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Whatever is happening in the news right now, there's a book diving deep into the topic. As a journalist I love following the latest headlines, but wanted to take my depth of knowledge to the next level. Join me as I speak to experts - mostly authors - on the topics they have spent extensive time researching and reporting on. The topics may vary, but the conversational tone stays the same.
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Episodes
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- DAVE WEDGE: Blizzard of Lies, the death of John O'Keefe and the Karen Read trial · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 18As another day of jury deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial continued, I sat down with Boston-based journalist Dave Wedge to chat about another Massachusetts case that…
- ADAM HOCHSCHILD: King Leopold's Ghost, Belgium and the 'Congo Free State' · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 17For much of my life I knew nothing about Belgium's King Leopold II and his brutal subjugation of millions in the DRC - what was ironically then called the 'Congo Free State'. To…
- ROBIN ANDERSEN: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 16How will future generations look back at the media reporting of Gaza in the years since October 7? In her new book, The Complicit Lens - US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in…
- DAN LAWTON: Northern Ireland, The Troubles, and the Extraordinary Case of Kevin Barry Artt · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 15I have been learning about The Troubles for as long as I can remember. Somehow, I had never come across the extraordinary story of Kevin Barry Artt, documented in Dan Lawton's…
- KOJO KORAM: The Next Fix, The Winners & Losers in the Future of Drugs · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 14We live in a world today where millions of people are serving time for drug offences, while others are making the most the now billion dollar cannabis industry. I had a wonderful…
- MIKE FINKEL: The Art Thief · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 13Over the course of eight years, a man called Stephane Breitwieser stole more than 300 objects and pieces of art. In total, they were worth an estimated $1.4 billion. He is now…
- CHRISTOPHER LAMB: American Hope, Pope Leo, President Trump & A War of Words on Iran · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 12Pope Leo is the first American Pope in history, yet remarkably he has not yet had a conversation with President Trump. They did, however, get into a war of words in April, after…
- PROF OMER BARTOV: Israel, What Went Wrong? · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 11Professor Omer Bartov is a leading scholar on the Holocaust, and history of genocide. He is also a man who was born and raised in Israel, served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur…
- CHRISTINA HILLSBERG: Women in the CIA, Agents of Change · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 10What is it like to be a female spy in the CIA? It’s a mysterious world we as members of the public have very little access to. However, Christina Hillsberg - herself a former…
- RICHARD CHAMBERS: Make Ireland Great Again · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 9They say that about a tenth of Americans proudly claim Irish ancestry, but how do American lawmakers view Ireland these days? That’s the question journalist Richard chambers…
- ISABEL VINCENT: RFK Jr, The Fall & Rise · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 8Robert F Kennedy Jr is undoubtedly one of the most polairisng political figures in the US right now - some say his comments on vaccines are dangerous misinformation, others…
- DOMINIC MCGREGOR: I'm Never Drinking Again · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 7Dominic McGregor is the more private of a very successful duo. He and his co-founder, Steven Bartlett, set up the Social Chain and were immensely successful in their early…
- ELIE HONIG: Nixon to Trump, The White House & The DOJ · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 6When you come at the king, you best not miss. Over the past decade it seems the US Justice Department has generated as many headlines as the White House. To understand the…
- DR BROOKE NEWMAN: The Crown's Silence, British Monarchy & The Transatlantic Slave Trade · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 5Over the course of more than 350 years, an estimated 12 to 15 million people were forced on transatlantic slave ships from West Africa to the Americas. In a recent symbolic vote…
- TIM LISTER: Nine Lives, Al-Qaeda and the British Spy · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 4How did an Al Qaeda bomb maker who spent time with the mastermind of 9/11 end up as one of the most important agents for British intelligence? Tim Lister co-authored the…
- JANE FERGUSON: No Ordinary Assignment · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 3Jane Ferguson is without a doubt one of the most accomplished and respected war correspondents of our generation. In her memoir, No Ordinary Assignment, she documents with…
- JAMES LONGMAN: The Inherited Mind · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 2James Longman, as ABC's Chief International Correspondent, is used to telling the deeply personal stories of people from around the world. But last year he published his book…
- ANDREW LOWNIE: The Entitled Former Prince · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 1Andrew Lownie is the author of 'Entitled', a damning look at the former Prince Andrew. After four years of research, Lownie was one of the first to say the King's brother could…
- TRUMP WINS THE ELECTION · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 23Donald Trump is on his way back to the White House, and I thought it warranted a special overview. Normally I chat to an author on this podcast about the book they've written…
- RASHID KHALIDI: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 22Rashid Khalidi is the author of a bestselling book called 'The Hundred Years' War on Palestine' - looking at the tumultuous century from the Balfour declaration in 1917 up until…
