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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 685
- Years Active
- 2025
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Boost for Billionaires, Bombs and the Border Regime
Amy Hanauer, the Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, joins the show to discuss the anti-worker measures of Trump’s reconciliation bill that just passed in the Senate. R…
01:18:41 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Israel vs. Iran: Why Didn’t China Step In? w/ Vijay Prashad
Twelve days of war between Israel and Iran have ended in a fragile ceasefire. Some have criticized China’s cautiousness in directly supporting Iran during the attacks, while others argue the war expo…
00:42:27 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Will Thailand's Prime Minister survive the latest crisis?
The Thai Prime Minister has 15 days to make her case--after the high court suspended her for a breach of ethics. This comes after a phone call between her and Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen, dis…
00:28:36 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Will Geert Wilders' gamble to withdraw from governing Dutch coalition pay off?
He has been dubbed the 'Dutch Donald Trump'. Geert Wilders has pulled his Party for Freedom or PVV - out of the coalition that governs the Netherlands in a row over immigration policy. It has plunged…
00:28:51 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
China's growing influence in the Pacific
In China’s Pacific Wave, the episode delves into the economic tug-of-war between the United States and China in the Pacific, seen through the experiences of locals like Jacob George, a Vanuatuan cust…
00:25:00 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Why is Trump cracking down on Chinese students?
The US will begin revoking visas for Chinese students, including those in “critical fields” or with connections to the Chinese Communist Party. The US State Department has said this is to stop the ex…
00:22:16 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
How is the US Supreme Court giving Trump more power?
The US Supreme Court has reshaped birthright citizenship – and the judiciary itself. US President Donald Trump is claiming victory after last week’s Supreme Court ruling that federal judges cannot is…
00:22:03 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
why women’s products cost more
Did you know that women’s clothing and personal care products are often priced higher than men's? It’s been that way for years and there’s even a name for it. Pink Tax. Now with Trump implementing wi…
00:20:56 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Who will feed Sudanese refugees?
The World Food Programme has sounded the alarm, saying it may have to reduce its aid operations for Sudanese refugees … because of cutbacks in its funding. Four million refugees are in countries neig…
00:27:46 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Shajarat al Durr: From Slave to Sultana of Egypt
Shajarat al Durr was born in the golden age of Islam. Despite her beginnings as a child slave, she went on to become the first woman to sit on the throne of Egypt since Cleopatra nearly 13-hundred ye…
00:44:25 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Will Sheikh Hasina face justice in Bangladesh?
Fugutive and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has officially been charged with crimes against humanity. Prosecutors in Dhaka accuse the 77-year-old of orchestrating a "systematic at…
00:28:31 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
How Israel’s military industry profits from war in Gaza
Israel’s war on Gaza has turbocharged its already booming military-tech industry, with weapons and surveillance systems tested on Palestinians continuing to be sold around the world. Israel’s role as…
00:22:41 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
How Sudan’s war is driving Chad’s humanitarian collapse
As Sudan’s war effects spill into Chad, the country faces the world’s most underfunded refugee crisis. Nearly a million Sudanese, mostly women and children, have fled, but aid is vanishing, disease i…
00:27:01 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Will a new deal end war in eastern DRC?
Years of fighting between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda may be at an end - thanks to a peace deal signed in the United States. Rwanda has agreed to remove thousands of troops from e…
00:28:41 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Will Iran double down on its nuclear programme after the war?
United States President Donald Trump can force Israel to end the war on Gaza if he shows the same gumption as he did with Iran, argues Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute fo…
00:24:08 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Why are Syrian Druze farmers protesting over Israeli wind turbines?
A battle over land, natural resources and wind energy in the occupied Golan Heights – a microcosm of the wider Arab-Israeli conflict. This documentary is about a group of Syrian fruit farmers taking …
00:46:40 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Is free speech under attack in the US?
In a country that prides itself on democracy, freedom of speech, and the right to protest, a chilling question is emerging: Who gets to speak, and who is being silenced? More than 1,000 international…
00:25:18 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
The movement to mobilise Muslim guardians of the Earth
What role could a major religion play in tackling the environmental crisis? In Restoring the Balance, earthrise explores how a groundbreaking Islamic environmental charter - Al-Mizan: A Covenant for …
00:25:21 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Ready to unlock financial freedom?
Did you know that women already control a third of the world’s private wealth — and that number is expected to soar past 50 percent in the next five years? But how can you be part of that growth?
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00:23:15 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
What message does Ukraine's Operation Spider’s Web send to Russia and the US?
Eighteen months in the making, Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web saw hundreds of AI-trained drones target military aircraft deep inside Russia’s borders. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Sunday's at…
00:27:41 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
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