Guardian Focus

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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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Jan 7, 2011 · 21 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Referendum in Sudan
In our weekly current affairs programme, our panel of experts discuss this weekend's vote on whether southern Sudan should form a breakaway state
Dec 17, 2010 · 38 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Do celebrities have a role to play in development?
Over the past 25 years, more and more celebrities are fronting aid campaigns. But what role do they play in the development process, and is it right that they gain direct access to the political bargaining table?
Dec 9, 2010 · 42 min
Guardian Focus: The Cancún climate change conference
Examining the climate change compromises, emission deals and fallout from WikiLeaks at COP16 in Cancún
Dec 3, 2010 · 27 min
Guardian Focus podcast: WikiLeaks and the US embassy cables
After the biggest leak of secret US embassy documents in history, our expert panel discusses the future of American diplomacy and the impact on implicated regimes around the globe
Nov 29, 2010 · 10 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Polio returns to Africa
Alex Duval Smith joins vaccinators in the Democratic Republic of Congo to discover what steps need to be taken to combat the return of polio to the region
Nov 26, 2010 · 30 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Climate change adaptation
Next week, climate talks resume in Cancun, with the credibility of the entire negotiation system at stake. What effect is climate change already having on the developing world?
Nov 21, 2010 · 54 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Is religion a force for good?
AC Grayling, Evan Harris, Jon Cruddas, Cristina Odone and Samia Rahman debate the virtues of religion
Nov 19, 2010 · 20 min
Focus podcast: Britain's flood defences
As Cornwall counts the cost of this week's flash floods, Martin Wainwright visits Cockermouth, in Cumbria, which one year ago suffered its own devastating floods. How can Britain best defend itself against the effects of severe weather?
Nov 12, 2010 · 18 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Contains material some listeners may find offensive
We explore swearing by looking at the history and significance of bad language, plus how taboo words have changed over time
Nov 3, 2010 · 31 min
Focus podcast: US shifts to the right in midterm elections
A bad night for the Democrats, as they lose the House of Representatives and just about cling on to the Senate. Jonathan Freedland and guests explore the impact of the midterm elections and ask if this is the end of liberalism in the States
Oct 29, 2010 · 28 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Food security
With nearly 1 billion people around the world already going hungry each day and dozens of countries facing food shortages in the near future, food security has become an urgent issue
Oct 22, 2010 · 27 min
Audio: Focus podcast: How the spending review will affect Leeds
In this week's Focus podcast Martin Wainwright looks at the likely effects of George Osborne's comprehensive spending review on the lives of people in his hometown
Oct 20, 2010 · 13 min
Podcast special: comprehensive spending review 2010
Our team of experts discusses the winners and losers in the government's comprehensive spending review
Oct 19, 2010 · 34 min
Audio: Guardian Focus podcast: Why do record numbers of young people have sexually transmitted infections?
Rosie Swash investigates the reasons for the UK's high level of sexually transmitted diseases among 15 to 24-year-olds
Oct 8, 2010 · 20 min
Audio | Guardian Focus podcast: Arts funding
This week's Guardian Focus podcast looks at state investment in the arts, as Britain's creative industries prepare for large-scale government funding cuts
Sep 24, 2010 · 40 min
Audio | Guardian Focus podcast: Millennium development goals
In the wake of the UN millennium development goals summit, we look at the challenge of meeting the needs of the world's poorest and ask what should happen to global development after 2015
Aug 5, 2010 · 31 min
Guardian Focus podcast: Pakistan
Pakistan has been hit by its worst floods since 1929 in the week President Zardari chose to visit Britain. We discuss the realtionship between the two countries and the ability of the Pakistani state to deal with the numerous crises it faces