Episodes

  • Ukraine’s grim anniversary, ‘El Mencho’ killed & SOTU, Trump’s very, very long speech

    Ukraine’s grim anniversary, ‘El Mencho’ killed & SOTU, Trump’s very, very long speech
    Feb 26 2026
    Can Ukraine hold the line as US support wavers going into a fifth year of fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion? Plus, an explosion of violence in Mexico after the killing of brutal cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ - will calm be restored in time for the World Cup? The US Supreme Court takes down Trump’s tariffs and POTUS uses his high-stakes State of the Union address to accuse Somalis of fraud
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    32 mins
  • Is the US approach to Europe softening? Israel moves in the West Bank and, well, cocaine sharks

    Is the US approach to Europe softening? Israel moves in the West Bank and, well, cocaine sharks
    Feb 19 2026
    Marco Rubio sends mixed messages to Europe, Israel starts registration of large areas of the occupied West Bank and how new is Bangladesh’s new government? Plus, Chinoys celebrate lunar new year in the Philippines and Cocaine Sharks coming to waters near you.
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    31 mins
  • Jimmy Lai’s ‘death’ sentence, Japan’s Takaichi takes on China & the bulging Olympic controversy

    Jimmy Lai’s ‘death’ sentence, Japan’s Takaichi takes on China & the bulging Olympic controversy
    Feb 12 2026
    A massive win for Japan’s hawkish first female PM worries China, conservatives reclaim Thailand and Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most high-profile casualty of draconian security laws gets a ‘death sentence’. Plus, trouble growing at the winter Olympics.
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    30 mins
  • Trump v Iran, the huge Epstein dump and Melania’s hundred-million-dollar doco bomb

    Trump v Iran, the huge Epstein dump and Melania’s hundred-million-dollar doco bomb
    Feb 5 2026
    The US and Iran tussle over talks to stave off more strikes, millions more Epstein documents touch the rich and powerful the world over from Elon Musk to the Norwegian princess-royal and more trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi don’t stop the destruction across Ukraine. Plus, US democracy in danger and what we learned when Melania Trump’s doco hit the cinemas…
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    32 mins
  • Trump’s Minnesota flashpoint, Myanmar’s 'sham' election & China recalls its bamboo ambassadors

    Trump’s Minnesota flashpoint, Myanmar’s 'sham' election & China recalls its bamboo ambassadors
    Jan 29 2026
    President Trump feels the heat as ICE protests spread across the US, as Washington unveils real estate plans for Gaza - but are they based in reality? Plus, Myanmar’s military presses ahead with widely dismissed elections, and China’s panda diplomacy reaches an unbearable level.
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    33 mins
  • Trump’s Greenland U-turn, Syria clashes force Kurds into retreat & China ‘brings home the bacon’

    Trump’s Greenland U-turn, Syria clashes force Kurds into retreat & China ‘brings home the bacon’
    Jan 22 2026
    Is Donald Trump’s retreat from tariffs and military threats over Greenland - a NATO reset or a tactical pause? Syria edges toward reunification but at a major cost to the Kurds – and IS group fighters escape. Plus how a farm girl’s plea from rural China went hog-wild online.
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    33 mins
  • Iran’s brutal crackdown, Trump greases oil execs for Venezuela & Indonesia’s onion repeal

    Iran’s brutal crackdown, Trump greases oil execs for Venezuela & Indonesia’s onion repeal
    Jan 15 2026
    Can the economy-driven protests in Iran bring down the regime? Plus, the Venezuelan oil games continue as President Trump declares his global power answers to just one thing (hint: it’s not the UN or God), and why illegal importers are dicing with danger in Indonesia.
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    25 mins
  • Trump's crude move on Venezuela, unrest in Iran & China's condom conundrum

    Trump's crude move on Venezuela, unrest in Iran & China's condom conundrum
    Jan 8 2026
    President Maduro snatched from his bed, Trump’s grab for Greenland unifies Europe. Plus, nationwide protests rattle the Iranian regime, and China’s stiff rise in the cost of condoms.
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    35 mins