The Guardian UK Culture Podcast
The Guardian's UK Culture podcast features the best of our original writing, drama, reviews and news. Our latest series is Adulting, the Guardian's first foray into original podcast content
Episodes
April 1, 2022 • 49 mins
Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators. In this episode, Marina Hyde looks at the new additions to Downing Street (2m00s), Hadley Freeman interviews Hollywood actor Will Arnett (9m56s), Sirin Kale tries her hand at quiz show Mastermind (26m32s), and David Robson examines why we’re so stressed about stress (41m08s). If you ...
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February 5, 2022 • 48 mins
Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators. In our first episode, Marina Hyde reflects on another less than stellar week for Boris Johnson (1m38s), Edward Helmore charts the rise of Joe Rogan (9m46s), Laura Snapes goes deep with singer George Ezra (18m30s), and Alex Moshakis asks, “Are you a jerk at work?” (34m40s). If you lik...
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July 1, 2021 • 39 mins
Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known guests to lift the lid on the food they turn to when they’re at home alone – and what comfort foods have seen them through their lives. In the first episode, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how ...
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February 8, 2021 • 25 mins
The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. In the first episode, we hear from Kashy Keegan, an unknown singer-songwriter in a sleepy English town who became the voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the ser...
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August 3, 2020 • 20 mins
We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series
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June 25, 2020 • 16 mins
The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series
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May 18, 2018 • 46 mins
Rhianna Dhillon reveals the final nominees in this year’s British Podcast awards. With the winners announced on Saturday, sample shows from Russell Brand, Penguin Books and more
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May 17, 2018 • 44 mins
All this week Rhianna Dhillon is playing the hits from the British Podcast Award 2018 nominees. Today, it’s the best culture, sports and interview podcasts
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May 16, 2018 • 37 mins
Rhianna Dhillon explores this year’s nominees for the best family, fiction and most original podcast
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May 15, 2018 • 46 mins
Rhianna Dhillon reveals the nominees for best comedy and true crime podcasts at this year’s British Podcast Awards
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May 14, 2018 • 32 mins
Sample the choice cuts all this week from this year’s nominees in this Guardian taster series. Today: the best new and current affairs shows.
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May 1, 2018 • 52 mins
Cafe Oto co-founder Hamish Dunbar guides us through some of his favourite recordings from the renowned east London experimental music venue
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May 1, 2018 • 27 mins
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the world-renowned experimental music venue, musicians, staff and volunteers tell the story of how an abandoned Dalston paint factory was transformed into a vibrant international hub of creativity. Featuring Thurston Moore, David Toop, and more
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January 25, 2018 • 15 mins
Our new culture podcast, The Start, brings major artists to the mic to reveal how they began their careers. In this first episode, Sofia Coppola talks about the fear and the thrill of directing her debut film, The Virgin Suicides
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November 24, 2017 • 12 mins
Events come to a head in the final episode of our audio drama series. Will the wedding even take place?
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November 24, 2017 • 12 mins
A series of answerphone messages reveal what really happened in 2007
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November 24, 2017 • 12 mins
Can Daniel discover the truth before it’s too late?
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November 24, 2017 • 11 mins
Charlotte uncovers a decade of deceit in the third episode of our audio drama podcast
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November 24, 2017 • 11 mins
Charlotte arrives at the wedding venue, and makes an unexpected discovery
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November 24, 2017 • 9 mins
Ten years after university, a group of friends gather for a wedding in the Lake District. But all is not as it seems...
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