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“I love guardian long reads and have relied on this podcast to soothe, inform, interest, distract and entertain me for years. I normally listen to it as I go to sleep. However I personally really don’t enjoy the new production approach and find the style and volume of the background music and sound effects to be distracting rather than enhancing. I appreciate trying new ideas and evolving but it’s just really not for me. For now I’ve gone back to relistening to old episodes. Perhaps some new episodes could be narration only and others the whole nine yards with the soundscapes etc? That would please all!”
Josie.G via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/20/22
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“Thank you so much for producing the audio long reads - I thoroughly enjoy listening to the involved and more in depth analysis provided. Occasionally there is one on a subject which doesn’t interest me, but I have found, even with these that I learn something and find points of interest beyond...”Read full review »
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Australia ·
04/04/16
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“Really great podcast. I skip the ones read by the woman with the annoying American voice”
THOMMY RAAB via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/31/19
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“Ads now interrupt this podcast mid sentence, twice as loud as the podcast text. Are ads for Menu Log in line with the Guardian’s core values?
Long reads are getting shorter, too — which kind of defeats the purpose — & no longer a selection of the ‘best long form journalism from The...”Read full review »
amcqu via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
02/15/20
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