun 27, 2023

ADN in California
 May 8, 2023
great podcasts overall. recent series on cost of the crown was excellent. some subject may be a bit esoteric and UK oriented for non citizens but overall very well done.


 Oct 31, 2022

john
 Feb 25, 2022
Sorry but the person telling the story has a really unpleasant voice.


 Jul 23, 2021

Natalie
 Oct 24, 2020
My go-to daily news podcast. One story covered in detail - balanced, but without moral compromise.

Simon
 Feb 28, 2020
really good show with a really good theme tune


 Jan 7, 2020

Justin
 Nov 8, 2019
My top news podcast


 Sep 30, 2019


 Sep 10, 2019

Chucky
 Jun 24, 2019
Consistently excellent at diving into the nitty-gritty of current affairs, quality investigative journalism, and interesting opinion positions. I'd recommend this to anyone!

Dante Critic
 Jun 23, 2019
The most in-depth & informative news podcast which actually makes you better understand the current world affairs. Each episode includes a comprehensive discussion of a news item & an opinion review. Very easy to listen to.

a nonny mouse
 Apr 20, 2019
very informative and interesting

Jesse Smith
 Mar 17, 2019
Consistently brilliant. Tuned in as a refugee from R4 Today, and it's more than healed that grief. I love the reflective style, and the combination/mix of broader view topics and headline analysis.


 Mar 8, 2019

DJ
 Dec 17, 2018
Really good reporting

Description

Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in. And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

Episode Date
Owen Jones on Palestine Action high court win – The Latest
Feb 13, 2026
Wes Streeting: the UK’s next prime minister?
Feb 13, 2026
Ratcliffe backlash: outrage over immigration claim – The Latest
Feb 12, 2026
The untold story of Brazil’s deadliest police raid
Feb 12, 2026
Canada school shooting: what we know so far - The Latest
Feb 11, 2026
Why Jeff Bezos gutted the Washington Post
Feb 11, 2026
Is Starmer out of the woods? – The Latest
Feb 10, 2026
Starmer survives – but for how long?
Feb 10, 2026
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong media tycoon gets 20 years in jail – The Latest
Feb 09, 2026
A broken high street and its billionaire owners
Feb 09, 2026
Marina Hyde on Epstein’s enablers: will they get away with it? – The Latest
Feb 06, 2026
Bad Bunny goes to the Super Bowl
Feb 06, 2026
Is this the end for Starmer? – The Latest
Feb 05, 2026
A survivor on the Epstein Files
Feb 05, 2026
Could Mandelson face jail time over Epstein ties? – The Latest
Feb 04, 2026
The people betting on catastrophic world events
Feb 04, 2026
Hope in Gaza? Vital crossing reopens under Israeli restrictions - The Latest
Feb 03, 2026
Will China replace the US on the world stage?
Feb 03, 2026
Epstein files: has Trump really been ‘absolved’? – The Latest
Feb 02, 2026
Fatima Bhutto on secrets, lies and surviving coercive control
Feb 02, 2026
Is it time to break up with US tech? – The Latest
Jan 30, 2026
Minneapolis citizens on protecting their neighbours from ICE
Jan 30, 2026
Is Trump about to attack Iran? – The Latest
Jan 29, 2026
How did British Muslims become ‘the problem’?
Jan 29, 2026
Starmer visits China: should he trust Xi Jinping? – The Latest
Jan 28, 2026
Can Syria keep the world safe from IS fighters?
Jan 28, 2026
Melania: will Bezos-bankrolled documentary be a flop? – The Latest
Jan 27, 2026
Starmer v Burnham: will it split Labour?
Jan 27, 2026
Outrage grows over Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota – The Latest
Jan 26, 2026
Why Germany is racing to rebuild its army
Jan 26, 2026
Is this the week Trump went too far? – The Latest
Jan 23, 2026
Why are so many Tories joining Reform?
Jan 23, 2026
Why did Trump chicken out on Greenland? – The Latest
Jan 22, 2026
Will Trump’s board of peace replace the UN?
Jan 22, 2026
Prince Harry gets emotional in court - The Latest
Jan 21, 2026
How we got hooked on The Traitors
Jan 21, 2026
Beckham feud: Marina Hyde on why Brooklyn has gone nuclear – The Latest
Jan 20, 2026
Why Donald Trump really wants Greenland
Jan 20, 2026
Why the UK won’t retaliate to Trump tariffs over Greenland – The Latest
Jan 19, 2026
The transgender refugees fleeing the US
Jan 19, 2026
Trump gets his hands on Nobel peace prize – The Latest
Jan 16, 2026
Is ICE out of control?
Jan 16, 2026
Jenrick defects to Farage’s Reform UK – The Latest
Jan 15, 2026
What the Assads did next
Jan 15, 2026
Massacres and executions: what are we hearing from inside Iran? – The Latest
Jan 14, 2026
Is Marco Rubio playing Trump?
Jan 14, 2026
Musk v Starmer: will UK ban X over Grok nudification? – The Latest
Jan 13, 2026
Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
Jan 13, 2026
Will Trump go to war with Iran? - The Latest
Jan 12, 2026
How to fall in love with winter
Jan 12, 2026
Iran protests: brutal crackdown as uprising gathers pace – The Latest
Jan 09, 2026
Elon Musk’s pervert chatbot
Jan 09, 2026
Minneapolis shooting: US on edge after woman killed by ICE agent – The Latest
Jan 08, 2026
On the ground in Venezuela after Trump’s ‘operation’
Jan 08, 2026
Why has Trump seized a Russian-linked oil tanker? – The Latest
Jan 07, 2026
The Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death
Jan 07, 2026
Trump: Is Greenland next? – The Latest
Jan 06, 2026
Can a youth club revival help the ‘anxious generation’?
Jan 06, 2026
What does Trump want from Venezuela? – The Latest
Jan 05, 2026
Does Trump run Venezuela now?
Jan 05, 2026
The Birth Keepers: Death plan – episode six
Jan 03, 2026
The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five
Jan 02, 2026
The Birth Keepers: Building an empire – episode four
Jan 01, 2026
The Birth Keepers: Journey Moon – episode three
Dec 31, 2025
The Birth Keepers: When Emilee met Yolande – episode two
Dec 30, 2025
The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
Dec 29, 2025
Revisited: Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool
Dec 26, 2025
Revisited: Having a baby with your best mate
Dec 25, 2025
How the Guardian reported 2025
Dec 24, 2025
Why Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas again
Dec 23, 2025
The moment this year I’ll never forget
Dec 22, 2025
What to expect from the Jeffrey Epstein files? – The Latest
Dec 19, 2025
Culture 2025: the best in film, TV and music
Dec 19, 2025
Deepfakes and pornography: the plan to tackle toxic masculinity – The Latest
Dec 18, 2025
The Pinochet fan with a Nazi dad: meet Chile’s next president
Dec 18, 2025
Doctors strike again amid flu crisis – The Latest
Dec 17, 2025
Ilhan Omar on Trump’s attacks on Somali-Americans
Dec 17, 2025
Trump v BBC: broadcaster to fight back against $10bn lawsuit – The Latest
Dec 16, 2025
What happened when Reform took power
Dec 16, 2025
Horror and heroism in Bondi: what we know about the antisemitic terror attack – The Latest
Dec 15, 2025
Labubus, TikTok and KPop Demon Hunters: how childhood went east Asian
Dec 15, 2025
The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
Dec 13, 2025
Exposed: the business linked to baby deaths across the world – The Latest
Dec 12, 2025
Is the far right hijacking Christianity?
Dec 12, 2025
Why is Trump attacking Venezuelan boats? – The Latest
Dec 11, 2025
Pete Hegseth unleashes his ‘warrior culture’ on the world
Dec 11, 2025
Will weakening human rights really stop the far right? – The Latest
Dec 10, 2025
The social media ban for kids: Australia’s world-first experiment
Dec 10, 2025
Netflix v Paramount: Trump wades into Warner Bros battle – The Latest
Dec 09, 2025
Palantir: the world’s ‘scariest company’?
Dec 09, 2025
Trump turns on Europe: will he pull support for Ukraine? - The Latest
Dec 08, 2025
Is AI a bubble that’s about to pop?
Dec 08, 2025
Eurovision in crisis? Israel’s inclusion causes rift – The Latest
Dec 05, 2025
The World Cup’s Maga makeover
Dec 05, 2025
Can Farage survive racism and antisemitism allegations? – The Latest
Dec 04, 2025
Zack Polanski on the Green party boom
Dec 04, 2025
Is Putin about to go to war with Europe? – The Latest
Dec 03, 2025
The 27-year-old white supremacist radicalising MAGA
Dec 03, 2025
Juries out? Why Labour is scrapping some jury trials – The Latest
Dec 02, 2025
Your Party: leaderless or just hopeless?
Dec 02, 2025
Has Rachel Reeves been economical with the truth? – The Latest
Dec 01, 2025
The Iranian women defying the law
Dec 01, 2025
The NGO worker on trial for people-smuggling in Lesbos
Nov 28, 2025
Mansions, milkshakes and the minimum wage: Labour’s 2025 budget
Nov 27, 2025
The frantic push to bring peace to Ukraine
Nov 26, 2025
How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor
Nov 25, 2025
‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for
Nov 24, 2025
Nazi salutes and racism: the allegations about Nigel Farage’s school days
Nov 21, 2025
Will the public sexual assault of the president mark a turning point for women in Mexico?
Nov 20, 2025
Is this Labour’s hostile environment?
Nov 19, 2025
Donald Trump’s Epstein U-turn
Nov 18, 2025
Why Labour is going Danish on immigration
Nov 17, 2025
The surprising truth about Reform voters
Nov 14, 2025
Is Trump going to war with Venezuela?
Nov 13, 2025
How China is trying to silence UK academics
Nov 12, 2025
Why Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn
Nov 11, 2025
Cop ahoy! Sailing up the Amazon to the climate summit
Nov 10, 2025
One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan
Nov 07, 2025
The ordinary Brits evacuating children from Gaza
Nov 06, 2025
On the ground in the refugee and asylum capital of Britain
Nov 05, 2025
How Zohran Mamdani charmed New York
Nov 04, 2025
15 minutes of horror in train mass stabbing – Today in Focus Extra
Nov 03, 2025
The multi-million pound baby powder case
Nov 03, 2025
Cotton Capital: Searching for the spirit of Pan-Africanism – bonus episode
Oct 31, 2025
Living through the horror of Hurricane Melissa
Oct 31, 2025
The chaos of the grooming gangs inquiry
Oct 30, 2025
The comeback of the mountain gorilla
Oct 29, 2025
Is London ready for driverless taxis?
Oct 28, 2025
The great Gen Z revolt
Oct 27, 2025
Why is Trump giving billions to Argentina?
Oct 24, 2025
The heist of the decade
Oct 23, 2025
AI slop: Is the internet about to get even worse?
Oct 22, 2025
Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and the scandal that won’t go away
Oct 21, 2025
Boriswave, fighting-age men, cultural Marxism: how the far right is changing how we speak
Oct 20, 2025
‘The sacrifice’: was Kai Shannon wrongfully convicted of murder? Part 2
Oct 17, 2025
‘Sacrifice’: Was Kai Shannon wrongfully convicted of murder? – part one
Oct 16, 2025
Inside the mystery of the collapsed Chinese spy trial
Oct 15, 2025
Release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees: how the day unfolded
Oct 14, 2025
The Palestinian and Israeli kids trying to be friends
Oct 13, 2025
From boom to backlash: has Taylor Swift lost her touch?
Oct 10, 2025
‘Thank God we witnessed this’: Palestinians on the ceasefire deal - Today in Focus Extra
Oct 09, 2025
What are ultra-processed foods doing to our bodies?
Oct 09, 2025
‘This is what we’ve been afraid of’: British Jews after the Manchester attack
Oct 08, 2025
Can the Trump plan bring peace to Gaza?
Oct 07, 2025
My dad, his ‘incurable’ disease, and hope at last
Oct 06, 2025
Is TikTok about to go full Maga?
Oct 03, 2025
The Manchester synagogue terror attack – Today in Focus Extra
Oct 02, 2025
Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution
Oct 02, 2025
Starmer takes aim at Farage
Oct 01, 2025
OnlyFans, AI girlfriends and ‘stepdads’: the porn industry in 2025
Sep 30, 2025
How to defeat Britain’s far right
Sep 29, 2025
‘Like Amazon Prime but with human beings’: inside Trump’s deportation machine
Sep 26, 2025
Escaping Gaza City, while reporting on its destruction
Sep 25, 2025
Russia’s high-risk game in Nato skies
Sep 24, 2025
Does Labour’s new home secretary signal a harder line on immigration?
Sep 23, 2025
What happens when you stop weight loss jabs?
Sep 22, 2025
Why Britain recognising Palestine matters
Sep 19, 2025
The downfall of Jair Bolsonaro
Sep 18, 2025
The US on the edge after Charlie Kirk’s killing
Sep 17, 2025
On the ground with Tommy Robinson’s new supporters
Sep 16, 2025
Rupert Murdoch picks a son in the real-life succession battle
Sep 15, 2025
The lucrative secrets of Boris Johnson
Sep 12, 2025
The sacking of Peter Mandelson – Today in Focus extra
Sep 11, 2025
Flags and fury: why the St George’s cross is everywhere
Sep 11, 2025
Macron’s government collapses … again
Sep 10, 2025
A resignation, a reshuffle and a roaring headache for Keir Starmer
Sep 09, 2025
Behind the scenes of the Guardian’s libel battle with Noel Clarke
Sep 08, 2025
Angela Rayner resigns – Today in Focus Extra
Sep 05, 2025
Would you have your legs broken to be taller?
Sep 05, 2025
Strongmen assemble: Putin, Kim and Xi in Beijing
Sep 04, 2025
Can the Green party’s new leader galvanise the left?
Sep 03, 2025
A North Korean defector on why Kim Jong Un has sent troops to Ukraine
Sep 02, 2025
Spy cameras: are you being watched?
Sep 01, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six
Aug 30, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five
Aug 29, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four
Aug 28, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher – episode three
Aug 27, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president – episode two
Aug 26, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode one
Aug 25, 2025
Noel Clarke loses his libel case against the Guardian – Today in Focus Extra
Aug 22, 2025
Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool
Aug 22, 2025
Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns
Aug 21, 2025
What price will Ukraine have to pay for peace?
Aug 20, 2025
How far-right rhetoric on migration went mainstream
Aug 19, 2025
Can Europe’s leaders drag Trump’s Ukraine policy back on track? – Today in Focus Extra podcast
Aug 18, 2025
Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration mastermind
Aug 18, 2025
Ghosting, breadcrumbing, one-night stands: are we done with dating apps?
Aug 15, 2025
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians
Aug 14, 2025
The secrets of the world’s richest company
Aug 13, 2025
The Trump-Putin summit
Aug 12, 2025
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism
Aug 11, 2025
Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms
Aug 08, 2025
Has the digital nomad dream turned sour?
Aug 07, 2025
Is this the summer the British left comes back?
Aug 06, 2025
How the Trump administration made a sewage crisis ‘woke’
Aug 05, 2025
The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk
Aug 04, 2025
Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers?
Aug 01, 2025
How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza?
Jul 31, 2025
Can people still protest about Palestine in the UK?
Jul 30, 2025
Protests against Zelenskyy as drones torment Ukraine
Jul 29, 2025
The hunt for the next Dalai Lama
Jul 28, 2025
Euros 25: Can the Lionesses bring it home again?
Jul 25, 2025
Donald Trump’s Epstein problem
Jul 24, 2025
Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest?
Jul 23, 2025
What’s holding up a ceasefire in Gaza?
Jul 22, 2025
Has Elon Musk built a Nazi chatbot?
Jul 21, 2025
Why thousands of Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK
Jul 18, 2025
Why doctors are striking again
Jul 17, 2025
How the BBC got into a mess over Gaza
Jul 16, 2025
The law change that could transform toxic workplaces
Jul 15, 2025
Syria’s treasure hunting fever
Jul 14, 2025
Ulaanbaatar: a warning from the coldest capital on Earth
Jul 11, 2025
Is it time for a wealth tax on the super-rich?
Jul 10, 2025
Can we trust nuclear power again?
Jul 09, 2025
Trump’s big beautiful betrayal
Jul 08, 2025
A rogue fertility clinic, stolen eggs, and an unlikely friendship
Jul 07, 2025
Guilty... and not guilty: understanding the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs verdict
Jul 04, 2025
The truth about Iran’s nuclear programme
Jul 03, 2025
A humiliating day for Keir Starmer in parliament
Jul 02, 2025
The French town that banned its tap water and the chemicals that could be in yours
Jul 01, 2025
What to watch, read and listen to this summer
Jun 30, 2025
Labour’s controversial welfare bill
Jun 27, 2025
Afraid of Israel, angry at the regime: Iranians on 12 days of war
Jun 26, 2025
The protest group the UK government wants to brand terrorists
Jun 25, 2025
Trump keeps Starmer out of the loop on Iran
Jun 24, 2025
Why Trump bombed Iran
Jun 22, 2025
Israel and Iran: where is the conflict heading? – Today in Focus extra
Jun 20, 2025
Film-maker Adam Curtis on why this moment feels so weird
Jun 20, 2025
What Israel’s new war means for Gaza
Jun 19, 2025
The Air India crash and the miracle of seat 11A
Jun 18, 2025
Israel’s war with Iran: what does it want?
Jun 17, 2025
Arise, Sir David Beckham
Jun 16, 2025
‘A declaration of war’: Israel’s strike on Iran – Today in Focus Extra
Jun 13, 2025
Donald Trump v Los Angeles
Jun 12, 2025
NHS, houses, nuclear submarines: Labour sets out its spending plans
Jun 12, 2025
250 days on hunger strike: Can Laila Soueif secure her son’s freedom?
Jun 11, 2025
Trump, Musk and the end of a bromance
Jun 10, 2025
Trump deploys the national guard in LA – Today in Focus Extra
Jun 09, 2025
Australia’s mushroom murder trial
Jun 09, 2025
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1
Jun 07, 2025
The Swiss village buried by a glacier collapse
Jun 06, 2025
Is AI about to steal your job?
Jun 05, 2025
A trip to Musk city
Jun 04, 2025
Keir Starmer needs you: Britain readies for war
Jun 03, 2025
Making America pregnant again: the pro-natalist movement
Jun 02, 2025
What happened to body positivity?
May 30, 2025
The OpenAI empire
May 29, 2025
On trial for having an abortion
May 28, 2025
A horrifying end to Liverpool’s parade: Today in Focus Extra
May 27, 2025
Will Netanyahu bow to pressure from his allies?
May 27, 2025
My son Max, the boy who came back to life
May 26, 2025
The Olympics’ dirtiest race ever?
May 23, 2025
Vika: The journalist who exposed Russian “black sites”, then ended up in one
May 22, 2025
Are we finally over Brexit?
May 21, 2025
Opposing the war in Gaza, from inside Israel
May 20, 2025
How to not get pigeonholed - with Gary Younge
May 19, 2025
‘An island of strangers’: is this the Labour party voters wanted?
May 16, 2025
From president to fugitive: in the jungle hideout of Evo Morales
May 15, 2025
Trump’s ex-Russia adviser on the prospect of WW3
May 14, 2025
Back from the brink: India and Pakistan’s uneasy truce over Kashmir
May 13, 2025
Why you should quit your job and change the world
May 12, 2025
The heroic Guardian reporter who documented the rise of the Nazis - podcast
May 09, 2025
Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza
May 08, 2025
India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra
May 07, 2025
How to pick a pope
May 07, 2025
The Zelenskyy-Trump deal
May 06, 2025
Sabotage and secret identities: Russia’s spy network
May 05, 2025
How Kneecap became the most controversial band in the UK
May 02, 2025
The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war
May 01, 2025
Mehdi Hasan on Trump’s first 100 days
Apr 30, 2025
Labour v Reform UK: on the road in Runcorn
Apr 29, 2025
“Am I working class or insufferably bourgeois?”
Apr 28, 2025
Uncovering Black British history beyond London
Apr 25, 2025
Trump’s class war on Harvard
Apr 24, 2025
The UK supreme court and the definition of a woman
Apr 23, 2025
How Pope Francis changed the Catholic church, and what happens next
Apr 22, 2025
The authors taking on Mark Zuckerberg
Apr 21, 2025
Is the gym gen Z’s pub?
Apr 18, 2025
Trump’s trade war: the view from China
Apr 17, 2025
Trump’s deportation ‘mistake’: the man trapped in a prison in El Salvador
Apr 16, 2025
The scramble to save British Steel
Apr 15, 2025
Ta-Nehisi Coates on why stories matter in the age of Trump
Apr 14, 2025
How phone footage exposed a massacre of Gaza paramedics
Apr 11, 2025
Rats, rubbish and rising taxes: why Birmingham stinks right now
Apr 10, 2025
Will Trump’s tariffs tip the world into recession?
Apr 09, 2025
Is it safe to visit the US?
Apr 08, 2025
The surprising crisis in British television
Apr 07, 2025
How the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice
Apr 04, 2025
Will Trump’s tariffs ignite a global trade war? Today in Focus Extra
Apr 03, 2025
How will Myanmar’s earthquake impact the civil war?
Apr 03, 2025
Could Marine Le Pen’s guilty verdict help fuel the far right?
Apr 02, 2025
The Tesla backlash
Apr 01, 2025
Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn
Mar 31, 2025
From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast
Mar 28, 2025
Weapons vs welfare: Rachel Reeves spring statement
Mar 27, 2025
The arrest that plunged Turkey into turmoil
Mar 26, 2025
Living with long Covid when the world has moved on
Mar 25, 2025
Who is the real JD Vance?
Mar 24, 2025
Having a baby with your best mate
Mar 21, 2025