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Today in Focus

By The Guardian

Hosted by Anushka Asthana and Rachel Humphreys, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining personal storytelling with insightful analysis, this podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday 

  1. 1.
    A year inside: what shielding has meant for the most vulnerable
    32:00
  2. 2.
    Professor Neil Ferguson on the Covid year that shattered our way of life
    28:31
  3. 3.
    Is it time to abolish the monarchy?
    25:15
  4. 4.
    What do progressives make of Joe Biden's presidency so far
    29:05
  5. 5.
    Amy-Leanne Stringfellow’s story and the campaign to end femicide
    29:48
  6. 6.
    Why are women so angry after the killing of Sarah Everard?
    25:43
  7. 7.
    Scandal, riots and the Dutch election
    24:43
  8. 8.
    Hostage diplomacy: when will Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe be free?
    34:02
  1. 9.
    Is the government ready to lead the fight against the climate crisis?
    26:38
  2. 10.
    The great global vaccine divide
    26:57
  3. 11.
    Meghan and Harry's brutal takedown of the royal family
    29:24
  4. 12.
    Why has there been a rise in anti-Asian hate crime in the US?
    30:05
  5. 13.
    The lawyer who fought to free Guantánamo's highest-value detainee
    28:04
  6. 14.
    Guantánamo’s highest-value detainee and the guard who befriended him
    41:12
  7. 15.
    Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon and the turmoil inside Scottish politics
    30:39
  8. 16.
    Why has the Brazilian butt lift become so popular? – podcast
    30:30
  9. 17.
    The life and death of Robert Maxwell
    32:25
  10. 18.
    Is this the worst year ever for the UK music industry?
    28:49
  11. 19.
    No sex please, we're British. Dating in a pandemic
    29:59
  12. 20.
    The science behind England’s Covid exit plan – podcast
    22:26
  13. 21.
    Freshwater part 5: the appeal
    43:47
  14. 22.
    Freshwater part 4: radar
    46:34
  15. 23.
    Freshwater part 3: the clifftop evidence
    36:09
  16. 24.
    Freshwater part 2: the circumstantial evidence
    49:31
  17. 25.
    Freshwater part 1: are the wrong men in jail?
    44:14
  18. 26.
    Catherine Flowers and her fight for environmental justice in Alabama
    22:02
  19. 27.
    Inside Napier: the former army barracks housing asylum seekers
    29:18
  20. 28.
    Why are farmers protesting against the Indian government?
    26:04
  21. 29.
    It's a Sin: a nurse reflects on the Aids crisis of the 80s
    30:20
  22. 30.
    Covid-19 variants and what they mean for vaccines
    22:37
  23. 31.
    The coup in Myanmar and a fight for democracy
    29:51
  24. 32.
    How the Queen lobbied for changes in the law to hide her wealth
    29:55
  25. 33.
    Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment: how Putin put his opponent behind bars
    26:30
  26. 34.
    Inside the trial against the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's biggest mafia syndicate
    26:30
  27. 35.
    Donald Trump's second impeachment: will the Senate convict him?
    34:06
  28. 36.
    Wall Street versus the Redditors: the GameStop goldrush
    26:52
  29. 37.
    How the EU’s vaccine effort turned into a crisis
    29:22
  30. 38.
    Inside LA’s Covid crisis – podcast
    29:01
  31. 39.
    Conversations with kids about coronavirus
    34:38
  32. 40.
    What's up with WhatsApp?
    20:42
  33. 41.
    Why Brazilians are having to take the Covid crisis into their own hands
    26:04
  34. 42.
    Behind closed doors: Filipina workers trapped by the pandemic
    29:31
  35. 43.
    Vaccine hesitancy: what is behind the fears circulating in BAME communities?
    28:35
  36. 44.
    The fight for recovery from a lifelong eating disorder
    27:29
  37. 45.
    Surviving cardiac arrest: what it's like to come back to life
    33:22
  38. 46.
    Why is Sex and the City coming back to our screens?
    28:07
  39. 47.
    The end of Trump: where will the Biden era take America?
    24:22
  40. 48.
    Is bitcoin a scam?
    26:17
  41. 49.
    Inside an NHS hospital at the peak of the coronavirus crisis
    28:50
  42. 50.
    Trump, the death penalty and its links with America’s racist history
    32:51

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