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The world is on fire. There's a coup. Inflation is through the roof, and AI is taking our jobs. What does it all mean? Each week, Matt Bevan explains the biggest story in world news while hiding in his basement from assassins and authoritarian regimes. Recent episodes include an exploration of the relationship between India and China, a closer look at the Saudi Arabian city of NEOM, the conflict in the Middle East, the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, and Ukraine's incursions into Vladimir Putin's Russia. Matt Bevan draws connections between stories from the past and the events of the present to help listeners understand world news and international affairs. The podcast also features series about big moments in world news; previous series have focused on the United States presidential election, the United Kingdom's 14 years of Conservative Party leadership, Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, Donald Trump's presidency and promise to Make America Great Again, the Mueller Report, Vladimir Putin's scheme to destroy western democracies, how the relationship between Australia and China came to the verge of collapse, and Australia's turbulent history with climate change. There's a new episode of If You're Listening every Thursday.

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The US-Canada border fight over a pig

Can AI predict the future?

Thatcher's Falklands PSYOP radio station

Are the UK and Argentina about to go to war…again?

INTRODUCING Season Six | Australia, If You're Listening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTRODUCING Season Five | China, If You’re Listening

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

AMERICA | S04 08 - How China fooled Donald Trump

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTRODUCING Season Four | America, If You're Listening

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

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

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

RUSSIA | S03 06 - The spies who suck at spying

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

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

RUSSIA | S03 03 - How to spin a war

RUSSIA | S03 02 - From spymaster to president

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

INTRODUCING Season Three | Putin vs The World

RUSSIA | S02 08 - The night at the wine rooms

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

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

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

RUSSIA | S02 04 - Sergey Kislyak: The radioactive ambassador

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

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

RUSSIA | S02 01 - Trump's best day ever

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

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

RUSSIA | S01 15 - Felix Sater: Criminal, informant, developer, spy

RUSSIA | S01 14 - Trump's Business: Secrets and deals

RUSSIA | S01 13 - James Comey: Integrity at all costs

RUSSIA | S01 12 - Michael Flynn: General for hire

RUSSIA | S01 11 - Jared Kushner: Trump's Crown Prince

RUSSIA | S01 10 - The Troll Factory: Lies, stolen secrets and chaos

RUSSIA | S01 09 - The Crime: Russia steps over the line