Podcast Episodes

How Ayatollah Khomeini changed Iran

With Iran still in the news, we thought we would revisit the man who created the regime that so many in the Israeli and American political establishments would love to topple: Ayatollah Khomeini. Thi…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How a cancer diagnosis ended the US-Iran relationship

Before Iran was the Islamic theocracy it is today, it was a monarchy for two and a half thousand years. The last Shah or king of Iran was overthrown in 1979. 

In this episode of If You're Listening we…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Has the US busted Iran’s nuclear bomb plans?

The chaotic 12 days of the Israel-Iran war ended with the United States dropping bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities, then quickly brokering a ceasefire. 

But there are still many questions about the c…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the bombing of Iran’s Evin prison

Israel recently bombed Iran’s notorious Evin prison, a place that Dr Kylie Moore Gilbert came to know all too well. The political scientist and author was imprisoned in Iran for 804 days and eventual…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Israel's drones have changed the future of war

For the last century, since the rise of mechanised and then nuclear warfare, defence budgets are designed to stop big existential attacks. Ships, planes, submarines.

But cheap, retail store level tech…

Published on 3 months ago

Can the US Air Force bust Matt’s studio bunker?

The United States has dropped some very large bombs on Iran, inserting itself into what we are currently calling the Israel-Iran War, despite Donald Trump saying just days earlier that he was going t…

Published on 3 months ago

Have ICE protests cracked Trump?

There is violence on the streets of America as anti-ICE protesters push back hard against the Trump Administration’s immigration policies. 

In the early months of the Trump presidency it seemed like e…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Will any Prime Minister “Love Actually” Donald Trump?

It’s been a manic week in global politics. Trump and Musk have officially broken up, Americans have taken to the streets to protest ICE deportations… oh and we’re seemingly on the brink of a nuclear …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Trump and Elon's honeymoon is over

In news that will surprise no one, the big beautiful bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has finally come to an end. 

Over the last week, there's been a dramatic shift in Trump's presidency - …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Skunk oil and the butcher girl

While investigating the history of fluoride, Matt Bevan stumbled upon a regional newspaper insert from the 1940s called Modern Weekly News Magazine. And let’s just say that the content was ... rather…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago