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Helen Pidd

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Helen Pidd is a presenter of Today in Focus, the Guardian's award-winning daily podcast. She was the North of England editor from 2013-2024

May 2026

  • Infowars founder, Alex Jones, speaks to the media after appearing at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2022.

    Full Story
    An Infowars insider on the warped world of Alex Jones – Full Story podcast

    As the satirical online newspaper the Onion waits for court approval to take over the conspiracy website Infowars, Helen Pidd speaks to a former staff member about its sinister rise and dramatic fall
    Podcast36:46
  • Alex Jones pulling a face

    Today in Focus
    An Infowars insider on the warped world of Alex Jones – podcast

    As the satirical online newspaper the Onion waits for court approval to take over the conspiracy website Infowars, Helen Pidd speaks to a former staff member about its sinister rise and dramatic fall
    Podcast36:24
  • A man in a cowboy hat in front of a US-themed dodgems ride in Landstuhl

    Today in Focus
    Is Europe ready for a future without the US? – podcast

    Trump has threatened to pull 5,000 troops from Germany – while European leaders worry this is just the start of a US withdrawal from the continent. Deborah Cole reports
    Podcast32:09

April 2026

  • Green party mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates for Hackney, Zoe Garbett and Dylan Law

    Today in Focus
    On the ground in London as the Greens surge – podcast

    Podcast34:19
  • The stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, north-west London, has become the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks. So is rising antisemitism now a national emergency? Helen Pidd is joined by columnist Rafael Behr

    Today in Focus: The Latest
    ‘An epidemic’: is antisemitism out of control in the UK? - The Latest

    Video13:20
  • Police and onlookers near the scene in Golders Green. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

    Today in Focus
    ‘An epidemic’: is antisemitism out of control? – The Latest

    Podcast14:09
  • There were jokes, subtle digs and the supposedly apolitical King Charles even appealed to Donald Trump on Nato and Ukraine – but how did the US president react? Helen Pidd speaks to the Guardian columnist and host of Politics Weekly America, Jonathan Freedland

    Today in Focus: The Latest
    Has King Charles salvaged special relationship with Trump? - The Latest

    Video14:02
  • Today in Focus
    Has King Charles salvaged special relationship with Trump? – The Latest

    Podcast15:20
  • Full Story
    Is Sanae Takaichi the most powerful woman in the world? – Full Story podcast

    Podcast29:01
  • Today in Focus
    The secretive billionaire bankrolling Nigel Farage – podcast

    Podcast33:04
  • Today in Focus
    Sanae Takaichi: the most powerful woman in the world?

    Podcast28:26
  • Kezia Dugdale, incoming Stonewall chair, says sorry after backlash over JK Rowling remarks

  • Today in Focus
    Starmer addresses the Mandelson vetting saga – podcast

    Podcast28:16
  • Today in Focus
    Stonewall’s new chair on trans rights, JK Rowling and the future of the LGBTQ+ movement – podcast

    Podcast30:14
  • ‘Things could go backwards’: Kezia Dugdale on safety, LGBTQ+ rights and the future of Stonewall

  • Today in Focus
    Is the EU back in vogue? – podcast

    Podcast28:17
  • Full Story
    Is this the end of Viktor Orbán’s regime? – Full Story podcast

    Podcast29:12
  • Today in Focus
    Is this the end of Viktor Orbán’s regime? - podcast

    Podcast28:58
  • Today in Focus
    North Korea’s ‘most beloved daughter’ – podcast

    Podcast30:49
  • Full Story
    Move over Murdochs, here come the Ellisons – Full Story podcast

    Podcast33:09
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