Audio

Latest

Miranda Sawyer
How Did We Get Here? Israel and the Palestinians is a sobering history

Sat 14 Feb 2026

How Did We Get Here? Israel and the Palestinians is a sobering history
Miranda Sawyer
Blood Memory is the latest gem from a master of audio storytelling

Sat 7 Feb 2026

Blood Memory is the latest gem from a master of audio storytelling
Miranda Sawyer
Hanging Out with Ant & Dec: good vibes and not much else

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Hanging Out with Ant & Dec: good vibes and not much else
Miranda Sawyer
What the 1999 Russian apartment bombings teach us about Vladimir Putin

Sat 24 Jan 2026

What the 1999 Russian apartment bombings teach us about Vladimir Putin
Miranda Sawyer
Museum of Pop Culture is laugh-out-loud funny

Sat 17 Jan 2026

Museum of Pop Culture is laugh-out-loud funny
Jude Rogers
Human Intelligence – the show that’s like a vitamin shot for the brain

Fri 9 Jan 2026

Human Intelligence – the show that’s like a vitamin shot for the brain
Jude Rogers
BBC Radio’s week of Bowie

Thu 8 Jan 2026

BBC Radio’s week of Bowie
Miranda Sawyer
The best podcasts and radio to listen out for in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

The best podcasts and radio to listen out for in 2026
Miranda Sawyer
What to listen to this Christmas

Sun 21 Dec 2025

What to listen to this Christmas
Miranda Sawyer
Is culture for the many – or the few?

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Is culture for the many – or the few?
Miranda Sawyer
Sounds of the Christmas countdown, from the Jingle Bell Ball to Katherine Ryan

Sat 6 Dec 2025

Sounds of the Christmas countdown, from the Jingle Bell Ball to Katherine Ryan
Miranda Sawyer
The Rest is Science gives a lesson in chemistry

Sat 29 Nov 2025

The Rest is Science gives a lesson in chemistry
Miranda Sawyer
How men’s fashion began on the battlefield

Sat 22 Nov 2025

How men’s fashion began on the battlefield
Miranda Sawyer
Adrift is a deep dive into the family who survived a shipwreck

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Adrift is a deep dive into the family who survived a shipwreck
Miranda Sawyer
Do we need Audible’s lavish take on Harry Potter?

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Do we need Audible’s lavish take on Harry Potter?
Miranda Sawyer
The return of Danny Robins’s supernatural series Uncanny

Fri 31 Oct 2025

The return of Danny Robins’s supernatural series Uncanny
Miranda Sawyer
Untold: Toxic Legacy is a devastating investigation

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Untold: Toxic Legacy is a devastating investigation
Miranda Sawyer
How Fela Kuti became fearless

Sun 19 Oct 2025

How Fela Kuti became fearless
Miranda Sawyer
The Blackpool man who found a pot of crypto gold

Sun 12 Oct 2025

The Blackpool man who found a pot of crypto gold
Miranda Sawyer
The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium

Fri 3 Oct 2025

The British Podcast awards are now the Oscars of the medium
Miranda Sawyer
After years of reviewing podcasts for The Observer, I’m making one

Sat 27 Sept 2025

After years of reviewing podcasts for The Observer, I’m making one
Miranda Sawyer
Audible’s star-studded Pride and Prejudice does Austen proud

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Audible’s star-studded Pride and Prejudice does Austen proud
Miranda Sawyer
Memories of David Bowie

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Memories of David Bowie
Miranda Sawyer
It’s back-to-school time and parental guidance is very welcome

Sat 6 Sept 2025

It’s back-to-school time and parental guidance is very welcome
Miranda Sawyer
Instant Classics feels like an Oxford tutorial – in a good way

Fri 29 Aug 2025

Instant Classics feels like an Oxford tutorial – in a good way
Miranda Sawyer
The hippy heroes who took on McDonald’s

Sat 23 Aug 2025

The hippy heroes who took on McDonald’s
Katherine Cowles
Is criticism in crisis?

Sun 17 Aug 2025

Is criticism in crisis?
Katherine Cowles
Is counterculture dead – or mainstream?

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Is counterculture dead – or mainstream?
Séamas O’Reilly
How Long Gone's Chris Black and Jason Stewart: ‘Taste takes years to define’

Sun 3 Aug 2025

How Long Gone's Chris Black and Jason Stewart: ‘Taste takes years to define’
Miranda Sawyer
What was indie sleaze?

Sun 3 Aug 2025

What was indie sleaze?
Miranda Sawyer
What should we make of the HS2 fiasco?

Mon 28 Jul 2025

What should we make of the HS2 fiasco?
Miranda Sawyer
The rise of the AI companion

Sat 19 Jul 2025

The rise of the AI companion
Miranda Sawyer
The Retrievals is disturbing but essential listening

Sat 12 Jul 2025

The Retrievals is disturbing but essential listening
Miranda Sawyer
The return of character comedy

Sat 5 Jul 2025

The return of character comedy
Miranda Sawyer
The misinformation rabbit hole

Sun 29 Jun 2025

The misinformation rabbit hole
Miranda Sawyer
Mistresses is a romp through the history of ‘the other woman’

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Mistresses is a romp through the history of ‘the other woman’
Miranda Sawyer
The week in audio: How a journalist went missing in the Amazon

Sun 15 Jun 2025

The week in audio: How a journalist went missing in the Amazon
Jude Rogers
This week in audio: Celebrity love lives laid bare

Mon 9 Jun 2025

This week in audio: Celebrity love lives laid bare
Miranda Sawyer
When your mate becomes a people smuggler

Mon 2 Jun 2025

When your mate becomes a people smuggler
Miranda Sawyer
This week in audio: a nightmare on the ocean floor, cold-war basketball and cheeky-chappy chat

Sat 24 May 2025

This week in audio: a nightmare on the ocean floor, cold-war basketball and cheeky-chappy chat
Miranda Sawyer
This week in audio: a family backstory with bite

Sat 10 May 2025

This week in audio: a family backstory with bite
Miranda Sawyer
This week in audio: don't laser your own pubes

Sun 27 Apr 2025

This week in audio: don't laser your own pubes

Follow

The Observer
The Observer Magazine
The ObserverNew Review
The Observer Food Monthly
Copyright © 2025 Tortoise MediaPrivacy PolicyTerms & Conditions