Episódios

  • A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast

    A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast
    Sep 20 2024
    Perhaps a foreigner knows more about their adopted land than the locals, because a foreigner feels more acutely the particularities of a new environment. By Xiaolu Guo. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    32 minutos
  • From the archive: The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea

    From the archive: The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
    Sep 18 2024
    We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race. But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world. By Robert P Baird. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    54 minutos
  • Ukraine’s death-defying art rescuers

    Ukraine’s death-defying art rescuers
    Sep 16 2024
    When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could. By Charlotte Higgins. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    44 minutos
  • As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel

    As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel
    Sep 13 2024
    This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream Israeli views to a shocking degree. By Omer Bartov. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    1 hora e 4 minutos
  • From the archive: Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far?

    From the archive: Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far?
    Sep 11 2024
    We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2019: Countries around the world are making it easier to choose the time and manner of your death. But doctors in the world’s euthanasia capital are starting to worry about the consequences. By Christopher de Bellaigue. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    40 minutos
  • ‘A diagnosis can sweep away guilt’: the delicate art of treating ADHD

    ‘A diagnosis can sweep away guilt’: the delicate art of treating ADHD
    Sep 9 2024
    For children with ADHD, getting the help they need depends on being correctly diagnosed. As a doctor, I have seen how tricky and frustrating a process that can be. By Jack Goulder. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    34 minutos
  • From the archive – ‘A merry-go-round of buck-passing’: inside the four-year Grenfell inquiry

    From the archive – ‘A merry-go-round of buck-passing’: inside the four-year Grenfell inquiry
    Sep 6 2024
    We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some notable pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Five years after the fire that killed 72, the inquiry is nearing a close. Over 300 days of evidence, what have we learned about the failings that led to disaster? By Robert Booth. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    51 minutos
  • From the KKK to the state house: how neo-Nazi David Duke won office

    From the KKK to the state house: how neo-Nazi David Duke won office
    Sep 4 2024
    In the 1970s, David Duke was grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. In the 80s, he was elected to Louisiana’s house of representatives – and the kinds of ideas he stood for have not gone away. By John Ganz. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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    36 minutos