Episodes

  • Trump's mixed messages on the Middle East and Iran's 'nepo-tollah'

    Trump's mixed messages on the Middle East and Iran's 'nepo-tollah'
    Mar 26 2026
    Donald Trump inflames confusion over war in the Middle East and where are Mojtaba Khamenei’s hidden millions? Plus, Israel raises annexation of southern Lebanon, Australia signs a massive trade deal with the EU, and some father-daughter time dictator style as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rolls out the tanks.
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    35 mins
  • Dire Straits for Trump, Beijing takes a backseat and Cuba in the dark. Plus, the goodie bag bonanza...

    Dire Straits for Trump, Beijing takes a backseat and Cuba in the dark. Plus, the goodie bag bonanza...
    Mar 19 2026
    The war in the Middle East is entering a dangerous new phase, with a global oil chokepoint at the centre of rising tensions, but just how far will NATO allies go to support Trump’s push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz? Plus, a delayed China meeting raises fresh diplomatic concerns, and why not everyone is feeling the economic squeeze.
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    34 mins
  • Oil price spikes, Trump’s Iran u-turns and: are you ready player one?

    Oil price spikes, Trump’s Iran u-turns and: are you ready player one?
    Mar 12 2026
    Trump tries to extinguish the oil price fire but Iran and Israel both double down on an extended war. Iranian women soccer players seek asylum and the Nepali youth’s hip-hop hero. Plus, Ready Player One? The virtual world to the rescue…
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    46 mins
  • Iran’s regime on the brink? US-Israel strikes, oil shock fears & the battle for what comes next

    Iran’s regime on the brink? US-Israel strikes, oil shock fears & the battle for what comes next
    Mar 5 2026
    With the Supreme Leader killed, Iran lashes out. Will the Middle East choose sides as oil prices skyrocket and travel chaos sees thousands stranded. Plus, who could be next in line in Iran, could the US strikes encourage others into action and proof that sometimes the best defence is a very loud, slightly unhinged cuddly toy.
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    47 mins
  • 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