Weekend
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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.
Episodes (184)
Azeem Rafiq talks racism, cricket, and leaving Britain; Philippa Perry offers ad...
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Jun 15, 202447:25pending
New series – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph: Taylor Swift cultural icon or turbo...
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Jun 10, 202424:11pending
A Guardian Blind Date happy ending, the boy who fled the Nazis, and Philippa Per...
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Jun 8, 202441:54pending
America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world, Marin...
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Jun 1, 202455:39pending
Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutr...
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May 25, 202441:37pending
Marina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman...
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May 18, 202446:23pending
Josh O’Connor on Zendaya and gardening; Marina Hyde on the Met Gala; being a boy...
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May 11, 202444:21pending
Comedian Sofie Hagen on eight years of celibacy, the £5 coffee is coming, and Ph...
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May 4, 202451:07pending
‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on...
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Apr 27, 202448:12pending
The extraordinary story of the biggest art fraud in American history, plus Zoe W...
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Apr 20, 202442:09pending
What’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z’s lust for Sex and the City; and Marina...
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Apr 13, 202438:17pending
Nick Cave on how grief shapes his art, Marina Hyde on the Thames Water crisis, a...
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Apr 6, 202447:25pending
Gillian Anderson on playing Emily Maitlis; Marina Hyde on the Tories’ misguided...
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Mar 30, 202442:58pending
‘We’re ready’ – Labour’s Angela Rayner takes on the Tories; and how an app spark...
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Mar 23, 202444:33pending
Teacher Michael Donkor on coming out to his pupils; finding love via small ads;...
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Mar 16, 202449:05pending
Does murder count if you’re asleep? Marina Hyde on Christian Horner’s F1 drama;...
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Mar 9, 202436:28pending
The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue
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Mar 2, 202414:36pending
A Ted Bundy survivor on finding happiness, John Crace on the Tories’ Islamophobi...
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Mar 2, 202436:58pending
The Libertines’ tortured reunion, Marina Hyde on celebrity-dictator bromances, a...
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Feb 24, 202442:21pending
John Crace on Rishi’s GB News grilling; when yoga turns toxic; and why a father...
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Feb 17, 202443:56pending
Michael J Fox on Parkinson’s and a potential cure, Marina Hyde on Liz Truss’s re...
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Feb 10, 202440:02pending
Crystal Hefner on surviving the Playboy Mansion, Marina Hyde on Laurence Fox, an...
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Feb 3, 202439:44pending
Weekend podcast: Strictly star Johannes Radebe, John Crace reviews the new Tory...
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Jan 27, 202439:56pending
Bernie Sanders on Trump and democracy, Marina Hyde on Prince Harry, and is brain...
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Jan 20, 202445:01pending
Jodie Foster on gen Z, Marina Hyde on the Post Office scandal, and does rejectio...
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Jan 13, 202450:06pending
Weekend podcast: best of 2023 – part 2
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Jan 6, 202457:37pending
Weekend podcast: best of 2023 – part 1
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Dec 30, 202340:23pending
Weekend podcast: Victoria Mary Clarke remembers her husband Shane McGowan, Marin...
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Dec 23, 202343:35pending
Actor Toby Jones, John Crace on Sunak at the Covid inquiry, and how Taylor Swift...
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Dec 16, 202341:16pending
Marina Hyde on Omid Scobie’s royal naming mishap, and the extraordinary story of...
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Dec 9, 202353:28pending
Gareth Gates, John Crace on Rishi losing his marbles, and the profound effect of...
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Dec 2, 202334:48pending
What’s happened to The Crown? Surviving a shipwreck, how Aldi and Lidl changed B...
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Nov 25, 202346:38pending
Nicolas Cage, Marina Hyde on David Cameron’s return, plus cardiologists’ advice...
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Nov 18, 202341:40pending
Harry Potter’s stunt double on life after breaking his neck on set, and Marina H...
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Nov 11, 202337:34pending
Louis Theroux, Marina Hyde on the Covid inquiry, and remembering Matthew Perry
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Nov 4, 202338:25pending
Olympian Caster Semenya speaks out, Marina Hyde on GB News, plus the ghost hunte...
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Oct 28, 202343:00pending
Bella Ramsey, Marina Hyde on Princess Di’s ghost, and the woman crushed by an el...
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Oct 21, 202336:39pending
Dolly Parton, John Crace on Keir Starmer, and could a hair transplant change one...
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Oct 14, 202340:12pending
Actor Julia Fox, John Crace at the Tory party conference, and The Greatest Show...
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Oct 7, 202346:11pending
Joan Collins on love, loss and lust at 90, and Marina Hyde on Rishi’s ‘longtermi...
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Sep 30, 202340:11pending
What makes Elon Musk tick?; Marina Hyde on the Russell Brand allegations
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Sep 23, 202342:13pending
Grace Dent on the love of cheese, Marina Hyde on dull spy ‘scandals’, and a male...
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Sep 16, 202345:20pending
Richard Osman on conquering publishing, Marina Hyde on RAAC, and poet Maggie Smi...
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Sep 9, 202350:45pending
Olivia Rodrigo, Marina Hyde on Prince Andrew, and the dark impact of Shallow Hal
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Sep 2, 202350:28pending
Weekend podcast: best of 2023...so far - part 2
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Aug 26, 202356:00pending
Weekend podcast: best of 2023...so far - part 1
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Aug 19, 202355:41pending
Author Jacqueline Wilson, Marina Hyde on Matt Hancock as ‘just Ken’, and is snac...
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Aug 12, 202331:17pending
At home with world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, John Crace on Rishi’s climat...
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Aug 5, 202346:18pending
History-making footballer Viv Anderson, the TV makeover’s chequered past, and th...
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Jul 29, 202337:40pending
Weekend podcast: Heartstopper’s Kit Connor, Marina Hyde on the Post Office scand...
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Jul 22, 202359:54pending