The Front Podcast
1) Is the Iran war legal? Does it matter?
The White House compares Operation Epic Fury to the video game Call of Duty. Pete Hegseth says ‘no mercy’. Should any of that make us squeamish? And can the Iranian people possibly pull a ...Show More
2) US boasts of ‘punching Iran while it’s down’
War secretary Pete Hegseth goes on the offensive, saying Operation Epic Fury is not a fair fight - and America will show no mercy. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines, more stranded Australi...Show More
3) Inside Kyle and Jackie O’s $200m bust-up
After years of laughing along, the highest-earning woman in media finally gets sick of her loudmouth co-star’s antics and walks away. But what’s really fuelling the drama - and why are the...Show More
4) Iran’s ‘new leader’ is the Ayatollah’s son
Reports are emerging that the so-called Assembly of Experts has elected a new supreme leader: Motjabah Khameini, the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khemenei.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...Show More
5) Can Iran really close the Persian Gulf?
Iranian rockets on one side, Houthi terrorists on the other - the Arabian peninsula has suddenly become the flashpoint we all need to know about, because its waterways determine everything from petrol...Show More
6) When will flights go back to normal?
As the Gulf airlines - Etihad, Emirates and Qatar - reel from Iranian attacks across the Persian Gulf, travellers and expats are stranded and looking for answers. Today - what’s causing the unce...Show More
7) The ruthless brilliance of John Howard, with Paul Kelly
From wearing a bulletproof vest to the ‘We will decide who comes to this country’ speech, John Howard’s prime ministership, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, had mistakes a...Show More
8) Why Iran is attacking its Gulf neighbours - and when they’ll fire back
Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Kuwait City, Bahrain and Jeddah are all under attack as Iran’s desperate regime fires drones and missiles at its neighbours across the Persian Gulf: punishment fo...Show More
9) What will Iran’s terrorist militias do now?
Our correspondent in the MIddle East, Yoni Bashan, joins us as Iran declares revenge - and 40 days of mourning - for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Muslim cleric who rose to become one of the most influe...Show More
10) Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. What now?
A huge US and Israeli airborne assault on Iran has killed the leader of the Shia world, 86-year-old supreme leader Ali Khamenei. As Iran fires waves of missiles at Israel, American military bases and ...Show More