Episodes

  • Decoding America: Who really writes Trump’s Truth Social posts?

    Decoding America: Who really writes Trump’s Truth Social posts?
    May 20 2026
    Host Reged Ahmad and the Guardian’s US site editor Jonathan Yerushalmy examine Republican Thomas Massie’s loss in the Kentucky primary after a vicious attack campaign fulled by Donald Trump. They also look at the president’s penchant for posting directly to social media and the woman who pens the posts
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    25 mins
  • Ebola, hantavirus: can the world avert another pandemic?

    Ebola, hantavirus: can the world avert another pandemic?
    May 19 2026
    It has been nearly three weeks since the first reports that a rare hantavirus had spread through a cruise ship, killing three people and infecting others. And now, the World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic ‌of Congo and Uganda a ‘public health emergency of international concern’. While these outbreaks are unconnected and remain low risk for Australia, questions are being asked about how prepared authorities are for another global outbreak. Medical editor Melissa Davey speaks to Nour Haydar about the two viruses causing health authorities to reexamine their pandemic plans
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    16 mins
  • Patrick Radden Keefe on power and greed in London

    Patrick Radden Keefe on power and greed in London
    May 18 2026
    In Sydney before his Australian book tour, investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Reged Ahmad about his Australian roots and his new book, London Falling, which examines the mysterious death of a teenager who posed as a Russian billionaire and his family’s search for truth about the end of their son’s life
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    27 mins
  • Coles caught red handed, so what next?

    Coles caught red handed, so what next?
    May 17 2026
    Australian retailers are on notice after the federal court handed down a landmark judgment against the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain. Coles was found to have misled shoppers by promoting discounts that were not real after the Australian consumer watchdog launched legal action in 2024. Business editor Jonathan Barrett tells Nour Haydar why the court found Coles misled consumers, what the ruling means for the retailer’s reputation and whether it will mean cheaper prices at the checkout
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    18 mins
  • Stateside: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’

    Stateside: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’
    May 17 2026
    The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority-Black districts, sparking chaos for the midterm elections. In the first episode of Guardian US’s video podcast Stateside, co-host Kai Wright talks with Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former Georgia house minority leader. They discuss the fallout from the decision, and why Abrams still thinks the way forward is through engaging more voters to participate in democracy: ‘They have fractured communities and said we’re going to scatter these seeds. Our job is to grow’
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    36 mins
  • The Sunday read: Scapegoating migrants and anger at a failing political system

    The Sunday read: Scapegoating migrants and anger at a failing political system
    May 16 2026
    One Nation’s historic win in Farrer has drawn conservative politicians into yet another harmful debate about immigration. Author Sisonke Msimang says blaming migrants won’t ease the pain disillusioned voters are feeling
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    8 mins
  • Back to Back Barries: Angus Taylor’s migration muddle

    Back to Back Barries: Angus Taylor’s migration muddle
    May 15 2026
    Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry deliver their verdict on the federal budget – including opposition leader Angus Taylor’s targeting of migrants in an effort to solve the housing crisis. They also discuss Pauline Hanson’s soon-to-be released energy policy and why dissatisfaction with Labor isn’t translating into more votes for the Greens
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    29 mins
  • Jim Chalmers responds to the budget’s critics

    Jim Chalmers responds to the budget’s critics
    May 15 2026
    The political editor, Tom McIlroy, and the economics editor, Patrick Commins, speak with Jim Chalmers about the criticisms that his ‘reforming’ and ‘ambitious’ budget, while historic, stands to benefit only a relatively small number of Australians. The treasurer also explains why the budget didn’t include an increase in tax for gas exports, and how this government is putting forward an economic strategy to address the anxieties that lead voters to turn to populism on the right
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    29 mins