Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

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🚨🚨🚨 WTF just happened in the White House? Trump vs Zelenskyy
Hamish and Geraldine react to the showdown in Washington DC as Donald Trump seemingly all but abandons support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Guest: Nick Bryant - Host of Saturday Extra and former Washington correspondent for the BBC.Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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Australia's spy chief Mike Burgess
Australia's top spy sits down for a candid conversation with Hamish and Geraldine about the modern art of spycraft and the current threats - foreign and domestic - facing Australia.Guest: Mike Burgess - Director-General of Security in charge of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.Recommendations:Geraldine: The Rest is Politics: Leading - The new President of SyriaHamish: There's a term for what Trump and Musk are doing - Anne ApplebaumGet in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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AUKUS INVESTIGATED 02: Bang for buck?
The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explore what the scheme involves, what the key challenges are to making it work, and we get some cold hard facts about what it is really going to cost us. NOTE: This podcast was first released on 20 December 2024.GUESTS:Jennifer Parker - expert associate at the national security college ANU, an adjunct fellow at UNSW, and associate fellow at the Council on Geostrategy.Vice Admiral Peter Jones - a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as the Chief Capability Development Group (CCDG) from 2011 until his retirement in October 2014.Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead - the inaugural Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency.GET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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Germany’s triple threat: the Far Right, Russia and Trump
If you think political shifts in Germany don't effect the rest of the world, think again. The country has been rocked by the interference of American Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk, who are openly backing the far-right, and the security of Europe may hang on whoever takes power next. Guest: Dr Constanze Stelzenmüller - Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and the inaugural holder of the Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations at Brookings.Recommendations:Geraldine: Who will defend Europe? Keir Giles, FT.Hamish: German Election Campaign Flooded with Fake News and Videos Spiegel International.Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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AUKUS INVESTIGATED 01: That Fella Down Under
In a special mini-series, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald get the answers to all your burning questions about AUKUS. In this first episode, we investigate how AUKUS came about - who spoke to who, what the true motivation was for going nuclear and whether the total secrecy around the deal was justified. NOTE: This podcast was first released on 20 December 2024.GUESTS: Andrew Fowler - investigative journalist and author of Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty (MUP), which won the 2024 Walkley Book Award.Scott Morrison - 30th Prime Minister of Australia, now Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the US-headquartered advisory and consulting firm American Global Strategies LLC and member of several advisory boards, including the DYNE Strategic Advisory Board.GET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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About Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Two award-winning journalists with decades of experience reporting on major world events, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald join forces for a fresh conversation about global news and how to make sense of it. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.

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