Episodes

  • 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
  • Terror at Bondi, Fragile Hope in Ukraine & Trump’s ‘WMD’ Gamble

    Terror at Bondi, Fragile Hope in Ukraine & Trump’s ‘WMD’ Gamble
    Dec 18 2025
    Terror strikes the iconic sands of Bondi Beach, sending shockwaves through Australia and Jewish communities worldwide - how did the deadly attack unfold, and what does it mean for national security? Plus, Volodymyr Zelenskyy signals cautious optimism in high-stakes Ukraine peace talks but is a deal with Russia any closer? And Donald Trump brands fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ as tensions escalate with Venezuela.
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    37 mins
  • DRC & the Thai-Cambodia border wars, Syria a year after Assad & Trump finally gets his peace prize... sort of

    DRC & the Thai-Cambodia border wars, Syria a year after Assad & Trump finally gets his peace prize... sort of
    Dec 11 2025
    Ceasefires are collapsing from Southeast Asia to eastern DRC, with civilians once again bearing the brunt of diplomatic failure. Plus, one year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime, are Syrians any better off? And FIFA honours President Trump – but is the prize an own goal?
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    38 mins
  • SE Asia flood crisis, Putin’s Moscow musings & Austria’s rebel nuns return

    SE Asia flood crisis, Putin’s Moscow musings & Austria’s rebel nuns return
    Dec 4 2025
    Devastating floods and landslides wreak havoc across much of south-east Asia. No compromise reached after the Russian President and the US try to iron out a revamped peace proposal for Ukraine. Plus, the asylum seekers living in limbo – why they’re pleading with the Australian government to grant them leniency - and the rebel nuns refusing to give up their social media accounts.
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    28 mins
  • Ukraine peace plan or Putin power play? Climate COP-out and Trump’s new bromance…

    Ukraine peace plan or Putin power play? Climate COP-out and Trump’s new bromance…
    Nov 27 2025
    Alarm bells in Kyiv and Europe as the US is accused of presenting Putin’s peace plan for Ukraine. The ‘make or break’ COP30 climate conference ends in failure – have the petro-states won? Plus, the unlikely bromance blossoming in the Oval Office.
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    25 mins
  • Ukraine peace plan or Putin power play? Climate COP-out and Trump’s new bromance…

    Ukraine peace plan or Putin power play? Climate COP-out and Trump’s new bromance…
    Nov 27 2025
    Alarm bells in Kyiv and Europe as the US is accused of presenting Putin’s peace plan for Ukraine. The ‘make or break’ COP30 climate conference ends in failure – have the petro-states won? Plus, the unlikely bromance blossoming in the Oval Office.
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    25 mins
  • Trump, Epstein & the Saudi Crown Prince, and autocrat karaoke

    Trump, Epstein & the Saudi Crown Prince, and autocrat karaoke
    Nov 20 2025
    Trump wipes the slate clean of murder for Mohammed bin Salman because ‘things happen’. The Epstein files move a big step closer to being released and what it’s like reporting on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plus, the comment that sent China-Japan relations plummeting.
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    32 mins
  • Philippines in tatters, Trump taps a former terrorist and, well, Bob Ross

    Philippines in tatters, Trump taps a former terrorist and, well, Bob Ross
    Nov 13 2025
    Typhoon Fung Wong leaves a vast trail of destruction in the Philippines, Syrian President Al-Sharaa shoots hoops before meeting Trump and Trump COPs it in Brazil. Also Zelenskyy under fire from corruption allegations, why AI is spreading Russian propaganda, and Bob Ross makes a splash.
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    24 mins