Episodes

  • Israel’s war with Iran: what does it want?

    Israel’s war with Iran: what does it want?
    Jun 17 2025
    It has been five days since Israel launched attacks on Iran and the war seems to be escalating. The civilian death toll is rising and Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order for parts of Tehran. Meanwhile, Iran has managed to evade Israel’s defences with missiles. The Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger, explains to Michael Safi that Israel’s war aims seem to have changed You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    24 mins
  • Arise, Sir David Beckham

    Arise, Sir David Beckham
    Jun 16 2025
    On Friday it was announced that David Beckham was to receive his knighthood – the fruits of a campaign for the honour that started more than a decade ago. So why now? And what does it say about the UK’s honours system – and its class system – that it took so long? Longtime Beckham watcher Zoe Williams speaks to Helen Pidd
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    26 mins
  • The politics of an all Māori album: Marlon Williams

    The politics of an all Māori album: Marlon Williams
    Jun 15 2025
    Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Marlon Williams spent five years on his latest album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, which is entirely in the Māori language. The release coincides with the current New Zealand coalition government limiting the use of the Indigenous language in the public service, and the suspension of three MPs who performed a Māori haka in protest of a bill which has been criticised as reversing Indigenous rights. Marlon Williams speaks to Reged Ahmad about singing in his first language on the international stage, and performs a song from the album in the Guardian Australia studio You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    27 mins
  • Back to Back Barries: Albanese prepares to face ‘toxic’ Trump

    Back to Back Barries: Albanese prepares to face ‘toxic’ Trump
    Jun 13 2025
    In the lead-up to Anthony Albanese’s trip to the G7 summit in Canada, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry discuss the Pentagon’s Aukus review as well as the two countries’ contrasting views on sanctions on Israeli politicians. Also in this episode: will Tasmanian voters punish Labor for pushing them into another election? And what did trade unionist Bill Kelty say to Bob Hawke that made him cry?
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    28 mins
  • Will the Aukus submarine deal go belly up?

    Will the Aukus submarine deal go belly up?
    Jun 12 2025
    The US Department of Defense has announced a review of the Aukus submarine deal, just days before Australia’s prime minister is due to meet Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada. Political reporter Josh Butler tells Nour Haydar what this means for relations between the two countries and why it throws Australia’s defence strategy into doubt
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    20 mins
  • The shocking death toll from inaction in prisons

    The shocking death toll from inaction in prisons
    Jun 11 2025
    A Guardian Australia investigation reveals the government inertia behind the suicide crisis in Australian jails. Dozens of inmates have killed themselves in the past two decades using ligature points that authorities knew about, but failed to remove. Reporters Ariel Bogle and Christopher Knaus speak to Reged Ahmad about why the warnings are still being ignored and what it will take to stop these preventable deaths
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    25 mins
  • Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad “living in two different worlds” since fleeing Gaza

    Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad “living in two different worlds” since fleeing Gaza
    Jun 10 2025
    Millions around the world watched Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad as she documented online her life under Israeli attack after 7 October 2023. Now she has released a memoir: a collection of diary entries, recounting living under siege and her love for her homeland. She speaks with Nour Haydar about life during and after fleeing the war You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    21 mins
  • ​Trump takes on the LA protesters and Elon Musk

    ​Trump takes on the LA protesters and Elon Musk
    Jun 9 2025
    Donald Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 national guard troops against demonstrators protesting against widespread immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles has been criticised as the ‘act of a dictator’. Washington DC bureau chief David Smith tells Nour Haydar why the US president’s attack on the protests is a diversion from his feud with billionaire Elon Musk You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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    20 mins
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