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 OpenAI empire

Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares the company’s...

On trial for having an abortion

Nicola Packer, with Guardian north of England correspondent, Hannah Al-Othman, describes her four-and-a-half-year...

A horrifying end to Liverpool’s parade: Today in Focus Extra

Guardian football correspondent Andy Hunter on how celebrations in Liverpool turned into horror and...

Will Netanyahu bow to pressure from his allies?

Israel’s allies are beginning to change their rhetoric on Gaza, but will any action follow? Patrick...

My son Max, the boy who came back to life

Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the...

The Olympics’ dirtiest race ever?

British athlete Lisa Dobriskey speaks to Helen Pidd about her experience in the 2012 1500m final, which,...

Vika: The journalist who exposed Russian “black sites”, then ended up in one – podcast

Viktoriia Roshchyna was investigating Russia’s torture sites, then found herself inside one. Manisha...

Are we finally over Brexit?

Deputy political editor Jessica Elgot explains the new deal signed between Britain and the EU, and asks...

Opposing the war in Gaza, from inside Israel

Israeli anti-occupation activists Yehuda Shaul and Michael Sfard on the new offensive in Gaza. Help...

Gary Younge on being pigeonholed as a black journalist

Former Guardian columnist Gary Younge reflects on the pressures faced by minority journalists to focus...

‘An island of strangers’: is this the Labour party voters wanted?

Helen Pidd heads to parliament to hear what Labour MPs think about the government’s new talk on immigration,...

From president to fugitive: in the jungle hideout of Evo Morales

The socialist icon wants to defy the Bolivian constitution by running for a fourth term. But is he trying...

Trump’s ex-Russia adviser on the prospect of WW3

Defence expert Fiona Hill on why the world becomes more dangerous when international systems break down....

Back from the brink: India and Pakistan’s uneasy truce over Kashmir

The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports on the spiralling conflict between...

Why you should quit your job and change the world

The historian Rutger Bregman makes the case for why corporate high flyers should quit their jobs to...

The heroic Guardian reporter who documented the rise of the Nazis - podcast

Eighty years after the end of the second world war, two former Berlin correspondents discuss how the...

Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza

Israel plans to expand military operations in Gaza and establish a “sustained presence” there. Bethan...

India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra

The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, reports on India’s strikes on Pakistan,...

How to pick a pope

The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood talks through the pomp and the politics of the conclave: the process...

The Zelenskyy-Trump deal

Is the mineral deal between Ukraine and the US a win-win? Andrew Roth reports. Help support our independent...

Sabotage and secret identities: Russia’s spy network

Shaun Walker reports on the history of Russia’s ‘Illegals’ programme and what it looks like today....

How Kneecap became most controversial band in the UK

They shot to fame with their provocative blend of rap and republicanism, but their on-stage pronouncements...

The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war

Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the...

Mehdi Hasan on Trump’s first 100 days

Guardian US columnist Mehdi Hasan on the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president and the...

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