Episodes

  • ‘The Foreign Desk’ in Odesa: the international ripple effects of war in Ukraine
    Jun 14 2025

    Reporting from the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Andrew Mueller talks to leaders – domestic and international – about why Ukraine’s struggle for survival matters around the globe.

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    40 mins
  • Explainer: Who gets to be an Italian citizen?
    Jun 11 2025

    (Some) Italians headed to the polls this week to decide who gets to be one of them. Andrew Mueller explains what’s at the heart of this debate and why apathy might have won the day.

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    8 mins
  • Odesa, the Black Sea, the front line and Ukraine’s future
    Jun 7 2025

    Andrew Mueller reports from the Black Sea Security Forum, asking why Odesa matters beyond Ukraine’s borders and how Ukrainians have managed to keep fighting more than three years into Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion.

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    38 mins
  • Explainer 470: The on-again, off-again US-Iran nuclear talks
    Jun 4 2025

    Andrew Mueller unpacks the latest round of nuclear talks between the US and Iran, asks why Trump is now eager after rejecting the previous deal and why Iran has fewer cards to play than in the Obama years.

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    8 mins
  • Are journalists safe?
    May 31 2025

    At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, about two-thirds of whom were Palestinian. Why is reporting becoming more dangerous and what can we do to protect journalists?

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    36 mins
  • Explainer 469: Who are India’s Maoists?
    May 28 2025

    Indian security forces killed 27 rebels this week, including a top Maoist leader. This week, Andrew Mueller explains the nearly half-century long conflict between the state and the Communist Party of India (Maoist).

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    7 mins
  • Why does Russia still have influence in eastern Europe?
    May 24 2025

    While eyes are fixed on Ukraine, Putin’s influence continues to spread across eastern Europe, with many countries seeing a rise in far-right parties with Soviet-era sympathies. But why is this a winning policy?

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    32 mins
  • Explainer 468: Tantrum or tactic? Why has Australia’s National Party split from the Liberals?
    May 21 2025

    After a humiliating general election defeat, Australia’s National Party has bid farewell to its coalition partners of more than 60 years. But what is behind this seemingly self-defeating manoeuvre?

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    8 mins
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