Russia, If You're Listening Podcast
1) S01 #1 Donald Trump: A Russian love affair
Donald Trump has always claimed he has "nothing to do with Russia" but is that true? What if Trump was caught in a Russian web, long before he even considered a career in politics? This is the first ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) 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 mercenar...Show More
3) 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 you...Show More
4) 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 graphi...Show More
5) 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 ...Show More
6) 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 ...Show More
7) 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 la...Show More
8) Matt has been stuck in the mud for seven years
There’s a story Matt’s been trying to tell in an episode of If You’re Listening almost since day one. It’s about the agriculture, soil and water of Ukraine, and Matt thinks it’s fascinating. Over the ...Show More
9) 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 origin...Show More
10) 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 ...Show More