The 2 Best Full Story Podcast Episodes
1) China’s zero-Covid protests
China has been rocked by an outpouring of communal anger at the government’s restrictive zero-Covid lockdown policies. Could the protests develop into something more substantial? Tania Branigan report...Show More
2) Barbados becomes a republic – and Britain faces a reckoning
Barbados has replaced Queen Elizabeth II with president Sandra Mason, and while some are celebrating the change, others ask if a symbolic shift is enough to reckon with the legacy of colonialism. Mich...Show More
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
Protests have rocked Iran, a brutal crackdown is under way and Trump has threatened to intervene. Ellie Geranmayeh on a dangerous moment for the country’s leaders
4) The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis
About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change. Guardian Australia’s climate, environment and science assistant editor Donna Lu is among th...Show More
5) Albanese bows to Bondi pressure
Over the summer break, calls for a royal commission into the Bondi beach massacre saturated headlines across parts of the media. And last week the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, bowed to the pressu...Show More
6) The Birth Keepers: death plan – episode six
A backlash against FBS grows and Emilee and Yolande respond to the growing crisis. This is episode six of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
7) The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five
Emilee and Yolande had grown an ideology and seeded it globally – a reach investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne could not have fathomed when they started reporting on the story. They set...Show More
8) Ashes Weekly: A flawed Ashes series ends in familiar fashion
As Australia celebrates a comprehensive 4-1 victory, England’s approach to the Ashes series and Test cricket itself has been under the microscope. Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay, E...Show More
9) Watch out Greenland: Trump is pro-imperialism now
If it’s not threats of military action against Colombia and Cuba, or talk of taking Greenland from Denmark, it’s seizing oil tankers in European and Caribbean waters. All of it has world leaders scram...Show More
10) The Birth Keepers: Growing an empire – episode four
Within months of the death of Lorren’s baby, Journey Moon, and the public backlash against the Free Birth Society that followed, Emilee Saldaya took the FBS membership private, turning the business in...Show More