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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Apr 8, 2011 · 33 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: Why is the Olympic sporting legacy off track?
London won the 2012 Olympics with a promise to turn the UK into a sporting nation the world would envy. So why aren't more people taking up sport?
Apr 6, 2011 · 29 min
Guardian Focus podcast: What Poland did right
Concluding the Guardian's New Europe series, Chris Bobinski, Andrzej Swidlicki and Matteo Napolitano join Jon Henley to discuss how Poland sailed through the economic crash
Apr 4, 2011 · 34 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The future of Polish football
Jonathan Wilson visits Poland to examine efforts to drag football into the 21st century in time for next year's European Championships
Apr 1, 2011 · 29 min
Global development podcast: does microfinance help people escape poverty?
Many people like the sound of microfinance because it isn't charity. But are all poor people budding entrepreneurs? And what happens when people cannot repay their loans?
Mar 28, 2011 · 28 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Spain’s long road to recovery
Continuing the Guardian's New Europe series, Jill Treanor, Eduardo Suarez and Giles Tremlett join Jon Henley to consider Spain's economic prospects
Mar 22, 2011 · 27 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Policing protests
How are the Metropolitan police preparing for this weekend's mass demonstrations against public spending cuts? Hugh Muir investigates
Mar 22, 2011 · 29 min
Guardian Focus podcast: What’s holding France back?
Jon Henley is joined by Angelique Chrisafis, Eric Albert and Phillip Inman to discuss France's faltering economic recovery
Mar 15, 2011 · 28 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Germany's economic strength
In the first in a series of podcasts focusing on Europe, Martin Kettle, Sebastian Borger and Fiona Harvey join Jon Henley to discuss the success of the German economy
Mar 8, 2011 · 34 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: International Women's Day
On the centenary of International Women's Day, we explore why feminism still matters in 2011 and debate the Guardian's list of 100 inspirational women
Mar 3, 2011 · 28 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Labour councils enacting coalition spending cuts
As councils across Britain meet to pass their much reduced budgets, are Labour councils taking their constituents with them?
Feb 25, 2011 · 31 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The indefinite detention of foreign prisoners
Hundreds of foreign prisoners are held indefinitely after they have served their criminal sentences. Harriet Grant investigates
Feb 18, 2011 · 39 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Ireland's general election
Henry McDonald hears from candidates, businesspeople, voters and journalists prior to Ireland's most fascinating election for years
Feb 10, 2011 · 33 min
Global development podcast: the securitisation of aid
Are military priorities distorting aid budgets? A panel of experts discuss the relationship between the UK's development budget and the country's foreign policy objectives
Feb 9, 2011 · 28 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: Are prenuptial agreements fair?
The Law Commission recently recommended that prenups become legally binding. Are they the fairest way to distribute assets? We'll also be asking if divorce should be simpler
Feb 4, 2011 · 22 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: England's forest sell-off
Steven Morris visits the Forest of Dean to assess the government's prospective forest sale. What would private ownership mean for the area and could an alternative model to the Forestry Commission ever work?
Jan 28, 2011 · 24 min
Global development podcast: land grabs in Africa
With climate change and rising demand for biofuels pushing up food prices, rich countries are increasingly looking for land in poorer nations to feed themselves. But is this at the expense of the host country?
Jan 27, 2011 · 18 min
Guardian Focus podcast: The Palestine Papers
After the release of confidential documents in the Middle East conflict, Guardian commentators examine what happens next for the region
Jan 21, 2011 · 23 min
Guardian Focus Podcast: Tunisia's Jasmine revolution
A week after President Ben Ali fled the country he ruled with an iron fist, we ask whether the 'unity government' is just a new name for the old regime
Jan 13, 2011 · 21 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Multiple sclerosis and the cost of being ill
Why will the weakest in Britain bear the brunt of the government's austerity measures? Elizabeth Kinder investigates the impact of the cuts on sufferers of MS, a degenerative disease with no known cure
Jan 9, 2011 · 35 min
Guardian Focus podcast: No country for young people
Being a young person in Britain seems harder than ever. Is it the fault of older generations? We hear from a panel of under-25s from a range of backgrounds