Today in Focus
Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Michael Safi, 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. Today in Focus features journalists such as: Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar, Alex Hern, Helen Pidd, Peter Walker, Luke Harding, Andrew Roth, Shaun Walker and Jim Waterson. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a story in the news, covering: current affairs, politics, investigations, leaks, and scandals. It might cover, for example, topics such as: the environment, green issues, climate change, the climate emergency and global warming; American politics including: Biden, Trump, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; UK politics including: parliament, Labour, the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer; culture; the royals and the royal family, including King Charles III; HS2; the police; Ukraine; Russia; and Bangladesh
- Website
- https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
- Description
- Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Michael Safi, 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. Today in Focus features journalists such as: Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar, Alex Hern, Helen Pidd, Peter Walker, Luke Harding, Andrew Roth, Shaun Walker and Jim Waterson. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a story in the news, covering: current affairs, politics, investigations, leaks, and scandals. It might cover, for example, topics such as: the environment, green issues, climate change, the climate emergency and global warming; American politics including: Biden, Trump, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; UK politics including: parliament, Labour, the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer; culture; the royals and the royal family, including King Charles III; HS2; the police; Ukraine; Russia; and Bangladesh
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-03-29 01:58
- last episode published
- 2025-03-28 03:00
- publication frequency
- 1.25 days
- Contributors
- theguardian.com
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- The Guardian
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- Number of Episodes
- 657
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Episodes
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| 2025-03-28 |
From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-27 | Labour was gambling on growth, but with stubbornly gloomy forecasts can they cut their way out of an economic hole? Peter Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-26 | Protesters took to streets after President Erdoğan had his rival arrested. What will happen next? Sami Kent and Ruth Michaelson report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-25 | What is life like with – and after – long Covid? Helen Pidd reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-24 | How the US vice-president, JD Vance, is attempting to lay the groundwork to succeed Donald Trump. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-21 | Nicola Slawson on her decision to have a baby with her best friend, Tom, rather than a romantic partner. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-20 | Detained after taking a leading role in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, the graduate has called himself a political prisoner. Chris McGreal reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-19 | The government is hoping to save £5bn from the welfare bill – but what will the cost be for sick and disabled people? Patrick Butler reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-18 | Israeli military forces carried out strikes on dozens of targets across Gaza early on Tuesday, leaving more than 400 people dead. Emma Graham-Harrison reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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| 2025-03-18 | Libby Brooks reports from the Thistle, a new Glasgow clinic that offers somewhere for people to use drugs in a safer, hygienic environment. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus |
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