The Audio Long Read

The Audio Long Read

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Best of 2026 … so far: Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is stil ...  Afficher plus

 . 50min 38sec

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Best of 2026 … so far: Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is stil ...  Afficher plus

 . 50min 38sec
Best of 2026 … so far: Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from April: A certain image of the tiger mom – strict, cold and de ...  Afficher plus

 . 34min 43sec
Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US

With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independen ...  Afficher plus

 . 25min 53sec
Best of 2026…so far: Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from April: Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of th ...  Afficher plus

 . 46min 21sec
Best of 2026…so far: 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK’s cargo theft crisis be stopped?

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from March: It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gan ...  Afficher plus

 . 42min 9sec