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'It’s a place where they try to destroy you': why concentration camps are still with us – ...

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:00:36 GMT

Mass internment camps did not begin or end with the Nazis – today they are everywhere from China to Europe to the US. How can we stop their spread? By Daniel Trilling

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Hadley Freeman on the future of the royals

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 02:00:24 GMT

Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman discusses the fallout from the publication of Finding Freedom, a biography of Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the latest allegations surrounding Prince Andrew

Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman tells Rachel Humphreys why 2020 is not shaping up to be a great year for the royals. It began with the bombshell announcement that the Sussexes - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan - were stepping back as senior royals, and later saw them relocate to Los Angeles. Last month, extracts from a biography, Finding Freedom, chronicled what the authors claim has been a deepening rift between Prince Harry, Meghan and Buckingham Palace.

Hadley also discusses Prince Andrew. He ended 2019 by stepping back from public duties after his disastrous Newsnight interview where he discussed his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The arrest of Epstein’s close friend Ghislaine Maxwell in July has put Prince Andrew’s name back in the headlines. This month the FBI has said it has been passed information from a witness claiming to have seen the Duke of York at Tramp nightclub, the evening he claims he was at Pizza Express in Woking.

The Europa League is go - Football Weekly

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:12:34 GMT

Max Rushdenis joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon, andLars Sivertsento discuss the Europa League action, preview the forthcoming Champions League clashes, and explore the potential for butter podcasts. Meanwhile Nick Ames joins us to discuss the redundancies announced at Arsenal.

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Max Rushdenis joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon, andLars Sivertsen to discuss the Europa League action, preview the forthcoming Champions League clashes, and explore the potential for butter podcasts. Meanwhile Nick Ames joins us to discuss the redundancies announced at Arsenal.

Finishing high school in a pandemic

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:30:14 GMT

The final year of high school is supposed to be challenging but also fun, full of things like your end of school formal, 18th birthday parties and at the end leaving school and becoming an adult. But this year has been different. Today we speak to a student about what the year’s felt like and what it means for their future

The fight over the Hubble constant – podcast

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:11:16 GMT

When it comes to the expansion rate of the universe, trying to get a straight answer isn’t easy. That’s because the two best ways of measuring what’s known as the Hubble constant are giving different results. As each method becomes increasingly accurate, the gap between widens. Is one of them wrong? Or is it time to rejig the Standard Model of Cosmology? Madeleine Finlay investigates the so-called ‘Hubble tension’ with Prof Erminia Calabrese

How did President Trump get his pandemic response so wrong? Podcast

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:00:17 GMT

While Donald Trump continues to claim the US is ‘doing very well’ in its fight against Covid-19, the figures suggest a different story. The US has the highest mortality rate in the world, with over 160,000 deaths. Guardian US chief reporter Ed Pilkington examines how Trump got it wrong

On Monday, the US surpassed 4.7m confirmed cases of infection – more than a quarter of the global total. The death rate, which has now passed over 160,000, is the highest in the world and continues to rise. Despite this, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed that under his leadership the US is “doing very well”.

Guardian US chief reporter Ed Pilkington tells Mythili Rao why the US, which was once ranked the most prepared country in the world for a potential pandemic, has failed to contain the spread of Covid-19. Ed discusses how Trump’s flawed style of leadership, his messaging and his disregard for science, along with his failure to implement a unified national approach to the virus has left the country in a perilous position. He also examines how Trump’s handling of the crisis will affect his run for re-election.

How the world is coping with coronavirus, six months on

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:30:07 GMT

From Portugal to Pakistan, the Guardian’s international correspondent Michael Safi looks at the different ways countries have been affected by the virus and the impact it is having on the lives of people

This episode first aired on Today in Focus, the Guardian’s global daily news podcast.

It’s six months since Covid-19 was registered as an urgent threat, and although the panic at the scenarios that filled imaginations in those first weeks – of millions of imminent deaths, medical systems buckling and food supplies running scarce – has largely abated, the virus has not. More than 200 days since coronavirus was first detected, public health authorities say the number of infections is accelerating and the peak still lies ahead. In early August, the world finds itself at a nebulous stage: past the shock of the pandemic but without a clear end in sight.

Fulham's Premier League return and footballing bookworms - Football Weekly

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:43:39 GMT

Max Rushdenis joined by Barry Glendenning, Faye CarruthersandJonathan Liew to discuss Fulham’s return to the Premier League and we talk about VAR coughing and footballers who read books

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Max Rushdenis joined by Barry Glendenning, Faye Carruthers and Jonathan Liew to discuss Fulham’s return to the Premier League after an extra-time double from left-back Joe Bryan. Fulham fan Archie Rhind-Tutt reveals his broken voice after the hysterical celebrations, and we talk VAR coughing and footballers who read books.

From the archives – Ceausescu’s children: life in a Romanian orphanage – podcast

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:00:29 GMT

We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2015: Romania’s orphanages shocked the world when they were first exposed in 1989. But what happened to the children left behind? Vişinel Balan, now 27, tells his story

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Peter Mandelson on Labour and Europe: Politics Weekly podcast

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 04:00:20 GMT

In the first part of our Politics Weekly series, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Peter Mandelson, the former Labour cabinet minister and EU commissioner. The pair discuss Britain’s future relationship with Europe and the battle Sir Keir Starmer faces to get Labour back into power

The two great projects of Peter Mandelson’s life have centred on Britain’s role in Europe and Labour’s election success. In the past few years, both have been shattered.

Jonathan Freedland speaks to the former cabinet minister and EU commissioner, who is now the president of the international thinktank Policy Network, about why he believes Sir Keir Starmer is the right person to lead Labour to election victory.

The France football captain who murdered for Hitler – podcast

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 04:00:20 GMT

The best stories from the beautiful game that you may never have heard before, written by some of the world’s leading sports journalists, and spanning more than 100 years of sporting history from across the footballing planet.

In this episode: Alex Villaplane said captaining France was ‘the happiest day of his life’. Fourteen years later he was shot dead for being a traitor.

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How the world is coping with coronavirus, six months on – podcast

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:00:18 GMT

From Portugal to Pakistan, the Guardian’s international correspondent Michael Safi looks at the different ways countries have been affected by the virus and the impact that is having on the lives of people there

The Guardian international correspondent Michael Safi talks to Rachel Humphreys about the different ways in which countries have dealt with the virus – from some in Europe who seemed to have bent the curve but are now experiencing a second wave to developing nations such as Pakistan who felt quarantine posed a greater risk to life than coronavirus itself. It is a period of grinding negotiation between a virus whose dynamics are still mysterious and the increasingly pressing need to earn incomes, educate children and connect with one another.

Chris Bowen on providing 'constructive scrutiny' during the pandemic – Australian politics ...

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:30:09 GMT

The shadow health minister Chris Bowen joins Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy to discuss the opposition’s role during the coronavirus pandemic and the future of the Labor party. Bowen says the opposition’s strategy has been to concentrate on suggesting ways the government can improve their response while holding the government to account on things they could be doing better, such as the Covidsafe app. He also discusses the need for the party to find a cohesive message at the next election, using an economic agenda to create change and ensure no one gets left behind.

How Covid-19 laid bare the cracks in Australia’s aged care system

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:30:08 GMT

With over half of Covid-19 deaths in Victoria associated with aged care facilities, the Australian Medical Association has called for a royal commission into the situation. But experts say there were warnings about the sector’s vulnerability stretching back many years. So how did this happen?

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Covid-19: does more testing always mean more cases? – podcast

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 04:00:21 GMT

Since the beginning of the pandemic, ‘test, test, test’ has been the key message from epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists and healthcare professionals alike. But how does a country know if it’s doing sufficient testing? Or that it’s catching enough of the asymptomatic cases? Nicola Davis speaks to Prof Rowland Kao about the positivity rate, a value that can help to answer some of these difficult questions

How cancer care was sidelined in the fight against Covid-19 – podcast

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:00:19 GMT

With NHS services consumed by the fight against Covid-19 in recent months, cancer care has been dealt a blow, with diagnoses and treatment delayed

When the UK went into lockdown in March, the NHS braced for what it knew would be one of the most challenging periods in its history. As wards were cleared, staff were redeployed to the fight against Covid-19 that risked overwhelming the health service. But amid the upheaval, patients with other deadly diseases had their treatments and diagnoses delayed.

The Guardian’s health policy editor, Denis Campbell,tells Anushka Asthana that the impact of coronavirus has been particularly hard on cancer care in the UK. Thousands of cases have gone undiagnosed and the backlog of appointments exceeds 2 million.

Will a vaccine or recovery from the virus give us long-term immunity to Covid-19?

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:30:09 GMT

New evidence on how our bodies combat the virus has huge implications for the development of a coronavirus vaccine

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This episode first aired on Today in Focus, the Guardian’s global daily news podcast.

It’s a familiar refrain of the past six months: “When will we get back to normal?” The premise is that once a vaccine arrives or enough people have had Covid-19 we will be immune from its terrible effects. But new evidence on how our bodies combat the virus is casting doubt on the prospects for long-term immunity.

Arsenal's FA Cup win and the Scottish Premiership's return – Football Weekly

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:03:11 GMT

Max Rushdenis joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan WilsonandPhilippe Auclair to discuss Arsenal’s FA Cup Final win over Chelsea, Eddie Howe’s departure from Bournemouth and a review of the opening weekend in Scotland with Ewan Murray

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Max Rushdenis joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Philippe Auclair to discuss Arsenal’s FA Cup Final win over Chelsea, Eddie Howe’s departure from Bournemouth, and a deluxe Fitba corner in the company of Ewan Murray.

Innermost: another episode of our new series – podcast

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 16:26:05 GMT

We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences

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'Mama Boko Haram': one woman's extraordinary mission to rescue 'her boys' from terrorism – podcast

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:59:29 GMT

Aisha Wakil knew many of Boko Haram’s fighters as children. Now she uses those ties to broker peace deals, mediate hostage negotiations and convince militants to put down their weapons – but as the violence escalates, her task is becoming impossible. By Chika Oduah

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