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2 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Jonathan Watts |Pascal Wyse |Nicole Jackson |Tiago Rogero |Joshua Kelly
Three years ago, British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s remote Javari valley. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, investigates what happened in the first episode of a new six-part investigative podcast series
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2 days ago | 
media.info | Tom Phillips |Jonathan Watts |Pascal Wyse |Nicole Jackson |Tiago Rogero |Joshua Kelly
Reported and hosted by Tom Phillips; Joshua Kelly series producer; producers Poppy Damon, Ana Ionova, and Leticia Leite; series development Redzi Bernard; sound designers Pascal Wyse and Simon Panyi; music supervisor Pascal Wyse; executive producer Nicole Jackson ; original music composition Stela Nesrine; artwork by Auá Mendes; with thanks to Orlando Possuelo, Cristóvão Negreiros Pissango,Jonathan Watts, Alessandra Sampaio, Beatriz Matos, Gareth Phillips, Sian Phillips and Tiago Rogero.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | David Conn |Esther Opoku-Gyeni |Nicola Alexandrou |Nicole Jackson
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: After 32 years of establishment lies, media smears, inquests, trials and retrials, the families of the Hillsborough dead have yet to see anyone held accountable
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | John Harris |Gaby Hinsliff |Tom Pollard |Frankie Tobi |Zoe Hitch |Nicole Jackson
After months of speculation, the government will soon lay out plans to change the benefits system. Keir Starmer argues that the current system is ‘the worst of all worlds’. But with deep cuts to disability payments on the table, could the changes come at the expense of the most vulnerable? And will Labour MPs really be able to support this? John Harris hears from the head of social policy at the New Economics Foundation, Tom Pollard, and the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Anushka Asthana |Paul Lewis |Rob Evans |Joshua Kelly |Nicholas Alexander |Nicole Jackson | +1 more
This episode first aired on 9 December 2020. In 2018, Frank Bennett’s sister Honor received a hand-delivered letter from a public inquiry about their 18-year-old brother Michael Hartley, who had been reported missing at sea, believed dead, 50 years before. For a moment, they thought Michael had been found, but in fact, the letter revealed that their dead brother’s identity had been stolen by a police officer who had penetrated two leftwing organisations.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | John Harris |Will Hayward |Frankie Tobi |Zoe Hitch |Nicole Jackson
This week, Politics Weekly UK is on the road in south-east Wales, hearing from those in traditional Labour heartlands. But with people increasingly frustrated that public services are crumbling and that nothing seems to change, Nigel Farage’s party fancies its chances at next year’s Senedd elections. John Harris asks why Reform UK is on the rise in Wales and what it tells us about the future of British politics
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Rachel Porter |Nicole Jackson |Phil Maynard |Courtney Yusuf |Simon Hattenstone
Two years ago, transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death by two 15-year-olds. The killers had been radicalised on the dark web, while the victim was trapped in an online world of her own. Now her mother has become friends with the parent of one of the murderers. On the second anniversary of Brianna’s death, Esther sits down with Simon Hattenstone to discuss her daughter’s murder and her own extraordinary response.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | John Harris |Patrick Wintour |Gaby Hinsliff |Frankie Tobi |Zoe Hitch |Nicole Jackson
Donald Trump’s plans to end the war in Ukraine have taken centre stage this week. But, with Ukraine excluded from US-Russia talks, could they really accept what might be on offer? And what role will the UK and Europe play?John Harris hears from diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour and columnist Gaby Hinsliff about what a resolution could look like• Send your questions and feedback to [email protected]
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | John Harris |Anand Menon |Gaby Hinsliff |Frankie Tobi |Zoe Hitch |Nicole Jackson
Keir Starmer is treading a fine line as he avoids picking sides between the EU and US. But with Donald Trump saying he wants to ‘take over’ Gaza and threatening to impose tariffs on the EU, can the prime minister really keep both on side? John Harris asks Prof Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe, and Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff• Send your questions and feedback to [email protected]
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | John Harris |Gaby Hinsliff |Clive Lewis |Frankie Tobi |Zoe Hitch |Nicole Jackson
In her big plan to get the economy growing again the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has prioritised growth over almost everything else. But at what cost? John Harris speaks to the Labour MP Clive Lewis about concerns that climate action is taking a back seat. Plus, the columnist Gaby Hinsliff talks us through whether the party’s quest for growth will work• Send your questions and feedback to [email protected]
