Podcast Episodes

Florida Man Invades Venezuela

While working on last Thursday’s episode, Matt had the very sad but familiar experience of cutting one of his favourite parts out of the script.

It’s the bizarre story of a group of American mercenari…

Published on 11 hours ago

Why Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela

The U.S. military has now attacked three boats off the coast of Venezuela in as many weeks. On the surface, it’s hard to see exactly what the administration is hoping to gain out of this. But when yo…

Published on 5 days, 11 hours ago

This can't be good for our brains

It’s been almost two weeks since we woke up to the news of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. If you were online that morning, you probably saw rolling updates, speculation, conspiracy theories, and graph…

Published on 1 week ago

Charlie Kirk’s murder sparks calls for revenge

In the days since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the internet has been awash with conflicting information about the assassin’s ideological motivations. Until recently, most people understood that…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Kurdish Fox and the Strawberry

While researching our last episode on the bizarre wave of Iran-banked anti-semitic attacks in Australia and around the world, Matt ended up somewhere unexpected… Swedish TikTok. He was intrigued (and…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Iran’s global network of goons

There has been a spike in antisemitic attacks around the world, but there was something off about the ones happening here in Australia. The graffiti had Israel spelled wrong and they were committed l…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Matt has been stuck in the mud for seven years

There’s a story Matt’s been trying to tell on If You’re Listening almost since day one. It’s about the agriculture, soil and water of Ukraine, and he thinks it’s fascinating. Over the years he's trie…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Is Putin a master manipulator or a very smart guy?

Donald Trump once said he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day. Well, it’s now been over 200 days and he’s finally admitted that it might be a little more complicated than he origi…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Who is the cigar-toting, moustachioed-American named Gunslinger?

In 1999, a young American called Robert Bogucki dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert in remote northern Australia. In 2022, Erin Parke became obsessed with this story and the…

Published on 4 weeks ago

The Art of the Peace Deal

It’s no secret that Donald Trump has his sights set on a Nobel Peace Prize. He already claims to have brokered peace in a number of conflicts around the world - and is now planning ceasefire talks fo…

Published on 1 month ago