# If You're Listening Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515.md RSS feed: https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/9593214/podcast.xml Official site: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/if-youre-listening/ Author: ABC Australia Episodes: 250 ## Resource 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 clima… ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/if-you-re-listening-232515 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515.md ## Episodes - [How 9/11 shaped the man behind Trump's tariffs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/how-9-11-shaped-the-man-behind-trump-s-tariffs) — 2026-09-11T15:00:00+00:00 - [Why Guantanamo Bay is so hard to close](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/why-guantanamo-bay-is-so-hard-to-close) — 2026-09-09T15:00:00+00:00 - [The cat that broke Einstein’s brain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/the-cat-that-broke-einstein-s-brain) — 2026-09-07T15:00:00+00:00 - [Nepal's glacier time bomb](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/nepal-s-glacier-time-bomb) — 2026-09-02T15:00:00+00:00 - [The mystery of the Monkey Man](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/the-mystery-of-the-monkey-man) — 2026-08-31T15:00:00+00:00 - [Will Trump's weird obsession break the US Navy?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/will-trump-s-weird-obsession-break-the-us-navy) — 2026-08-26T15:00:00+00:00 - [The scam queen of the Philippines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/the-scam-queen-of-the-philippines) — 2026-08-24T15:00:00+00:00 - [Is the Secret Service too broken to protect Trump?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/is-the-secret-service-too-broken-to-protect-trump) — 2026-08-19T15:00:00+00:00 - [Jonathan Swan on the real Trump White House](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/jonathan-swan-on-the-real-trump-white-house) — 2026-08-17T15:00:00+00:00 - [Why MAGA is turning on Russia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/why-maga-is-turning-on-russia) — 2026-08-12T15:00:00+00:00 - [What happens when AI commits a crime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/what-happens-when-ai-commits-a-crime) — 2026-08-10T15:00:00+00:00 - [Who's really bankrolling Nigel Farage?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/who-s-really-bankrolling-nigel-farage) — 2026-08-05T15:00:00+00:00 - [How to become an Albanian superstar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/how-to-become-an-albanian-superstar) — 2026-08-03T15:00:00+00:00 - [Dua Lipa and Ivanka Trump go head to head in Albania](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/dua-lipa-and-ivanka-trump-go-head-to-head-in-albania) — 2026-07-29T15:00:00+00:00 - [Polymarket’s dumbest betting market](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/polymarket-s-dumbest-betting-market) — 2026-07-27T15:00:00+00:00 - [How to get away with selling classified information](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/how-to-get-away-with-selling-classified-information) — 2026-07-22T15:00:00+00:00 - [What it takes to put a question to Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/what-it-takes-to-put-a-question-to-trump) — 2026-07-20T15:00:00+00:00 - [Trump's rise from bunker boy to billionaire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/trump-s-rise-from-bunker-boy-to-billionaire) — 2026-07-15T15:00:00+00:00 - [Is Trump pushing more countries toward nuclear weapons?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/is-trump-pushing-more-countries-toward-nuclear-weapons) — 2026-07-13T15:00:00+00:00 - [What’s Under Trump’s Ballroom?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/what-s-under-trump-s-ballroom) — 2026-07-08T15:00:00+00:00 - [Criminals, if you're listening](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/criminals-if-you-re-listening) — 2026-07-06T15:00:00+00:00 - [Why is Netanyahu sabotaging Trump?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/why-is-netanyahu-sabotaging-trump) — 2026-07-01T15:00:00+00:00 - [Matt finally gets to talk about Sealand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/matt-finally-gets-to-talk-about-sealand) — 2026-06-29T15:00:00+00:00 - [Why Israel-Hezbollah threatens Trump’s Iran peace plan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/why-israel-hezbollah-threatens-trump-s-iran-peace-plan) — 2026-06-24T15:00:00+00:00 - [Trump’s grand designs for the White House](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-you-re-listening-232515/trump-s-grand-designs-for-the-white-house) — 2026-06-22T15:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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