Kissing the ring
Don Watson joins us to discuss Trump’s beyond-bizarre cabinet selections, Joe Biden’s tainted legacy, and what this might all mean for Australia on the final episode of After America for 2024.
Our crisis of integrity looms in the Pacific
“An Albanese Labor government will restore Australia’s climate leadership, and listen and act on Pacific island warnings of the existential threat of climate change.” Despite a clear election campaign commitment to listen to Pacific Island nations and act on climate change, the Australian government continues to enable and encourage new and expanded fossil fuel projects. When it
Australia argues against developing international law to meet the unique existential threat of climate change
Australia was one of the first countries to present oral pleadings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) overnight, as the court began to examine what countries are legally required to do to combat climate change and what is their responsibility to assist nations most affected.
Return to Trumpland with Zoe Daniel
Zoe Daniel MP joins us to discuss the MAGA loyalists Trump is tapping for senior roles and how Australia can deal with the President-elect.
November 2024
Making America pay
Trump says he’s going to make other countries pay with a sweeping new tariff regime – but in reality, everyone will lose.
Standing up to Trump with Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins the show to discuss how Australia should approach the second Trump presidency.
Toxic Trump ambitions could easily take hold in Australia
Strap yourselves in. Convicted felon Donald Trump has been re-elected president of the United States.
Fill the sky
With this presidential race now over, Emma Shortis reflects on an extraordinary campaign and the challenges that may lie ahead for Australia.
Four more years
Donald Trump will return to the White House – how should Australia prepare?
The AUKward truth about the US relationship
With its democracy under assault, America needs a friend, not a flunkey.
America’s greatest strength with José Ramos-Horta
His Excellency José Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Laureate, joins us to discuss why the United States will remain an economic powerhouse despite rising tensions with China.
October 2024
Ozymandias Revisited – The doomed conceit of AUKUS
Three years on, there is still no compelling argument, strategic or otherwise, for Australia’s acquiring eight Virginia class nuclear-propelled submarines (SSNs). Nor is there any compelling calculation of the large lick of funding – $368 billion and more – that the program will soak up. Only Defence seems able to command such stupendous outlays when
Is Australia ready for Trump 2.0?
We discuss the race in the key swing state of Michigan and whether Australia is really prepared for a second Trump administration.
The US election will change the world. Will we let it change Australia?
How has it come to this? The United States presidential election is a fight between a prosecutor and a convicted felon and the felon might win.
Australian super funds investing in nuclear weapons companies
How would you feel if your super was invested in nuclear weapons companies? Well, in Australia, there’s a high chance it is.
You’re gonna be the one that saves me: Albo’s dynamic pricing crackdown
Consumers are finding themselves caught beneath the landslide of hidden fees, surcharges and corporate price gouging, says Greg Jericho.
Finding peace is hard, but unending mutual destruction is in no one’s interest
Like most of the US allies, Australia is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Super-powered nukes: Aussie funds and weapons of mass destruction
Australian superannuation funds have been investing in nuclear weapons, according to new research.
Caught in the headlights
We discuss America’s apparent crisis of confidence, the conflict in the Middle East, and the Vice-Presidential debate.
A region divided with Helen Clark
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, joins us to discuss AUKUS and how the US presidential candidates might shape American foreign policy.
September 2024
The church of Trump with Don Watson
Author and former speechwriter Don Watson joins us to discuss political violence, America’s deep divisions and whether Kamala Harris can turn the country around.
August 2024
The enragement machine with Joseph Stiglitz and Malcolm Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz join us to discuss the presidential election, the AUKUS deal and the right-wing media machine.
In picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris has redrawn the battlelines in the race for the Whitehouse
On Tuesday morning US time, US Vice President Kamala Harris called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to ask him to be her running mate in her campaign for the presidency.
Runnin’ the world
We examine what Kamala Harris’ foreign policy might look like, Biden’s international legacy and the implications of a second Trump term for global security.
July 2024
Biden out, Harris in? Why this risky, unprecedented move could be the circuit breaker the Democrats needed
President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside as the Democratic nominee in this year’s presidential election certainly had a sense of inevitability about it. Yet, it is still unprecedented in the modern era for a sitting president to drop out of a presidential race this late in the process. We are really in uncharted waters for American
Biden’s Withdrawal Highlights a System in Turmoil, Australia Must Step Up Independence
The continued political turmoil in America following the withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the 2024 Presidential race is an opportunity for Australia to adopt a more confident and constructive approach to dealing with a Trump-style America – more strident and demanding, and less predictable.
What would Trump 2.0 mean for the global economy?
The prospect of tariff hikes and higher inflation in a second Trump term has economic policymakers nervous, says Greg Jericho.
Two-thirds of Democrats want Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. It’s time he listened
The cracks beneath US President Joe Biden’s feet continue to widen. While the shock of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump seemed like it might relieve some of the pressure on Biden, the story of his viability as both president and candidate continues to feed on itself. Ever since his disastrous debate performance against Trump
Trump defiant after assassination attempt
Former Australian foreign minister Bob Carr joins us to discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the new Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, and the future of America’s place in the world.
A bloodied, defiant Trump could become the defining image of the US election
The shots fired at Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday are being investigated as an assassination attempt of the former president and current Republican presidential nominee. Assassination attempts on presidents and presidential nominees are littered throughout American history. What happened in Pennsylvania is horrifying, but sadly not surprising. I’ve been really struck by how
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