Guardian Focus

The Guardian

Each week, Guardian correspondents and commentators take a detailed look at an issue in the news

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77 episodes
Updated Dec 19, 2014

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Aug 5, 2011 · 30 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The English language and immigration
Should the government be forcing people to speak English? Hugh Muir investigates
Jul 28, 2011 · 42 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: Examining the British far right
With the far right making political gains in France, Denmark and the Netherlands, and now the terrorist atrocity in Norway, what's the state of the far right in the UK?
Jul 27, 2011 · 22 min
Global development podcast: population growth
Soon the world's population will reach 7 billion. But do more people necessarily mean more problems?
Jul 22, 2011 · 33 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The Metropolitan police crisis
After another resignation at the top of the Metropolitan police, we ask what's going wrong and how to ensure the mistakes of the phone hacking scandal are not repeated
Jul 15, 2011 · 28 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Northern Ireland's sectarian violence
This week's podcast explores what recent clashes in Belfast means for the province
Jul 8, 2011 · 34 min
Media Talk podcast: News of the World closes as News International implodes
Alan Rusbridger, Nick Davies, Roy Greenslade and Janine Gibson discuss the impact of the phone-hacking scandal on NI and the newspaper industry
Jul 8, 2011 · 32 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Do we do right by our elderly?
The Dilnot commission report attempted to determine who should pay for elderly care. We talk to some elderly people and their carers and ask why older citizens get such a raw deal
Jun 30, 2011 · 23 min
Global development podcast: what does the future hold for southern Sudan?
On 9 July, southern Sudan will become an independent state. What are the development challenges and opportunities facing the new country?
Jun 24, 2011 · 36 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: Unions strike back
As the spending cuts start to bite, trade unions are planning strike action. We ask if there are more effective negotiation techniques
Jun 14, 2011 · 38 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Wimbledon and the state of British tennis
We give millions to the Lawn Tennis Association every year to get more people playing and to improve elite performance. Hugh Muir asks if it's working
Jun 8, 2011 · 1 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: How will the changes to budget affect the NHS?
Hugh Muir talks to health experts to find out how the changes to the way the NHS is financed will affect its service and where the necessary savings can be made
May 31, 2011 · 36 min
Global development podcast: are we on the brink of a new global food crisis?
The World Bank says soaring food prices have already pushed millions more people into extreme poverty this year. We examine what is being done to combat the problem
May 20, 2011 · 31 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Scottish sectarianism
Hugh Muir explores the reasons for the apparent upsurge in religious hatred in Scotland. How much deeper than the football matches between Celtic and Rangers does this go?
May 15, 2011 · 40 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Slutwalk marches
Thousands of women in Canada and the US have already marched in a movement provocatively called SlutWalk. But are they advancing feminism or harming it? An expert panel assembled by the Observer debates the issue before a series of marches in the UK
May 13, 2011 · 29 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The Coalition's impact on grassroots politics
On the first anniversary of the coalition government, Hugh Muir and Martin Wainwright visit David Cameron and Nick Clegg's constituencies of Witney and Sheffield
May 6, 2011 · 36 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Are the Olympics creating enough jobs for east Londoners?
Hugh Muir asks whether the target of getting 70,000 unemployed Londoners into work through London 2012 is being achieved
Apr 28, 2011 · 35 min
Global development podcast: what role can tourism play in development?
The World Tourism Organisation argues that responsible tourism can play a significant role in eradicating poverty and meeting the millennium development goals. But is it right?
Apr 21, 2011 · 41 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The nuclear debate after Fukushima and Chernobyl
George Monbiot, Helen Caldicott and Laurence Williams join host James Randerson to debate the future of the UK's nuclear programme following Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster
Apr 13, 2011 · 1 hr 31 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Afghanistan
Jon Snow chairs a Guardian debate at the British Museum in London under the title Afghanistan: What makes a Nation?
Apr 12, 2011 · 31 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The AV referendum
Michael White talks to MPs, voters, campaigners and experts prior to the referendum on the alternative vote system on 5 May