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If You're Listening — 262 episodes

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Will Xi Jinping cross the Taiwan Strait?

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How Peking Duck and Moutai changed the world

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Taiwan’s violent, messy, beautiful democracy

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Was Taiwan's Olympic champion sabotaged?

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Taiwan’s 100 year fight for freedom

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The secret techbro city of the future

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Trump and Xi Jinping’s deadly game of chess

8

What is Palantir doing in Australia?

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Will anything stop Palantir?

10

The FBI dug a tunnel under the Russian embassy

11

How did Palantir get so powerful?

12

Matt's producers present the weirdest tales from the basement

13

The unexpected loser of the Iran war

14

How not to cover a radioactive incident

15

Will the US and Iran make a deal (again)?

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When will Australia run out of fuel?

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How the Iran war exposed Australia's energy mistakes

18

Trump’s on-again, off-again negotiations with Iran

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The brutal scam compounds of Myanmar

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Growing up fighting apartheid

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What happened last time we ran out of oil

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When Iraq accidentally bombed a U.S. warship

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We were warned about the Strait of Hormuz

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Why Iran is building their own internet

25

Iran is running out of water

26

Life inside the Iranian Revolution

27

Who is Trump really fighting in Iran?

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert says Trump might be stuck in Iran

29

Trump thinks he can switch off the Iran War

30

Making sense of Trump’s attack on Iran

31

Where did Epstein’s money come from?

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The Epstein Q&A our lawyers approved

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Epstein’s ghost is haunting the UK

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The time an astronaut said they weren't coming back

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How Epstein and QAnon blew up the justice system

36

There Will Be Mud (again)

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Stephen Miller: Edgelord in Chief

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Pod Save America on the endless escalation of Trump

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Steven Pinker thinks we’re worried about the wrong things

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04 Black Swans | Countdown to Doomsday

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Did a 1981 book correctly predict the future?

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03 Black Swans | Burning Hill

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The city that ten beers built

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02 Black Swans | The Australian Dream

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01 Black Swans | The Population Bomb

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Matt got lost on his way to the costume department

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Trump’s playbook for Nicolás Maduro and Venezuela

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NEOM: The world's dumbest megaproject

49

What's the deal with fluoride?

50

How good are Australia’s gun laws really?

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24 hours after the Bondi shooting

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Why is Venezuela falling apart?

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This robot will shoot you and steal your wife

54

Where’s my robot butler?

55

Is internet piracy making a comeback, me hearties?

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Is China’s plan to invade Taiwan inevitable?

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The time Andrew Denton tried to hire a bounty hunter

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The truth about China’s social credit scores

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maTt and kaRa address yoUr conspiracy THeory

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So you’ve robbed the Louvre… now what?

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Was the CIA involved in Whitlam's dismissal?

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Can we afford to power AI?

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This town ain't big enough for two dog puppets

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Is the AI bubble too big to burst?

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The people have spoken and they love mud

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Sizing up the Gaza rebuild

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The balloon that started the US Air Force

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What happens if Trump takes over the Federal Reserve?

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The time the US Navy teamed up with the Mafia

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Weighing up Ozempic

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The Montana Mountain King and a conspiracy to clone

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How dodgy data sent China's economy off course

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Florida Man Invades Venezuela

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Why Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela

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This can't be good for our brains

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Charlie Kirk’s murder sparks calls for revenge

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The Kurdish Fox and the Strawberry

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Iran’s global network of goons

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Matt has been stuck in the mud for seven years

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Is Putin a master manipulator or a very smart guy?

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Who is the cigar-toting, moustachioed-American named Gunslinger?

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The Art of the Peace Deal

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Does the Chinese Embassy look tacky?

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The blueprint for Palestine

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Kara drags Matt back down the rabbit hole

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How Middle East peace plans were hatched in the Norwegian woods

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The nurse on death row in Yemen

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Are the MAGA podcasters right about Epstein?

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Australia's most dangerous home-grown conspiracy theory

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Was Jeffrey Epstein a Mossad agent?

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How to avoid abduction by a Mossad honeypot

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Israel’s not-so-secret nuclear weapons

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How Ayatollah Khomeini changed Iran

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How a cancer diagnosis ended the US-Iran relationship

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Has the US busted Iran’s nuclear bomb plans?

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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the bombing of Iran’s Evin prison

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Why Israel's drones have changed the future of war

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Can the US Air Force bust Matt’s studio bunker?

99

Have ICE protests cracked Trump?

100

Will any Prime Minister “Love Actually” Donald Trump?

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Trump and Elon's honeymoon is over

102

Skunk oil and the butcher girl

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RFK Jr v Fluoride

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How a world leader kept a secret from 1.4 billion people

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Why Pakistan fights India

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Why India fights Pakistan

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Howard Lutnick and The Gates of Hell

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The man betting big on Trump's tariffs

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Australia vs the Internet: Conservative kill screen

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Australia vs the Internet: Misinformation overload

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Australia vs the Internet: RIP your newsfeed

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The secret weapon that changed war forever

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Australia vs the Internet

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How Japan dodged a global housing crisis

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Can Tesla survive Trump and Elon's bromance?

116

Why is Trump suddenly obsessed with rare earths?

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Why France isn’t counting on Trump

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Russia, Trump is listening

119

Who will say no to President Trump this time?

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How Trump is sending the FBI back to the 1960s

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What Elon’s DOGE cuts are really about

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Where Trump’s plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza came from

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Can Trump bully Panama into giving back its canal?

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Will Trump's tariffs make America expensive again?

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Putin or the EU? Georgia's big fight

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The serious ramifications of Hunter Biden’s pardon

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Will Netanyahu ever face court for alleged war crimes?

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Could Russia turn off the whole internet?

129

America's Last Election 6: How Trump’s banishment led to his comeback

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America’s Last Election 5: Trump demands loyalty

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Hello America: Chess at the White House

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US Results: Coffee with extra Trump

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Hello America: Trump’s path back to the presidency

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Hello America: Queuing for Kamala Harris

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Hello America: Two trains and seven swing states

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America’s Last Election 4: Pardon the riot

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Hello America: Watching Trump from the bleachers

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Hello America: Trump or Treat

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America’s Last Election 3: Trump's plan to reject results

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Hello America: Lost in Lansing

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Hello America: Motorcade in Michigan

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America’s Last Election 2: The fake elector plot

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America’s Last Election 1: The big lie

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How close did President Trump get to nuclear war?

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Is AI a threat to humans?

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Can India and China bury the hatchet?

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How US YouTubers were paid to spread Putin’s propaganda

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The sci-fi Saudi city that might be a scam

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How Ukraine called Putin’s nuclear bluff

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Why Hezbollah is attacking Israel in the Golan Heights

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Could calling Trump 'weird' lead the Democrats to victory?

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How Israel changed the way it assassinates enemies

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The truth about Kamala Harris’s time as ‘border czar’

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How Kamala went from unelectable to unopposed

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Will Biden leaving send the Democrats into chaos?

156

How America was primed for Trump shooting conspiracies

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Who Broke Britain: What took Labour so long?

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Who Broke Britain 4: Stop the boats

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Who Broke Britain 3: The NHS in crisis

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Who Broke Britain 2: The Brexit gamble

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Who Broke Britain 1 A promise to cut everything

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Not Stupid: Trump's guilty. What does that mean?

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Why is China so obsessed with Taiwan?

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The brutal and bloody career of Iranian President Raisi

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Should we treat domestic violence like we treat terrorism?

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The man who destroyed his life to try to put Trump in jail

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Is Brisbane repeating the Olympic mistakes of the past

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Could Benjamin Netanyahu go to jail?

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Looking for Modi 07 | One billion voters

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Iran, Israel and the calculus of revenge

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Looking for Modi 06 | Modi and the money

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Why do people hate wind farms? — Live

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Looking for Modi 05 | The riots

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Duterte vs Marcos: The feud that might tear the Philippines apart

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Looking for Modi 04 | When holy politics turn violent

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How Japan opted out of a global housing crisis

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Looking for Modi 03 | Modi and the Swami

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Kate Middleton and the 100-year history of fake photos

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Looking for Modi 02 | The abandoned wife

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Why does Putin bother holding elections?

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Looking For Modi 01 | Humble beginnings

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How China hires hackers

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Is Donald Trump running out of money?

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The Ayatollah who dreamed of an Iranian caliphate

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How the Shah's cancer led to Iran's rift with the US

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How Houthi rebels are embarrassing the world's biggest navy

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Can Zelenskyy get the world to care about Ukraine again?

188

What is China's "panda diplomacy"?

189

Can OpenAI save us from a robot apocalypse?

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China's play to win the heart of the Pacific

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How North Korea makes a fortune stealing crypto

192

Can Israel rescue the hostages?

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Who is Hezbollah, the group backing Hamas?

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How did Hamas catch Israel by surprise?

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How a quadriplegic charity worker became the founder of Hamas

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The ridiculous assassination plot that sent Haiti into chaos

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Should Elon Musk have stopped Ukraine attacking Russia?

198

The assassination that broke the bond between Canada and India

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Why Modi picked a fight over India's true name

200

The race to build a petrol station on the moon

201

Is the century-long search for a weight loss drug over?

202

China cooked its population data. Now its economy is in crisis

203

Why is Russia meddling in West Africa?

204

How microchip-maker TSMC became the world's most important company

205

The decision that saved Australia from Argentina's 100 per cent inflation nightmare

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How a bunch of boxes might land Trump in prison

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How "General Armageddon" and a bromance almost brought down Vladimir Putin

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INTRODUCING | If You're Listening

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RUSSIA | S07 E6 - How will the war against Ukraine end?

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RUSSIA | S07 E5 - Has Putin finally pushed the Russian people too far?

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RUSSIA | S07 E4 - Undersea sabotage? The mysterious pipe blasts

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RUSSIA | S07 E3 - Why it’s hard to fight when you don’t know why

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RUSSIA S07 E2 | Zelensky's big call: run away or stay to fight

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RUSSIA | S07 E1 - How war weakened strongman Putin

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RUSSIA | 07 INTRODUCING Russia, If You're Listening series seven

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E8 - The 49-year-old energy prophecy that is finally coming true

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E7 - The countdown on coal fired power

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E6 - Can we keep digging for energy?

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E5 - What we missed while we were knifing PMs

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E4 - The decade when climate change became a culture war

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E3 - How long will the world want our coal?

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E2 - How we became addicted to coal

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AUSTRALIA | S06 E1 - The legacy of our first decisions on climate change

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INTRODUCING Season Six | Australia, If You're Listening

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CHINA | S05 06 - Are the 'drums of war' beating over Taiwan?

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CHINA | S05 05 - Chinese students: Commodity or opportunity?

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CHINA | S05 04 - Huawei and the new technology cold war

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CHINA | S05 03 - The iron chain between Australia and China

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CHINA | S05 Bonus episode - The story behind Bob Hawke’s mysterious Tiananmen Cable

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CHINA | S05 02 - How Tiananmen is being repeated in Xinjiang

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CHINA | S05 01 - Xi Jinping: The 'Man of Destiny'

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INTRODUCING Season Five | China, If You’re Listening

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AMERICA | S04 09 - How Coronavirus destroyed Trump's MAGA promise

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AMERICA | S04 08 - How China fooled Donald Trump

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AMERICA | S04 07 - How Donald Trump turned the Presidency into a business

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AMERICA | S04 06 - Trump's desperate measure to halt immigration

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AMERICA | S04 05 - How Trump widened racial divides for political gain

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AMERICA | S04 04 - How Saudi Arabia found an ally in the White House

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AMERICA | S04 03 - How close did Trump get to nuclear war?

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AMERICA | S04 02 - The surprising story of how Donald Trump took on the NRA

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AMERICA | S04 01 - What a hurricane taught Trump about being president

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INTRODUCING Season Four | America, If You're Listening

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RUSSIA | S03 09 - Putin's Trump card: the CrowdStrike conspiracy theory

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RUSSIA | S03 08 - How Russia's rotten gas got Trump into trouble

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RUSSIA | S03 07 - Putin goes nuclear to retain his popularity

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RUSSIA | S03 06 - The spies who suck at spying

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RUSSIA | S03 05 - When the Father of Brexit met Mother Russia

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RUSSIA | S03 04 - Putin's obsession with crushing the mother of Germany

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RUSSIA | S03 03 - How to spin a war

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RUSSIA | S03 02 - From spymaster to president

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RUSSIA | S03 01 - A cold, wet day in Salisbury

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INTRODUCING Season Three | Putin vs The World

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RUSSIA | S02 08 - The night at the wine rooms

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RUSSIA | S02 07 - Oleg Deripaska: The collusion connection?

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RUSSIA | S02 06 - Don McGahn: Mueller's star witness

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RUSSIA | S02 05 - Julian Assange: Russia's favourite publisher

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RUSSIA | S02 04 - Sergey Kislyak: The radioactive ambassador

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RUSSIA | S02 03 - Rob Goldstone: 'I regret all of it'

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RUSSIA | S02 02 - Maria Butina: Russian in the NRA

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RUSSIA | S02 01 - Trump's best day ever

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RUSSIA | S01 17 - Robert Mueller: 'Trump's worst nightmare'

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RUSSIA | S01 16 - Michael Cohen: The fixer with the hush money