Today in Focus
The Guardian
Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
Location:
United Kingdom
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Networks:
The Guardian
Description:
Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
Language:
English
Episodes
Noel Clarke loses his libel case against the Guardian – Today in Focus Extra
8/22/2025
Investigations editor Paul Lewis talks through the Guardian’s successful defence against a libel action brought by the actor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:15:25
Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool
8/21/2025
An intergenerational war has broken out with Gen Z mercilessly mocking millennials as embarrassing and out of touch. Chloë Hamilton reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:23:56
Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns
8/20/2025
Helen Pidd grew up in Morecambe, and life in seaside towns has only got harder since she was a teenager. She went back to find out why. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:30:08
What price will Ukraine have to pay for peace?
8/19/2025
After a week of historic summits on the future of Ukraine, will the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have to trade land for peace? Diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:22
How far-right rhetoric on migration went mainstream
8/18/2025
Academic and author Dr Maya Goodfellow discusses how UK politicians have adopted far-right language on asylum and immigration. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:24:24
Can Europe’s leaders drag Trump’s Ukraine policy back on track? – Today in Focus Extra podcast
8/18/2025
The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger on why a ‘dream team’ of Europe’s leaders will flank Zelenskyy today as he travels to Washington. Can they convince Trump to listen to the Ukrainian president?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:15:13
Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration mastermind
8/17/2025
What is driving the architect of Donald Trump’s immigration policy? With Jean Guerrero. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:31:06
Ghosting, breadcrumbing, one-night stands: are we done with dating apps?
8/14/2025
More than a million people in the UK left dating apps last year. The Guardian writer Kitty Drake explains why. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:25:20
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians
8/13/2025
Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:34
The secrets of the world’s richest company
8/12/2025
Nvidia is the world’s first $4tn company – and it just made an astonishing deal with Trump. But who is the company’s founder, Jensen Huang, and what is behind its success? Tae Kim explains. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:29:49
The Trump-Putin summit
8/11/2025
The Guardian journalist Shaun Walker and the former British ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow talk through Friday’s impending summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska and discuss where it will leave the war in Ukraine. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:24:11
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism
8/10/2025
Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:34:08
Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms
8/7/2025
The Guardian’s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, visits factories threatened by US tariffs in Guangzhou, south China, as the deadline for a US-China trade agreement approaches with no deal yet in sight. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:25:30
Has the digital nomad dream turned sour?
8/6/2025
Alex Holder loves her new life in Lisbon but has become increasingly uneasy that people like her might be damaging the cities they love. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:28:49
Is this the summer the British left comes back?
8/5/2025
Guardian columnist Owen Jones and political correspondent Aletha Adu explore the prospects of the new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:26:10
How the Trump administration made a sewage crisis ‘woke’
8/4/2025
How did the Trump administration upend a landmark civil rights victory for environmental justice? Nina Lakhani reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:31:01
The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk
8/3/2025
Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by a whistleblower, exposing serious safety concerns over the company’s cars. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:31:30
Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers?
7/31/2025
Pulitzer prize-winning author Caroline Fraser on the link between air pollution in the US and male violence. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:31:36
How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza?
7/30/2025
Surgeon Nick Maynard describes the unfolding famine he witnessed during his volunteering in Gaza, while our chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison, analyses whether the UK’s proposed recognition of Palestine will alleviate the suffering there at all. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:27:50
Can people still protest about Palestine in the UK?
7/29/2025
What has been the impact of Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist organisation? Haroon Siddique reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Duration:00:24:05