Guardian Focus

Guardian Focus

77 episodes

Each week, Guardian correspondents and commentators take a detailed look at an issue in the news

Podcasts

Audio: the race to save Peter Kassig

Published: Dec. 19, 2014, 5:35 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: reviewing the Arab spring

Published: Dec. 23, 2011, 2:34 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: are Britain's roads safe for cyclists?

Published: Dec. 16, 2011, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: England's riots and the prospect of a lost generation

Published: Dec. 9, 2011, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: public sector strike

Published: Dec. 1, 2011, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 40 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: the housing crisis

Published: Nov. 25, 2011, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: zero tolerance to gang culture

Published: Nov. 18, 2011, 4:51 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 26 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Should veterans of the armed forces get more support?

Published: Nov. 11, 2011, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 18 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Libya's future

Published: Nov. 4, 2011, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Rev Giles Fraser and the Occupy London camp

Published: Oct. 27, 2011, 6:39 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 57 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: disability benefit cuts

Published: Oct. 21, 2011, 9:43 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Disunited Kingdom?

Published: Oct. 14, 2011, 9:11 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 54 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: squatters' rights

Published: Oct. 6, 2011, 8:40 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 36 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: David Cameron's war in Libya

Published: Oct. 3, 2011, 9:28 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 14 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Dale Farm and sites for Travellers

Published: Sept. 26, 2011, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: What will UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?

Published: Sept. 19, 2011, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 27 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Free schools

Published: Sept. 13, 2011, 9:43 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 32 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Tottenham after the riots

Published: Sept. 5, 2011, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 1 second

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Guardian Focus podcast: famine in Somalia

Published: Aug. 18, 2011, 4:48 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: UK riots

Published: Aug. 10, 2011, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The English language and immigration

Published: Aug. 5, 2011, 9:44 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: Examining the British far right

Published: July 28, 2011, 4 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 26 seconds

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Global development podcast: population growth

Published: July 27, 2011, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The Metropolitan police crisis

Published: July 22, 2011, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 39 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Northern Ireland's sectarian violence

Published: July 15, 2011, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds

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Media Talk podcast: News of the World closes as News International implodes

Published: July 8, 2011, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 8 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Do we do right by our elderly?

Published: July 8, 2011, 10:51 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 24 seconds

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Global development podcast: what does the future hold for southern Sudan?

Published: June 30, 2011, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: Unions strike back

Published: June 24, 2011, 1 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 52 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Wimbledon and the state of British tennis

Published: June 14, 2011, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 13 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: How will the changes to budget affect the NHS?

Published: June 8, 2011, 7:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute

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Global development podcast: are we on the brink of a new global food crisis?

Published: May 31, 2011, 9:02 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 14 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Scottish sectarianism

Published: May 20, 2011, 7 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Slutwalk marches

Published: May 15, 2011, 8:59 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 55 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The Coalition's impact on grassroots politics

Published: May 13, 2011, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 39 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Are the Olympics creating enough jobs for east Londoners?

Published: May 6, 2011, 3:06 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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Global development podcast: what role can tourism play in development?

Published: April 28, 2011, 12:15 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 49 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The nuclear debate after Fukushima and Chernobyl

Published: April 21, 2011, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 9 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Afghanistan

Published: April 13, 2011, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 32 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The AV referendum

Published: April 12, 2011, 10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: Why is the Olympic sporting legacy off track?

Published: April 8, 2011, 9:25 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: What Poland did right

Published: April 6, 2011, 11:14 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The future of Polish football

Published: April 4, 2011, 8 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 5 seconds

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Global development podcast: does microfinance help people escape poverty?

Published: April 1, 2011, 11:52 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Spains long road to recovery

Published: March 28, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Policing protests

Published: March 22, 2011, 4:13 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 2 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Whats holding France back?

Published: March 22, 2011, 9:06 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Germany's economic strength

Published: March 15, 2011, 3:39 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: International Women's Day

Published: March 8, 2011, 6 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 51 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Labour councils enacting coalition spending cuts

Published: March 3, 2011, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 8 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The indefinite detention of foreign prisoners

Published: Feb. 25, 2011, 3:17 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 43 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Ireland's general election

Published: Feb. 18, 2011, 12:23 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 36 seconds

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Global development podcast: the securitisation of aid

Published: Feb. 10, 2011, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 46 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: Are prenuptial agreements fair?

Published: Feb. 9, 2011, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: England's forest sell-off

Published: Feb. 4, 2011, 6:14 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 45 seconds

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Global development podcast: land grabs in Africa

Published: Jan. 28, 2011, 9:42 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 9 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: The Palestine Papers

Published: Jan. 27, 2011, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 10 seconds

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Guardian Focus Podcast: Tunisia's Jasmine revolution

Published: Jan. 21, 2011, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Multiple sclerosis and the cost of being ill

Published: Jan. 13, 2011, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 49 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: No country for young people

Published: Jan. 9, 2011, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Referendum in Sudan

Published: Jan. 7, 2011, 3:14 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 27 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Do celebrities have a role to play in development?

Published: Dec. 17, 2010, 9:15 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 16 seconds

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Guardian Focus: The Cancun climate change conference

Published: Dec. 9, 2010, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: WikiLeaks and the US embassy cables

Published: Dec. 3, 2010, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Polio returns to Africa

Published: Nov. 29, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Climate change adaptation

Published: Nov. 26, 2010, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 29 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Is religion a force for good?

Published: Nov. 21, 2010, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 17 seconds

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Focus podcast: Britain's flood defences

Published: Nov. 19, 2010, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 15 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Contains material some listeners may find offensive

Published: Nov. 12, 2010, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 16 seconds

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Focus podcast: US shifts to the right in midterm elections

Published: Nov. 3, 2010, 3:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 21 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Food security

Published: Oct. 29, 2010, 10:32 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Audio: Focus podcast: How the spending review will affect Leeds

Published: Oct. 22, 2010, 9:06 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds

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Podcast special: comprehensive spending review 2010

Published: Oct. 20, 2010, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 8 seconds

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Audio: Guardian Focus podcast: Why do record numbers of young people have sexually transmitted infections?

Published: Oct. 19, 2010, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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Audio | Guardian Focus podcast: Arts funding

Published: Oct. 8, 2010, 8:27 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 25 seconds

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Audio | Guardian Focus podcast: Millennium development goals

Published: Sept. 24, 2010, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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Guardian Focus podcast: Pakistan

Published: Aug. 5, 2010, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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