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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Nov 5, 2022 · 53 min
Marina Hyde on Matt Hancock, plus fussy eaters, Peter Tatchell and digital break ups
Marina Hyde on Matt Hancock’s impending career move to the jungle; Joe Stone on being a ‘fussy eater’; Zoe Williams meets lifelong LGTBQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell; and a guide on how to have a healthy digital break up
Oct 30, 2022 · 46 min
Episode one of a new podcast: Ben Roberts-Smith v the media
Ben Roberts-Smith v the media: Reputation
Oct 29, 2022 · 46 min
Singer Lewis Capaldi, Marina Hyde on Rishi Sunak, queer horror, and the secret to TikTok
Marina Hyde rattles through the PM’s first week, Alexis Petridis meets Lewis Capaldi, Guy Lodge dissects the history of queer horror, and Alex Hern and the “secret sauce” that pushed TikTok to the top of its game.
Oct 22, 2022 · 50 min
Love Island’s Ekin-Su, Marina Hyde, the power of body clocks
Marina Hyde on a week of more political chaos, Zoe Williams meets Love Island’s Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, and Amelia Tait reveals how our body clocks can improve our health.
Oct 15, 2022 · 55 min
Actor Viola Davis, Marina Hyde on John Cleese, botox, burnout
Marina Hyde on the plight of John Cleese, Zoe Williams asks: why has Britain fallen in love with Botox?, Gaby Hinsliff on the big British Burnout, and Ellen E Jones meets Oscar-winning actor, Violas Davis.
Oct 8, 2022 · 49 min
Comedian Lenny Henry , Marina Hyde at the Tory conference, the wild world of chess
This week, Marina Hyde picks over the rubble of this week’s decision-making by the Tories, Sean Ingle delves into the wild world of chess, and Tom Lamont sits down with comedian, writer and actor Lenny Henry.
Oct 1, 2022 · 53 min
Marina Hyde, comedian Jayde Adams, and the obsession with pumpkin spice
This week, Marina Hyde examines how Kwasi Kwarteng responds to all the chaos he creates (1:22); Aimee Levitt investigates why Americans like adding pumpkin spice to things (8:08); Emine Saner interviews Jayde Adams about her Strictly hopes (19:00); and Will Coldwell looks back at the the happy business of the smiley symbol (34:38)
Sep 24, 2022 · 47 min
Actor Jeff Bridges, Welcome to ‘First Blokes’ Club, the secret to happiness
Zoe Williams on the political role of the ‘First Bloke’, Tom Lamont meets the Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges, and Bronwyn Adcock gains a little insight into the secret to happiness.
Sep 23, 2022 · 34 min
Can I tell you a secret: episode one of a new podcast
In this new six-episode podcast, Guardian journalist Sirin Kale investigates the story of a cyberstalker who terrified people in his hometown and beyond for over a decade
Sep 17, 2022 · 52 min
Willow Smith, Marina Hyde on hecklers, the Queen in film
This week, columnist Marina Hyde on heckling the royal family and the fallacy of ‘free speech’, fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley talks to Willow Smith about her complicated relationship with the limelight, film critic Peter Bradshaw reviews the many fictional iterations of the Queen, and, finally, writer Niloufar Haidari on why Kourtney Kardashian’s new sustainable fashion line will do far more harm than good.
Sep 10, 2022 · 53 min
Hadley Freeman on psychedelics, the value of small talk, Jennette McCurdy
This week, Yvonne Roberts on the importance of small talk, Emine Saner meets Nickelodeon actor Jennette McCurdy to discuss her explosive new memoir, and Hadley Freeman has an out of body experience with shoe designer-turned-psychedelic-guide Patrick Cox
Sep 9, 2022 · 31 min
From Today in Focus: the life and death of Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen has died aged 96 at her Scottish home of Balmoral. In this episode of our Today in Focus podcast, Polly Toynbee looks back on her life
Sep 3, 2022 · 52 min
Movie legend Pam Grier, Rory Stewart, the price of heartbreak
This week, Sirin Kale meets former Tory MP and hit podcaster Rory Stewart, columnist Eva Wiseman counts the clinical cost of heartbreak, and Ryan Gilbey sits down with the queen of Blaxploitation Pam Grier
Aug 27, 2022 · 53 min
The ‘disappearance’ of Agatha Christie, Marina Hyde on the sewage scandal, animal emotions
This week, columnist Marina Hyde lays the blame for the sewage dumping scandal with both the politicians and the water company bosses, writer Sam Parker on the rise of the Gen Z side hustle, historian Lucy Worsley explores they mystery ‘disappearance’ of best-selling author, Agatha Christie, and finally, Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett asks: can we really tell what animals are feeling?
Aug 20, 2022 · 41 min
Marina Hyde on Brooklyn Beckham, Nish Kumar’s Fringe, music post-30
This week, Marina Hyde on Brooklyn Beckham’s ever-evolving career path, comedian Nish Kumar is at the Edinburgh fringe, Jess Cartner-Morley investigates Whatsapp fatigue, and writer Daniel Dylan Wray asks why thirtysomethings are giving up on music.
Aug 13, 2022 · 44 min
Weekend podcast: Marina on Trump’s raid, Tom Daley, and Hypochondria
This weekend, columnist Marina Hyde on why the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home will lead to him running again in 2024, Simon Hattenstone sits down with diver Tom Daley to discuss how making a documentary about gay rights led to an awakening, and Annalisa Barbieri reveals what triggered – and eventually settled – her late-onset hypochondria.
Aug 6, 2022 · 59 min
Weekend podcast: best of 2022 … so far – part 2
Weekend is taking a break. So this week, the team are picking out their favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them.
Jul 30, 2022 · 52 min
Weekend podcast: best of 2022 … so far – part 1
Weekend is taking a break. So for the next two weeks, the team is picking out their favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them.
Jul 23, 2022 · 46 min
Actor John Cho, anti-ambition, naked yoga
This weekend, journalist Elle Hunt on why thousands of people are embracing the ‘age of anti-ambition’, Aaron Hicklin meets with John Cho – or as you may know him – Harold of Harold and Kumar, now Sulu in the new Star Trek, and Kelsy Burke strips away the pretence after trying out naked yoga
Jul 16, 2022 · 43 min
John McEnroe, pet custody battles, men rocking skirts
Rhik Samadder finds out how it feels to walk down his local high street in a skirt, Sirin Kale looks at what happens to pets after relationships break down, and John McEnroe reflects on how he went from tennis bad boy to the game’s elder statesman