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

Episodes184

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Jul 15, 2023 · 41 min
Actor Cillian Murphy, Marina Hyde on the demolition of Captain Tom’s legacy, and nuptials on a budget
Cillian Murphy on Oppenheimer, sex scenes and self-doubt; Marina Hyde on the Captain Tom spa complex; and couples explain how they tied the knot on a budget
Jul 8, 2023 · 51 min
An affair that changed my life – an exclusive extract of Joe Gibson’s memoir, and Marina Hyde on Rishi Sunak’s ‘spirit of cricket’
Weekend brings you an extended extract from Joe Gibson’s memoir, Seventeen, about the troubling affair with a teacher; and after Rishi Sunak is quick to decry the Australian cricket team, Marina is quick to point out: well, that’s just not cricket…
Jul 1, 2023 · 40 min
Actor Simon Pegg, Marina Hyde on the benevolent Lord Lebedev, and the truth about inflammation
Simon Pegg on joining the A-list elite and embracing home life in Blighty; Marina Hyde implores us to ignore Lord Lebedev’s links to the KGB and just focus on his successes; and writer Joel Snape reveals all you need to know about 2023’s hottest health topic: inflammation
Jun 24, 2023 · 34 min
Strictly winner and actor Rose Ayling-Ellis, Marina Hyde on the one-trick Sussexes, and is an AI affair cheating?
Actor, and Strictly winner, Rose Ayling-Ellis on shifting the spotlight towards the deaf community; Marina Hyde unpacks the curse of the Harry and Meghan media empire; and in the age of AI, is it cheating if you’ve got a bot on the side?
Jun 17, 2023 · 49 min
Alex Scott on love, Lineker and the Women’s World Cup, Marina Hyde on Boris’ deluded acolytes, why indulgence means success
England footballer turned BBC pundit; sad, confused, deluded: Marina Hyde spares a thought for the friends of Boris Johnson at this difficult time; and science writer David Robson on why delayed gratification may not be worth waiting for
Jun 10, 2023 · 43 min
Juno star Elliot Page, Marina Hyde on holier-than-thou Holly, and the Secret Tory comes clean
Juno star Elliot Page opens up about Hollywood, abuse and coming out; Marina Hyde implores Holly Willoughby to lose the sanctimony; and Henry Morris (aka The Secret Tory) on why it was time to come clean
Jun 3, 2023 · 37 min
Former Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears, Marina Hyde on fauxlanthropist Jeff Bezos, and meaning in a post-divorce world
The Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears reflects on the new wave of queer culture – and throwing the ultimate party; Marina Hyde on how difficult it is being a philanthropist like Jeff Bezos; and Joanna Biggs tries to find meaning in a post-divorce world
May 27, 2023 · 37 min
The genesis of Succession, Marina Hyde on Suella Braverman, and life tips from a hostage negotiator
Succession creator, Jesse Armstrong, on why the show nearly didn’t happen, Marina Hyde is amused by the idea of the home secretary being too famous to attend an online speed awareness course, and a hostage negotiator reveals the secrets that could transform your life.
May 20, 2023 · 36 min
Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey, Marina Hyde on the This Morning ‘rift’, and the bereaved sex taboo
Nothing is more important to the country right now than Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield’s alleged rift, and Marina Hyde is gripped; Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey talks about overcoming self-doubt, her soulmate sister Chlöe, and inspiring the next generation; and author Kat Lister explores the stigma of grieving partners’ sexuality.
May 13, 2023 · 46 min
Actor Ruth Wilson, Marina Hyde on coronation protest arrests, and the man hit by lightning
Award-winning actor Ruth Wilson on #MeToo hypocrisy, the violence of cosmetic surgery and steering clear of social media; Marina Hyde grapples with last week’s coronation protest arrests; and the incredible story of the man struck by lightning
May 6, 2023 · 34 min
Multi-platinum singer Kesha, Marina Hyde on the Post Office scandal, and coronations gone awry
Multi-platinum singer and songwriter Kesha discusses her most confrontational album to date; Marina Hyde explores social media’s blindspot as the silence around the Post Office scandal continues; and Caroline Davies considers the historic coronations that went awry
Apr 29, 2023 · 42 min
Chicken Shop Date’s Amelia Dimoldenberg, being the only survivor of a plane crash, and is AI getting out of control?
Amelia Dimoldenberg recounts her journey from the Chicken Shop to Vanity Fair’s Oscars party. How worried should we be about AI? And the sole survivor of a plane crash reflects on how the trauma changed her
Apr 22, 2023 · 40 min
Fatima Whitbread, Marina Hyde on the coronation ‘moment’, and Ruthie Henshall turns campaigner
Champion javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread reveals how competitive sport saved her, Marina Hyde asks why the coronation is being overshadowed by Meghan, Harry and a quiche, and from the West End stage to care homes campaigner, Ruthie Henshall talks to Sam Wollaston
Apr 15, 2023 · 34 min
Musician Feist, Marina Hyde on the world leaders who just won’t stop, theatre audiences behaving badly– podcast
Marina Hyde asks why sell-by dates don’t apply to the world’s most powerful men; Rachael Healy explores the ugly new side of theatre audiences; and Canadian musician Feist reflects on the impact of adopting her daughter, and then losing her father, had on her songwriting
Apr 8, 2023 · 37 min
Charles Dance, the ‘missing personality type’, and Marina Hyde on politicians’ priorities
Marina Hyde asks who really are the ‘people in the real world’ that politicians speak so highly of, Rhik Sammader discovers what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person, and actor Charles Dance reflects on his big break and humble beginnings
Apr 1, 2023 · 30 min
Remembering Paul O’Grady, Marina Hyde on Gwyneth’s trial, and Zoe Williams refutes the ‘men are trash’ narrative
Why Marina Hyde couldn’t tear her eyes away from the Gwyneth Paltrow trial; from Camden council care worker to trailblazing icon, we revisit an interview with Paul O’Grady from 2017; and Zoe Williams laments the revival of the ‘men-are-trash’ narrative.
Mar 25, 2023 · 34 min
Marina Hyde on Boris’s last hurrah, the world’s favourite poem, and decoding midlife fashion
Have we’ve finally reached peak Boris ? What makes John Cooper Clarke’s I Wanna Be Yours possibly the world’s favourite poem? And Viv Groskop navigates the mixed messages of the women’s fiftysomethings clothing market
Mar 19, 2023 · 27 min
Episode one of season two: Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph – Are we over the Oscars?
Awards season reached its climax with the Oscars this week. Despite the Academy Awards being the biggest event in Hollywood, are viewers really that bothered? Chanté speaks to Michael Schulman, the author of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Mar 18, 2023 · 58 min
Paris Hilton, the mystery of the missing Oscars, and do we have depression all wrong?
It-girl-turned-campaigner Paris Hilton speaks up about her stolen childhood and taking down the ‘troubled teen industry’, Steve Rose investigates the mysterious case of the missing Academy Awards, and do depression treatments work by boosting the happy hormone?
Mar 11, 2023 · 35 min
Weekend podcast: Zoe Williams on Boris’ honours list, what the film The Whale gets wrong, plus life lessons from hospice volunteering
Zoe Williams reacts to the news that Boris Johnson plans to nominate his father for a knighthood, what Oscar-nominated film The Whale says about how society truly views fat people, and how volunteering in a hospice changed Anna Tims’ perspective on life – and death