
Weekend
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.
Latest episodes

Aug 20, 2022 • 42min
Marina Hyde on Brooklyn Beckham, Nish Kumar’s Fringe, music post-30
This week, Marina Hyde on Brooklyn Beckham’s ever-evolving career path, comedian Nish Kumar is at the Edinburgh fringe, Jess Cartner-Morley investigates Whatsapp fatigue, and writer Daniel Dylan Wray asks why thirtysomethings are giving up on music.

Aug 13, 2022 • 45min
Weekend podcast: Marina on Trump’s raid, Tom Daley, and Hypochondria
This weekend, columnist Marina Hyde on why the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home will lead to him running again in 2024, Simon Hattenstone sits down with diver Tom Daley to discuss how making a documentary about gay rights led to an awakening, and Annalisa Barbieri reveals what triggered – and eventually settled – her late-onset hypochondria.

Aug 6, 2022 • 60min
Weekend podcast: best of 2022 … so far – part 2
Weekend is taking a break. So this week, the team are picking out their favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them. This week, reporter Kari Paul asks why so many people are going ‘goblin mode’ (1m46s), Hadley Freeman shares some defining moments from the Wagatha Christie trial (9m51s), and Charlotte Higgins asks why Brits are still obsessed with the Regency period (43m40s)

Jul 30, 2022 • 53min
Weekend podcast: best of 2022 … so far – part 1
Weekend is taking a break. So for the next two weeks, the team is picking out their favourite pieces from the last few months just in case you missed them. This week, columnist Eva Wiseman chats to comedian and activist Joe Lycett (01m15s), comedian Hannah Gadsby unpicks the myths and personal struggles surrounding autism spectrum disorder (15m55s), and Michael Segalov reviews Netflix’s recent LGBTQ+ coming of age romcom series, Heartstopper (35m47s).

Jul 23, 2022 • 47min
Actor John Cho, anti-ambition, naked yoga
This weekend, journalist Elle Hunt on why thousands of people are embracing the ‘age of anti-ambition’, Aaron Hicklin meets with John Cho – or as you may know him – Harold of Harold and Kumar, now Sulu in the new Star Trek, and Kelsy Burke strips away the pretence after trying out naked yoga.

Jul 16, 2022 • 44min
John McEnroe, pet custody battles, men rocking skirts
Rhik Samadder finds out how it feels to walk down his local high street in a skirt, Sirin Kale looks at what happens to pets after relationships break down, and John McEnroe reflects on how he went from tennis bad boy to the game’s elder statesman.

Jul 9, 2022 • 55min
Marina on Johnson’s exit, digital amnesia, celebrity lookalikes
This week, Marina Hyde on the week the prime minister’s house of cards finally fell down, Rebecca Seal investigates if our smartphones are ruining our memory, Tim Lewis interviews actor Daisy Haggard, and Francisco Garcia introduces us to the people who earn a living looking like our favourite famous people.

Jul 2, 2022 • 42min
The Regency era: why we’re obsessed, Marina Hyde on Boris’ Chequers treehouse, calling the cops on jokes, and the end of shampoo – podcast
This week, Marina Hyde looks at the prime minister’s £150k treehouse plan, Charlotte Higgins asks why we’re still obsessed with the Regency era, Brian Logan documents the history of gags so offensive that punters called the police, and Lisa Niven-Phillips charts the rise of ‘non-shampoo’ shampoos.

Jun 25, 2022 • 44min
Fatboy Slim, Marina Hyde, ‘winging it’ to the top
This week, Marina Hyde on Boris Johnson’s ability to blame everything on anyone but himself, musician Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, on his mental health DJ classes, Emma Beddington investigates whether winging it to the top really works, and Imogen West-Knights looks at how the ‘mid-century millennial’ look took over our homes.

Jun 18, 2022 • 46min
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, Marina Hyde on that policy, scaring yourself happy
This week, Marina Hyde on making policy that ‘annoys all the right people’, Shaun Walker talks to Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, and Daniel Lavelle investigates whether chasing scary experiences might be the secret to losing your fears.