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Dec 21, 2024 | theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Marina Hyde |Simon Hattenstone |Anna Moore |Laura Shavin |Joplin Sibtain | +2 more

Subscribe to Weekend via your favourite platform Let us know what you think of the episode: [email protected] Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/weekendpod The Guardian and Observer’s 2024 Charity Appeal has partnered with three charities, Medicins Sans Frontieres, War Child and Parallel Histories, to support civilians living in Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan and Ukraine as they struggle with the devastating impacts of war, and to help schools teach children about sensitive and...

Oct 26, 2024 | theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Marina Hyde |Emine Saner |Zoe Williams |Laura Shavin |Elizabeth Chan | +1 more

Why does Rivals’ high-camp, warts-and-all frolic through the 80s make Zoe Williams feel so nostalgic? Is it wrong for Elon Musk to offer voters $1m to get Trump elected? ‘I was blown away by how meaningful and interesting it is: one woman’s ‘love story’ to the caring profession. And Philippa Perry advises a reader to be more forgiving to a friend who is a perpetual liar How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know

Sep 14, 2024 | theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Zoe Williams |Lucy Sante |Matthew Blake |Laura Shavin |Lydia Parker | +1 more

Weekend is taking a little break. So this week, we’re picking some of our favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them…Zoe Williams turns the tables on veteran interviewer Louis Theroux; how an app sparked a late-life gender transition for author Lucy Sante; and if you kill someone in your sleep, are you a murderer?

Sep 7, 2024 | theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Emma Brockes |Sophie McBain |Tim Jonze |Suanne Braun |Laura Shavin | +1 more

Weekend is taking a little break. So for the next two weeks, we’re picking some of our favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them…Actor Julia Fox unpacks abuse, fame, and dating Kanye; should you blame yourself for your bad habits? And what happened when one man’s boat sank in the dead of night and he had to save his seven-year-old son.

Aug 17, 2024 | theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Susanna Crossman |Marina Hyde |Moya Sarner |Laura Shavin |Evelyn Miller

Susanna Crossman describes her childhood in a utopian commune where children ran wild – and the trouble that came with that freedom; Marina Hyde assesses Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s glitch-ridden chat; and Moya Sarner reveals the life-changing power of selfishness, with the help of a simple phrase. How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know