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The Story from the Guardian
The Story podcast is dedicated to our finest audio documentaries, investigations and long form stories
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32 episodes
Jemima: who owns our life? - The Story podcast
In 2017, Jemima Dixon, who suffered from a complex form of multiple sclerosis, died in an assisted death at a clinic in Switzerland. She became one of...
Maybe baby: should I have children or not? - The Story podcast
How do we decide whether to become parents? Leah Green speaks to people in the middle of making the biggest decision of their lives. She encounters un...
Doc Tales: Black Sheep – The Story
To celebrate the release of our latest documentary, Charlie Phillips sits down with the film’s protagonist, Cornelius Walker, to discuss his incredibl...
Immigration detention: 'You're not human to them' – The Story podcast
A new Guardian survey has found that as of 31 August 2018, out of 188 people in immigration detention, 84% of detainees had not been given removal dir...
Immigration detention: 'It's basically a death sentence' – the Story podcast
According to the UK Home Office, in 2017 over 27,000 individuals were held in immigration detention. But even for the half who were released, there is...
The LGBT church: a shelter from the storm – The Story podcast
Attitudes towards LGBT people in parts of the world have led to ostracisation, or people being forced to hide or flee. But in a small church in the UK...
Episode 3: Croydon - Beyond the blade podcast
Half of Britain’s teenage stabbing deaths happen in London. But not all the city is equally at risk and in this final episode we travel to Croydon in...
Episode 2: Birmingham - Beyond the blade podcast
In our second episode, we travel to Birmingham and hear from a group of parents about the role of fear in driving incidents of violent crime. We also...
Episode 1: Bristol - Beyond the blade podcast
In the first episode of our new series, we hear from support workers in Bristol who talk about how role models, masculinity and intergenerational rela...
Coming soon: Beyond the blade podcast
In this new series of podcasts, people from Bristol, Birmingham and Croydon in South London allowed us to listen to, and record, conversations they’re...
The Trap: a tale of human trafficking – The Story podcast
In this special episode of The Story, we hear from the filmmakers Annie Kelly and Mei-Ling McNamara about how they made The Trap, the result of a year...
Doc Tales: Little Pyongyang – The Story podcast
To mark the release of the latest documentary commissioned by the Guardian, Charlie Phillips speaks with filmmaker Roxy Rezvany about her approach to...
The Kids of Calais, Part Two: the waiting game - The Story podcast
Continuing this two-part podcast, Harriet Grant looks at the fate of a handful of refugees brought to the UK in 2016. She finds that arrival in Britai...
The Kids of Calais, part one: family reunification - The Story podcast
In this two-part podcast, Harriet Grant looks at the fate of a handful of refugees brought to the UK in 2016. What happens when a young person arrives...
Ireland's shame: the death of Savita Halappanavar – The Story podcast
As Ireland prepares for a historic referendum, Danielle Stephens looks back at the story of Savita Halappanavar, an Indian woman who died after being...
Doc Tales: How to Make a Pearl – The Story podcast
To mark the release of the latest film from the Guardian Documentaries team, Charlie Phillips speaks with film-maker Jason Hanasik about the film’s su...
Home truths: when relationships and housework collide – The Story podcast
Leah Green explores the struggles that arise across the globe when deciding who does which chores
Peter Preston and the islands of San Serriffe – The Story podcast
As a tribute to the former editor of the Guardian, we hear a 2014 interview about his role in creating the fictitious islands of San Serriffe, the pap...
Unreported Britain: the nation's teeth - The Story podcast
How is it that charities are having to step in to help people falling through the net in a country with dental healthcare for all?
Camera Off: At Her Majesty's Pleasure, royal pageboy to prison inmate – The Story podcast
For our third and final episode in this series of Camera Off, we hear the story of Alex Trenchard, the aristocrat who was once a pageboy for the queen...
Camera Off: Granny's Dining Out, a tale of a hidden identity - The Story podcast
Camera Off brings you the touching story of Granny, the oldest serving volunteer at the Samaritans helpline and former teacher at a finishing school....
Camera Off begins with David's Matchbox, a tale of psychosis and love – The Story podcast
Camera Off is the new mini series from The Story, our podcast dedicated to bringing you great documentaries, investigation and long-form storytelling....
'I ask myself if I'm losing touch with reality' – solitary confinement in The Story podcast
Johnny Perez looks back on his time in solitary confinement, during which he questioned his sense of reality
'Imagine nobody recognising that you exist' – The Story podcast
Five Omar Mualimm-ak was in solitary confinement for five years in one consecutive period. He describes how it affected his mental health
'The collateral damage of solitary never goes away' – The Story podcast
Victor Pate describes the fear he experienced in solitary confinement, where he spent two years
‘I suffered hallucinations in solitary’ – The Story podcast
Tyrrell Muhammad talk of his seven years in solitary confinement, where he experienced psychotic episodes and felt like he would never get out
'My son is also in solitary now so it’s a cycle' – The Story podcast
Dolores Caneles was put in solitary confinement for nine months after being caught with drugs. Her son now is in solitary confinement. She explains ho...
'Boredom in solitary confinement is like nothing else' – The Story podcast
Steven Czifra describes how he coped with solitary confinement by reading and drawing. But eight years in solitary led Steven to become violent, even...
'I couldn’t understand if it was fake or real' – solitary confinement in The Story podcast
Marcell Neal talks about his experience of solitary confinement, his feelings of paranoia and the fact that he missed the birth of his daughter
Psychologists discuss solitary confinement – The Story podcast
Craig Haney and Terry Kupers explain why solitary confinement causes psychological damage
Solitary confinement in the US – audio documentary
As part of the Guardian’s 6x9 project looking at life in a prison isolation cell, Gary Younge discusses the practice of solitary confinement in the US...
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The Story is the brand new podcast strand from the Guardian - where you’ll find documentaries, investigations and long form storytelling at its finest...