Today in Focus
Hosted by Anushka Asthana and Rachel Humphreys, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining personal storytelling with insightful analysis, this podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday
The first days of Trump and the migrant raids to come
Senior political reporter Joan E Greve talks through the string of radical executive orders on immigration...
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Richard Adams reports on the Send funding cliff edge affecting children and their development. Help...
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The Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent Bethan McKernan explains the pact reached between Israel and...
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The Guardian’s health editor Andrew Gregory explores the promises and challenges of revolutionary...
EscucharThe resignation of Tulip Siddiq
Political correspondent Kiran Stacey traces the allegations of corruption against Labour MP Tulip Siddiq...
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Gabrielle Canon reports from Los Angeles on the wildfires destroying homes and communities. Help support...
EscucharA new Facebook for the era of President Trump
Factchecker Jesse Stiller and technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explore why Mark Zuckerberg...
EscucharCulture 2025: what to watch, read and listen to this year
Culture critics Lanre Bakare, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Catherine Shoard look ahead to the best of the...
EscucharIt was a wildlife conservation triumph, then came the corpses
Biodiversity writer Phoebe Weston hears from farmers on the west coast of Scotland who claim they are...
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Why is Elon Musk increasingly trying to influence UK politics?. Help support our independent journalism...
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Professor of sociology Sam Friedman charts the enduring influence of private schools in the making of...
EscucharThe month that changed South Korea for ever
Raphael Rashid and Haeryun Kang chart the turmoil that has engulfed the country over the past month,...
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Helen Pidd and Alexandra Topping have been close friends for almost 20 years. But struggles with fertility...
EscucharHow Britain fell in love with darts
Helen Pidd attends the PDC World Darts Championship to find out why the sport has grown in popularity...
EscucharHow to have a perfectly imperfect 2025
Instead of making grand new year’s resolutions, the smallest steps could lead to a more joyful life,...
EscucharRevisited: Ten years of equal marriage – what has it changed?
It’s a decade since the first same-sex marriages were performed in England and Wales. What have they...
EscucharRevisited: From child refugee to Guardian reporter: one journalist’s extraordinary story
How does it feel to report on the refugee crisis when it’s also the story of your own family? Aamna...
EscucharRevisited: The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police
Mina Smallman’s world fell apart after the murder of her two daughters. Then came a shocking revelation...
EscucharRevisited: 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,...
EscucharRevisited: The birdwatcher fighting racism in public spaces
A Central Park birdwatching incident went viral after Christian Cooper filmed a white woman threatening...
EscucharRevisited: 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...
EscucharHow the Guardian reported 2024
It was a year that saw multiple elections across the world, the war in Ukraine grind on and the conflict...
EscucharA radical way to teach contested history
Helen Pidd visits Lancaster Royal grammar school to see the work of Parallel Histories, an education...
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