Global Questions
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Episodes: 121
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Breaking down global politics for young people who want to know more | In-Depth: analysis with leading experts | Trailblazers: getting your foot in the door of a global career | The Wrap-Up: highlighting latest news around the world.
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YDS x WIIS-A: Diplomacy in Motion - Jane Hardy
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May 17, 2026 |
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YDS x WIIS-A: Diplomacy in Motion - Shannon Zimmerman
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Trailblazers: Dr Shira Mansaray
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Trailblazers: Dr. Emma Collins
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Trailblazers: Joshua Dario Hasenstab
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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In-Depth: Inside Iran
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Trailblazers: Rhiannon Van Vliet
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Trailblazers: Dr Natalia Grincheva
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May 31, 2025 |
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In-Depth: The Art Of Diplomacy
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May 13, 2025 |
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Trailblazer: Xenia Hanusiak
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May 03, 2025 |
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In-Depth: The 2025 Australian Election Preview
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Trailblazer: Jeremy Dicker
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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In-Depth: The Year To Come
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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An Interview with Carlo Nicholls: Our YDS Foreign Policy Case Competition Winner
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Trailblazer: Advice I wish I got with Shadi Rouhshabhaz
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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In Depth: Trump and Harris Race to the White House
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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In Depth: Beyond the Game - Sports Diplomacy as an emerging field with Dr Stuart Murray
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Trailblazer: scoring goals in Pacific sports diplomacy with Sarah Leary
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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FAREWELL FROM US: What's next for Global Questions?
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: The Digital Divide (and why failing to stop it could be catastrophic)
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Could Netanyahu return as PM? Why the Rwanda Deal is controversial. Can democracy survive in Cambodia? The 50-year Whisky War.
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: How your favourite social media sites are turbocharging terrorism (w/Tech Against Terrorism)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: North Korea to lead anti-nuclear group. El Salvador’s prison spree. Putin meets with African leaders. Can the British monarchy survive?
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: Is space exploration causing geopolitical tensions? W/ Leonard David
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May 30, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Why a dictator’s son was elected president. How one family helped derail Sri Lanka’s economy.
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May 25, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: How is artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionising modern warfare? W/Dr Peter Layton
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May 16, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Anger at Xi’s Covid strategy. America’s dystopian post-Roe future. Could Israel spiral into war? Northern Ireland considers leaving UK.
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May 11, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: Is Bitcoin going to change the world? Or is it a scam? W/David Gerard
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May 02, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: The elaborate conspiracy to blame France for war crimes. China’s aim in the Solomons. Is the Arab Spring dead? Honduras’ drug-trafficking president.
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: We're all being monitored. How does it affect society? W/ Kevin Macnish & Moira Patterson
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: UNHRC kicks out Russia. Pakistan’s crazy politics. 6,500+ deaths tied to World Cup. How Taiwan’s fate will affect your shopping.
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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TEASER: Season 6 REVEAL
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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REPLAY: Gillian Triggs on Australia's refugee crisis
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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REPLAY: Kevin Rudd on why Murdoch is a "cancer on our democracy"
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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REPLAY: The horror of China's 're-education' camps W/ Nuria Yu & Nathan Ruser
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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REPLAY: Meet the student who sued his super company over climate change. W/ Paul Govind and Mark McVeigh
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: Can we save democracy? W/Iain Walker & Tim Hollo
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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TRAILBLAZER: Using music and education to inspire social change and international peace-building W/Janielle Beh
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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THE WRAP-UP: A gas war in Ukraine? Fishermen defeat Russian navy. Far-right meet in Hungary. Why Honduras’ election matters.
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: Can the CCP and democracy co-exist? It's complicated. W/Roger Huang
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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IN-DEPTH: Are conspiracy theories and political paranoia destroying democracy? W/Jesse Walker
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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HUGH’S FINAL WRAP-UP: Refugees sue Facebook. Is the Iran Deal back? The dark side of renewables. A Saharan sports saga.
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: Is India (the world's largest democracy) turning authoritarian? W/ Mauktik Kulkarni
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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TRAILBLAZER: Developing a career in cyber security W/ Bronte Munro
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Ethiopia’s PM *literally* goes to war. Australia helps Solomons. Taiwan's uncertain future. Sweden’s 7-hour female PM.
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: How has globalisation affected inequality and democracy around the world? W/ Steven Slaughter & Estella Kabachwezi
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Was COP26 worth it? Belarus weaponises migrants. Democratic setback for Thailand. A boycott of the Winter Olympics?
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: What is populism and is it destroying democracy? W/ Anastasia Kapetas & Brandon Wu
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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TRAILBLAZER: Turning your love for international affairs into a meaningful career in research W/ Daria Impiombato
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: What to expect from COP26. Why Sudan’s coup matters. Azerbaijan vs Armenia. How an actor could jail Italy’s ex-deputy PM.
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: When press freedom declines, what happens to democracy? W/ Marcus Strom
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Civil war in Lebanon? Billions for the Taliban. Kenya ignores the ICJ. America’s cyber reckoning.
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: Is Covid-19 killing democracy? W/ Tom Daly & Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: China turns off power. Germany’s election stalemate. A sports star President? Nigeria's phone ban.
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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TEASER: Season 5 REVEAL
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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REPLAY IN-DEPTH: How does the Black Lives Matter movement relate to Indigenous Australians? W/ Ama Burkoh & Nayonika Bhattacharya
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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REPLAY IN-DEPTH: Who is Witness K and why is he being charged with conspiracy? W/ Bernard Collaery
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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BONUS: Saying farewell to the founders of Global Questions W/ Genevieve Marcocci & Emma Fabreguette
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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TRAILBLAZER: Exploring opportunities and engaging in global affairs W/ Ryan Attard
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ... and win a prize!
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: How is climate change law paving the way for the future? W/ Paul Govind and Mark McVeigh
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Haiti’s competing Prime Ministers. China’s vaccine woes. Secret trials in Cuba. Russia’s weaponised gas pipeline.
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: What does climate change have to do with the Egypto-Ethiopian Nile dispute and the internationalisation of the Amazon? W/ Anet McClintock & Professor Stephen M. Walt.
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Lebanon’s ‘social explosion’. South Africa’s ex-President in jail. The rise of private armies. France’s climate constitution.
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: How is climate change affecting the developing world? W/Anna Gero
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Iran’s hardliners seize control. 100 years of the CCP. Pardons divide Spain. Far-right soldiers threaten EU.
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: How is veganism integral to climate change mitigation? W/ Alana Mann
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Chaos in Afghanistan. Myanmar’s rebel armies. El Salvador’s bitcoin revolution. Can the UN end HIV/AIDS?
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: How is climate change affecting Antarctica? W/ Dr Alessandro Antonello
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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TRAILBLAZER: Indigenous activism & climate change W/Joshua Gilbert
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May 31, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: What is climate-induced migration? W/ Dr Celia McMichael
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May 24, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: The Israel-Palestine crisis. An unprecedented cyber attack. Will the Olympics go ahead? A political shake-up in Venezuela.
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May 17, 2021 |
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TEASER: Season 4 REVEAL
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May 10, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Samoa’s jaw-dropping election. Chad’s president dies in battle. TikTok faces a historic lawsuit. French secularism ignites Pakistani protests.
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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TRAILBLAZER: How to navigate opportunities and create agency W/Yasmin Poole
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Is Russia going to war? North Korea’s ‘worst-ever situation'. Nigeria’s mass prison break. Hong Kong’s anti-democratic revival.
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: How is Islam changing Indonesian politics? W/ Dr Rachel Rinaldo and Dr Dina Afrianty
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Double-mutant strains, China's fashion boycott, Columbian border conflict and Haiti's government chaos
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: Why Is Anti-Semitism On The Rise? W/ Harrison Rosen
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Turmoil in Yemen, Kiribati’s Change of Address, the Pope in Iraq and a Brazilian Ex-President’s Prison Release
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: What is Political Evangelicalism? W/ Dr. Joshua Roose
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Upheaval in Ethiopia, an Armenian coup, vaccine diplomacy and New Caledonia's separatist government
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: What is Reclaiming Saudi Salafism? w/ Dr Raihan Ismail
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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TRAILBLAZER: What does it take to realise your passion? W/ Joel MacKay
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: What is happening to Uyghur Muslims in China? W/ Nuria Yu & Nathan Ruser
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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THE WRAP UP: The EU vaccine scuffle, protests in India, Israel, Iran, and Biden, and the lawsuit against Brazil's president
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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IN-DEPTH: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict W/ Ronald Zweig
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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TEASER: Season 3 - What will be covered?
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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BONUS: How is UNESCO reimagining education? W/ Noah Sobe
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Yemen famine, News Media Commission & Cancel Culture W/ Josh & Saacha 2/2
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Megxit, Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy & BLM W/ Hugh & Kelly 1/2
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Australian money-laundering, West Papuan independence, France's 'values' charter and UN Security Council negligence
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Australia's war crimes, Who gets the vaccine, Armenia Azerbaijan and a peace deal and Typhoon Vamco
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Why is the South China Sea such a pivotal region? W/ Professor Rory Medcalf
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Why is terror on the rise? How does Iran benefit from Biden? Is Thailand becoming a democracy? What's going on in Ethiopia?
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: What is the significance of South Korea-Australia Relations? W/ Thomas Corben
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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BONUS: How to dismantle the Murdoch Empire? W/ Kevin Rudd
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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TRAILBLAZER: How to choose the right degree W/ Asher Klein
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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TRAILBLAZER: How to start a global impact driven career? W/Jacob Thomas
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Trump is COVID-19 positive, Armenia and Azerbaijan reignite tensions, Indonesia’s new labor laws in protest and the Cyprus Papers
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Why care about cyber security? W/Damien Manuel
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: How COVID-19 has helped Italian Mafia gang, Australia's future trade, ICE under investigation and the grand jury on Breonna Taylor’s death.
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: How to understand Security Risk in International Relations? W/ William Clapton
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Putin’s Tea, the American Postal Service Political Battle, India-China Nuclear Power Stand-off, and Forced Labour in Xinjiang.
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Who is Witness K and why is he being charged with conspiracy? W/ Bernard Collaery
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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THE WRAP-UP: Beirut, Tiktok, Belarus, and the Middle East
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Season 2 Trailer
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Sharon Hudson Dean - How important is Australia's relationship with the United States? Covid-19, Historic Allyship and Economic Projections
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Ama Burkoh & Nayonika Bhattacharya - What is the BLM movement? Systematic racism and how it relates to Indigenous Australians.
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Bill Birtles - What is going on with Australia-China Relations?
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Julian Burnside - How does human rights and refugee advocacy expose the need for change in Australia?
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Kelly Soderstrom - What does Brexit mean for UK refugee and asylum seeker regluations?
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May 24, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Charlotte Owens & Nassim Khadem - What effects will Covid-19 have on Government Relations, Business and Cyber Security in Australia?
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May 11, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Saad Al-Haddad - What is it like fleeing war? - 2/2
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Saad Al-Haddad - What is it like fleeing war? - 1/2
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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TRAILBLAZERS: Zahn Gane - Where does a degree in International Relations get you?
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Erika Feller - What are the nuances of representing the UNHCR? - 2/2
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Erika Feller - What are the nuances of representing the UNHCR? - 1/2
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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TRAILBLAZERS: Caitlin Workman - What is it like heading your own NGO project?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Gillian Triggs - How can Australia respond to Asylum Seekers and Refugees? 2/2
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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IN-DEPTH: Gillian Triggs - How can Australia respond to Asylum Seekers and Refugees? 1/2
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Jan 19, 2020 |