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The tiny, astonishingly wealthy country has become a major player on the world stage, trying to solve some of the most intractable conflicts. What’s driving this project? By Nesrine Malik. Read by Sulin Hasso. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod 

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from June: with his brilliant mind and impeccable credentials, it’ ... Show More

Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixed By Daniel Trilling. Read by Simon Darwen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod 

A young woman’s body was found on the side of the road in Choctaw, OK in 1990. Four years after her death, her son, Michael Hughes, was abducted from his elementary school by a man who claimed to be his father. Who was the young woman and what happened to her son? Her death and h ... Show More

In 2002, the French Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt became perhaps one of the best-known hostages in the world when she was kidnapped and held for over six years, deep in the Colombian jungle, by the Farc or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Watching Ingrid's emotion ... Show More

Un 31 décembre, on frappe à sa porte. Une employée de mairie et un officier de police lui annoncent l'accident de son mari, parti plus tôt dans l'après-midi rouler sous le soleil d'hiver. Marc-Aurèle a rejoint le cercle des hommes qui vivent et meurent trop vite. Elle a rejoint c ... Show More

A young Ohio woman vanishes one summer night, prompting her community to conduct a massive search. When she’s found dead, investigators work to uncover her killer. Andrea Canning reports.Andrea Canning and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Tal ... Show More

In July of 2018, a 26-year-old Washington woman attempted to flee her adoptive mother’s house, but was carried back inside by her brother. She hasn’t been seen by friends or neighbors since, and her family claims she ran away. Strangely, it would be nearly a year-and-a-half until ... Show More

1997, une jeune femme est découverte affreusement mutilée à Perpignan. Personne ne se doute alors qu'un maniaque rôde dans les rues de la ville et s'apprête à horrifier le pays entier. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations. 

On a chilly February day in 1947, news of an unidentified 17-year-old woman’s body shook the people of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Carter and Wenndy explore the long line of suspects ranging from Rita’s boyfriend to her creepy, pedophile neighbor...but who was present in those final ... Show More

At 82, Isabel Allende is one of the world’s most beloved and best-selling Spanish-language authors. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages, and 80 million copies of her books have been sold around the world. That’s a lot of books.Allende’s newest novel, “My Name ... Show More

In September of 2016, a 24-year-old woman’s body was found burning in a kiddie pool in the woods near a lake in Grapevine, Texas. She was last seen visiting a bar in search of a job, and after police reviewed the surveillance video from her visit, they saw her speaking to her kil ... Show More