Today in Focus
764 episodes Last Updated: Jun 03, 25
Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
Episodes
Jun 03, 2025
Keir Starmer needs you: Britain readies for war
Former Guardian security editor Richard Norton-Taylor talks through the strategic defence review and Britain’s new plans to be ready for war. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Moira Donegan on the different groups of people who want the US population to produce more babies. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
May 30, 2025
What happened to body positivity?
Jenny Stevens and Gina Tonic discuss the rise of #SkinnyTok and the popularity of weight-loss drugs. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
May 29, 2025
The OpenAI empire
Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares the company’s unprecedented growth to a new form of empire. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
May 28, 2025
On trial for having an abortion
Nicola Packer, with Guardian north of England correspondent, Hannah Al-Othman, describes her four-and-a-half-year ordeal after being prosecuted for having an abortion in the UK. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Guardian football correspondent Andy Hunter on how celebrations in Liverpool turned into horror and disbelief. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
May 27, 2025
Will Netanyahu bow to pressure from his allies?
Israel’s allies are beginning to change their rhetoric on Gaza, but will any action follow? Patrick Wintour reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
May 26, 2025
My son Max, the boy who came back to life
Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
May 23, 2025
The Olympics’ dirtiest race ever?
British athlete Lisa Dobriskey speaks to Helen Pidd about her experience in the 2012 1500m final, which, as Esther Addley reports, has become known as the dirtiest race in history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Viktoriia Roshchyna was investigating Russia’s torture sites, then found herself inside one. Manisha Ganguly and Juliette Garside report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus