Weekend

The Guardian

Every Saturday, the Weekend podcast brings some of the best Guardian writing from the week, read by talented narrators. Listen to celebrity interviews, lifestyle features, and opinions from our most popular columnists including Marina Hyde and John Crace. Weekend is the perfect way to relax.

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184 episodes
Updated May 23

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Apr 13, 2024 · 38 min
What’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z’s lust for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on ‘President’ The Rock
Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid; Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness; why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City; and do our political opponents really hate us?
Apr 6, 2024 · 47 min
Nick Cave on how grief shapes his art, Marina Hyde on the Thames Water crisis, and bread’s role in British society
This week, Marina Hyde discusses the Thames Water crisis after a sewage-plagued boat race; Simon Hattenstone interviews Nick Cave, who is about to exhibit his ceramic figurines at the Xavier Hufkens gallery, about art, love, politics and the death of his two sons; and Rachel Dixon investigates bread in Britain and what it tells us about health, wealth and class.
Mar 30, 2024 · 42 min
Gillian Anderson on playing Emily Maitlis; Marina Hyde on the Tories’ misguided attack ad; and the quest to live to 100
This week, Marina Hyde discuss the Tories’ attack ad as they bid to unseat Sadiq Khan; Phil Daoust asks what can he change at 60 to make it to 100; and Eva Wiseman interviews Gillian Anderson as she prepares to play Emily Maitlis in a drama about her interview with Prince Andrew
Mar 23, 2024 · 44 min
‘We’re ready’ – Labour’s Angela Rayner takes on the Tories; and how an app sparked a late-life gender transition
If Labour gets into government, the deputy labour leader Angela Rayner will be one of the most powerful women in Britain. ‘Bring it on,’ she says; and ‘I was having a much better time as a girl in that parallel life’: why author Lucy Sante transitioned
Mar 16, 2024 · 49 min
Teacher Michael Donkor on coming out to his pupils; finding love via small ads; and are bad habits your fault?
Should you blame yourself for your bad habits?; author and teacher, Michael Donkor, on the dilemma of whether to come out to his pupils; and missed connections: four extraordinary stories of couples who found love via small ads.
Mar 9, 2024 · 36 min
Does murder count if you’re asleep? Marina Hyde on Christian Horner’s F1 drama; and how inanity ruined the red carpet
It’s the Christian Horner paradox, according to Marina Hyde: F1 is now hideously dull, but it’s never been more dramatic; if you kill someone in your sleep, is it murder?; and ‘What a ridiculous question!’ How fawning, and inanity ruined the red carpet
Mar 2, 2024 · 14 min
The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue
The prologue to our new series about Artificial Intelligence, Black Box
Mar 2, 2024 · 36 min
A Ted Bundy survivor on finding happiness, John Crace on the Tories’ Islamophobia problem, and the ‘worst film ever made’
John Crace watches the Tories tie themselves in knots to avoid calling Lee Anderson the ‘R’ word; a Ted Bundy survivor tells Anna Moore how the moment changed her life; and Fergal Kinney looks at how Sex Lives of the Potato Men broke the British cinema industry
Feb 24, 2024 · 42 min
The Libertines’ tortured reunion, Marina Hyde on celebrity-dictator bromances, and the simple trick to enjoying life more
From Tucker Carlson to Johnny Depp, a celebrity bromance is the must-have accessory for modern dictators, says Marina Hyde; the Libertines on feuds, friendship and their tortured reunion; and how habituation, a simple behavioural trick, can help you experience less pain and more pleasure
Feb 17, 2024 · 43 min
John Crace on Rishi’s GB News grilling; when yoga turns toxic; and why a father is rejecting anger after his daughter’s murder
John Crace on Rishi Sunak using his Big Break on GB News to remind us he can’t connect with people; Annie Rice on burn out and exploitation – when yoga turns toxic; and on the 10th anniversary of Hollie Gazzard’s murder, Anna Moore speaks to her father about how he has not let anger destroy him
Feb 10, 2024 · 40 min
Michael J Fox on Parkinson’s and a potential cure, Marina Hyde on Liz Truss’s relaunch, and Emma Stone’s Poor Things intimacy coordinator
Marina Hyde reviews ‘Liz Truss and the PopCons’, the Tory tribute act sounding a death knell for irony; Michael J Fox on pity, Parkinson’s – and a potential cure; and Poor Things’ intimacy coordinator, Elle McAlpine, discusses consent, orgies and Emma Stone
Feb 3, 2024 · 39 min
Crystal Hefner on surviving the Playboy Mansion, Marina Hyde on Laurence Fox, and how to protect your brain from dementia
Marina Hyde asks what now for Laurence Fox after the sad clown of the culture wars circus loses high court libel case; Hugh Hefner’s wife on mind games in the Playboy Mansion; and the difference between memory loss and dementia – and how to keep your brain sharp
Jan 27, 2024 · 39 min
Weekend podcast: Strictly star Johannes Radebe, John Crace reviews the new Tory ‘comics’, and how to spot a liar
Long live the Tory Fringe! John Crace reviews last week’s conservative ‘comedy hour’; Johannes Radebe on how he fought the bullies - and became a Strictly superstar; and Zoe Williams reveals how to spot a liar in ten easy steps
Jan 20, 2024 · 45 min
Bernie Sanders on Trump and democracy, Marina Hyde on Prince Harry, and is brain-boosting coffee a fad?
So Prince Harry is a living legend of aviation? Why not, says Marina Hyde; Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him; and mushroom macchiato, anyone? Are the new boosted coffees worth the hype?
Jan 13, 2024 · 50 min
Jodie Foster on gen Z, Marina Hyde on the Post Office scandal, and does rejection therapy work?
As the Post Office scandal continues to unfold, Marina Hyde urges us to keep watching and stay angry; what one man learned after 30 days of rejection therapy; and double Oscar-winner Jodie Foster on beauty, bravery and raising feminist sons
Jan 6, 2024 · 57 min
Weekend podcast: best of 2023 – part 2
Weekend is taking a little break. So this week, we’ve picked some of our favourite pieces from the last few months, just in case you missed them… Two stories about secrets, lies, and what happens when the people we trust turn out to have hidden motives: first, Joe Gibson reveals a troubling affair he had with his teacher that changed his life; and comedian Michelle Brasier explains why she befriended her scammer
Dec 30, 2023 · 40 min
Weekend podcast: best of 2023 – part 1
For the next two weeks, we’re picking some of our favourite pieces from the last few months, just in case you missed them… Two tales of coming of age and finding out what matters most: in this episode, Heartstopper’s Kit Connor confronts the aftermath of being forced to come out under the gaze of millions; and how food helped the Guardian’s restaurant critic Grace Dent create small, meaningful moments amid immense loss
Dec 23, 2023 · 43 min
Weekend podcast: Victoria Mary Clarke remembers her husband Shane McGowan, Marina Hyde on Michelle ‘PPE’ Mone, and the shame of the ‘silent treatment’
Marina Hyde mulls over Lady Mone’s PPE farrago, car crash interview and fight with the PM; Victoria Mary Clarke on the excess, addiction and love that bound her and Shane MacGowan together ; and Anita Chaudhuri on being shut out by loved ones for 40 years
Dec 16, 2023 · 41 min
Actor Toby Jones, John Crace on Sunak at the Covid inquiry, and how Taylor Swift gets in shape for her shows
Actor Toby Jones on class, character and the cost of fame; John Crace on Rishi Sunak’s appearance at the Covid inquiry; and the weird world of celebrity training – how Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Madonna get in shape for their shows
Dec 9, 2023 · 53 min
Marina Hyde on Omid Scobie’s royal naming mishap, and the extraordinary story of an English couple, a Ukrainian surrogate and a baby
Marina Hyde ponders the small slip that sent Omid Scobie’s Harry and Meghan book into orbit; and an English couple, a Ukrainian surrogate and a baby: the extraordinary story of how war united two unlikely families