The Listening Post Podcast
1) Trump, Iran and geopolitical mind games | The Listening Post
As Washington escalates threats of military action against Iran, negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme continue behind the scenes. But while the Trump administration insists that the standoff i...Show More
2) The AI alarm cycle: Lots of talk, little action | The Listening Post
A series of warnings from artificial intelligence (AI) industry insiders shows how the debate around AI drives extreme news cycles, swinging between hype and alarm. The result is media coverage that o...Show More
3) The Epstein files cover-up: Botched or calculated? | The Listening Post
The latest tranche of the Epstein files contains more than three million documents - the largest release of its kind. In what appears to be a clumsy attempt at a cover-up by the US Department of Justi...Show More
4) The anatomy of the Epstein network | The Listening Post
The Epstein files dump has led to days of intense media coverage, revealing how powerful elites around the world engaged in either illegal or morally reprehensible behaviour. But even as journalists s...Show More
5) Has the Trump administration overplayed its spin? | The Listening Post
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the fatal shooting of a protester by border control agents triggered mass demonstrations and presented the Trump administration with an unexpected test of its immigration st...Show More
6) Trump’s obsession with Greenland | The Listening Post
Donald Trump’s latest attempt to seize Greenland shows that the president is willing to use US force to determine international borders, even at the expense of sovereignty. Western allies - NATO count...Show More
7) Iran: The protests, the blackout and the narrative war
This past week, Iranian protesters were labelled “terrorists” and “saboteurs” by the state. That rhetoric was accompanied by an internet blackout and a surge in violence, with the death toll still unc...Show More
8) The spin and misinformation around Bondi was inevitable | The Listening Post
The horrific Bondi Beach attack in Australia was pulled into Israel’s global information war this past week. As blame was directed towards pro-Palestine politics, media narratives blurred Jewish ident...Show More
The spin and misinformation around Bondi was inevitable | The Listening Post
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9) Why the huge bidding war over Warner Bros? | The Listening Post
For more than a century, Warner Bros has been one of Hollywood’s biggest players, a legacy studio that helped define the Golden Age of cinema with iconic blockbuster movies. Now, it’s at the centre of...Show More
10) Sorry, not sorry: Netanyahu demands a pardon | The Listening Post
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking for a pardon over a range of corruption charges laid against him after repeatedly telling Israeli journalists that he would clear his name in court....Show More