Episodes

  • Revisited: The birdwatcher fighting racism in public spaces

    Revisited: The birdwatcher fighting racism in public spaces
    Dec 26 2024
    A Central Park birdwatching incident went viral after Christian Cooper filmed a white woman threatening him. Now he is using his platform to share his passion for nature. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    27 mins
  • Revisited: Creating The Spark: the kids behind 2024’s surprise summer hit

    Revisited: Creating The Spark: the kids behind 2024’s surprise summer hit
    Dec 25 2024
    Rory Carroll and Helen Pidd meet the Kabin Crew and the Lisdoonvarna Crew – creators of a song that has notched up more than a billion plays on TikTok – as they perform at the Electric Picnic music festival. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    29 mins
  • How the Guardian reported 2024

    How the Guardian reported 2024
    Dec 24 2024
    It was a year that saw multiple elections across the world, the war in Ukraine grind on and the conflict in Gaza spill over into Lebanon. Katharine Viner explains what it looked like from the editor’s chair. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    33 mins
  • A radical way to teach contested history

    A radical way to teach contested history
    Dec 23 2024
    Helen Pidd visits Lancaster Royal grammar school to see the work of Parallel Histories, an education charity which helps young people make sense of contested history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    36 mins
  • Yasser’s story: the Syrian refugee who lived with me

    Yasser’s story: the Syrian refugee who lived with me
    Dec 20 2024
    Helen Pidd speaks to her former lodger, Yasser, a Syrian refugee contemplating moving back home. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    28 mins
  • Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off?

    Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off?
    Dec 19 2024
    Port Talbot in Wales is defined by its huge steelworks. But in January Tata Steel announced it was ending primary steelmaking there. George McDonagh charts a year that could change the town for ever. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    32 mins
  • The prince and the ‘spy’

    The prince and the ‘spy’
    Dec 18 2024
    Prince Andrew is in trouble again, this time for meeting a businessman who has denied spying for China. Dan Sabbagh and David Pegg report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    29 mins
  • The reformed jihadi? Al-Jolani, the new most powerful man in Syria

    The reformed jihadi? Al-Jolani, the new most powerful man in Syria
    Dec 17 2024
    International security correspondent Jason Burke explores the life of Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and asks whether he has genuinely reformed from his hardline al-Qaida past. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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    25 mins