Today in Focus
The Guardian
Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. And, in the run up to the US Election, Lucy Hough presents US Election Extra, a daily series of short updates, running alongside the regular Today in Focus podcast. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
Location:
United Kingdom
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Networks:
The Guardian
Description:
Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. And, in the run up to the US Election, Lucy Hough presents US Election Extra, a daily series of short updates, running alongside the regular Today in Focus podcast. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
Language:
English
Episodes
Revisited: Creating The Spark: the kids behind 2024’s surprise summer hit
12/24/2024
Rory Carroll and Helen Pidd meet the Kabin Crew and the Lisdoonvarna Crew – creators of a song that has notched up more than a billion plays on TikTok – as they perform at the Electric Picnic music festival. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:29:18
How the Guardian reported 2024
12/23/2024
It was a year that saw multiple elections across the world, the war in Ukraine grind on and the conflict in Gaza spill over into Lebanon. Katharine Viner explains what it looked like from the editor’s chair. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:32:40
A radical way to teach contested history
12/22/2024
Helen Pidd visits Lancaster Royal grammar school to see the work of Parallel Histories, an education charity which helps young people make sense of contested history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:36:10
Yasser’s story: the Syrian refugee who lived with me
12/19/2024
Helen Pidd speaks to her former lodger, Yasser, a Syrian refugee contemplating moving back home. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:14
Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off?
12/18/2024
Port Talbot in Wales is defined by its huge steelworks. But in January Tata Steel announced it was ending primary steelmaking there. George McDonagh charts a year that could change the town for ever. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:32:29
The prince and the ‘spy’
12/17/2024
Prince Andrew is in trouble again, this time for meeting a businessman who has denied spying for China. Dan Sabbagh and David Pegg report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:38
The reformed jihadi? Al-Jolani, the new most powerful man in Syria
12/16/2024
International security correspondent Jason Burke explores the life of Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and asks whether he has genuinely reformed from his hardline al-Qaida past. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:25:19
‘The most beautiful word in the dictionary’: Donald Trump’s tariff plan
12/15/2024
Guardian US business editor Dominic Rushe explains why the president-elect wants to impose tariffs on imports, and the risks it poses to the economy. Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins talks through the potential of a wider retaliatory trade war with China.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:25:26
Revisited: Have open marriages gone mainstream?
12/12/2024
From therapy sessions to bookshelves, interest in non-monogamous relationships seem to be soaring Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:26:30
Revisited: The Unabomber and his ongoing influence
12/11/2024
Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people, died in prison last year. But his manifesto promoting violent rebellion against the modern world continues to inspire copycat attacks Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:45:22
The town that fears losing its high street to climate change
12/10/2024
Flooding in Tenbury Wells used to be a once in a generation event, now its happening increasingly frequently. Jessica Murray reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:27:12
Inside Damascus after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
12/9/2024
Foreign correspondent William Christou travels to Damascus, hours after Syria’s decades-long dictator Bashar al-Assad is ousted from power, and asks whether the country’s thirteen-year civil war can finally come to an end. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:34:59
How Trump’s victory sparked a crypto boom
12/8/2024
Guardian US tech editor, Blake Montgomery, explains what the US president-elect’s embrace of the cryptocurrency world might mean for his second term. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:20:14
Revisited: The Israeli negotiator who talks to Hamas
12/5/2024
Gershon Baskin on his experience as a hostage negotiator in the Israel-Palestine conflict Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:33:57
Revisited: The chilling policy to cut Greenland’s high birth rate
12/4/2024
In the 1960s the birthrate in Greenland was one of the highest in the world. Then it plunged. Decades later, women have finally begun speaking out about what happened Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:30:53
The Syrian civil war and a stunning reversal for the Assad regime
12/3/2024
Foreign correspondent Ruth Michaelson explains how President Bashar al-Assad’s government lost Aleppo, Syria’s second-biggest city, and who the Islamist militants are who have taken control there Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, you may notice some disruption to the availability of new episodes in your Guardian podcast feeds in the coming days. All the work on this episode was done before the strike action began. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:33:02
Why Joe Biden pardoned his son
12/2/2024
Hunter Biden was awaiting sentencing for gun and tax offences when, suddenly, his father pardoned him. Has family loyalty been put above presidential integrity? Chris Michael explains. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:24:11
New Zealand: the fight to protect Māori rights
12/1/2024
In what could be the biggest protest march in New Zealand’s history, 42,000 people took to the roads over fears Māori rights are being dismantled. Eva Corlett reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:34:32
Lebanon: a fragile ceasefire in a shattered nation
11/28/2024
After two months of total war and terrible destruction, an uneasy peace has fallen on Lebanon. Will Christou reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:30:39
Assisted dying: a historic vote comes to parliament
11/27/2024
Deputy political editor Jessica Elgot explains how the assisted dying bill came to the House of Commons this week, and how MPs are feeling about their vote. Dr Lucy Thomas speaks about her experience in palliative care and her fears if MPs vote the bill through. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:33:35