If You're Listening
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 climate change.
There's a new episode of If You're Listening every Thursday.
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Previous Episodes
- Iran’s global network of goons 10.09.2025
- Matt has been stuck in the mud for seven years 08.09.2025
- Is Putin a master manipulator or a very smart guy? 03.09.2025
- Who is the cigar-toting, moustachioed-American named Gunslinger? 01.09.2025
- The Art of the Peace Deal 27.08.2025
- Does the Chinese Embassy look tacky? 25.08.2025
- The blueprint for Palestine 20.08.2025
- Kara drags Matt back down the rabbit hole 18.08.2025
- How Middle East peace plans were hatched in the Norwegian woods 13.08.2025
- The nurse on death row in Yemen 11.08.2025
- Are the MAGA podcasters right about Epstein? 06.08.2025
- Australia's most dangerous home-grown conspiracy theory 04.08.2025
- Was Jeffrey Epstein a Mossad agent? 30.07.2025
- How to avoid abduction by a Mossad honeypot 28.07.2025
- Israel’s not-so-secret nuclear weapons 23.07.2025
- How Ayatollah Khomeini changed Iran 16.07.2025
- How a cancer diagnosis ended the US-Iran relationship 09.07.2025
- Has the US busted Iran’s nuclear bomb plans? 02.07.2025
- Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the bombing of Iran’s Evin prison 30.06.2025
- Why Israel's drones have changed the future of war 25.06.2025
