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. 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. 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
Rachel Reeves’ plans for the UK: all growth, no green?
1/28/2025
The chancellor is keen to strike a more business-friendly note, but will it come at a cost to the environment? Heather Stewart reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:22:43
The Omagh bombing inquiry: one father’s 26-year fight for the truth
1/27/2025
Journalist Shane Harrison and campaigner Michael Gallagher chart the long legal struggle for a public inquiry into the 1998 atrocity, which begins by hearing from survivors and bereaved families. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:36:48
Life after Auschwitz
1/27/2025
Revisited: Ivor Perl and Susan Pollack were 12 and 13 when they were transported to Auschwitz. On the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation, we revisit a podcast we published marking the 75th anniversary. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:36:53
The radical new treatment helping people with psychosis – podcast
1/26/2025
Jenny Kleeman reports on a new therapy where patients who suffer from psychosis create a digital avatar of the voices they hear. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:31:06
Southport attacks: the failures that allowed Axel Rudakubana to kill
1/23/2025
The murders of three little girls in the seaside town led to horror – and then racist riots. Now the teenaged killer has been sentenced to 52 years. Josh Halliday reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:30:25
Why is AI so thirsty?
1/22/2025
Keir Starmer plans to rapidly increase the amount of artificial intelligence used in the public sector. But what is the environmental cost? Helena Horton reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:21:27
The first days of Trump and the migrant raids to come
1/21/2025
Senior political reporter Joan E Greve talks through the string of radical executive orders on immigration enacted by Donald Trump on his first day in office. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:24:50
The financial time bomb facing special educational needs
1/20/2025
Richard Adams reports on the Send funding cliff edge affecting children and their development. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:27:24
Trump 2.0
1/19/2025
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Hugo Lowell and David Smith discuss what to expect from his first few weeks. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:22:53
Finally, a ceasefire in Gaza
1/17/2025
The Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent Bethan McKernan explains the pact reached between Israel and Hamas to halt fighting. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:25:14
A golden age of cancer treatment?
1/16/2025
The Guardian’s health editor Andrew Gregory explores the promises and challenges of revolutionary technology in the fight against cancer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:26
The resignation of Tulip Siddiq
1/15/2025
Political correspondent Kiran Stacey traces the allegations of corruption against Labour MP Tulip Siddiq that caused her to resign from her ministerial role in Keir Starmer’s government. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:24:34
‘The entire community is just gone’: inside the Los Angeles wildfires
1/14/2025
Gabrielle Canon reports from Los Angeles on the wildfires destroying homes and communities. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:22
A new Facebook for the era of President Trump
1/13/2025
Factchecker Jesse Stiller and technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explore why Mark Zuckerberg has announced dramatic changes to Meta’s social platforms, and what they will mean for their 3.3 billion users. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:35:47
Culture 2025: what to watch, read and listen to this year
1/12/2025
Culture critics Lanre Bakare, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Catherine Shoard look ahead to the best of the year in film, TV, books and music. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:26:03
It was a wildlife conservation triumph, then came the corpses
1/9/2025
Biodiversity writer Phoebe Weston hears from farmers on the west coast of Scotland who claim they are losing hundreds of lambs a year in a case of rewilding gone wrong. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:29:43
Elon Musk’s political evolution
1/8/2025
Why is Elon Musk increasingly trying to influence UK politics?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:31:40
Will Labour take on the power of private schools in the UK?
1/7/2025
Professor of sociology Sam Friedman charts the enduring influence of private schools in the making of the British elite and asks whether the Labour government is looking finally to curtail it. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:29:07
The month that changed South Korea for ever
1/6/2025
Raphael Rashid and Haeryun Kang chart the turmoil that has engulfed the country over the past month, from a declaration of martial law to two impeachments and the worst domestic aviation disaster in its history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:25:56
Friendship across the parenting divide
1/5/2025
Helen Pidd and Alexandra Topping have been close friends for almost 20 years. But struggles with fertility and new motherhood tested their bond to the limit. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:36:13