The Real Story Podcast
Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.
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Fortress Europe: Who gets to come in?
Fri 19 Nov 2021
The EU is at loggerheads with Belarus over the arrival of thousands of migrants
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The future of Chinese capitalism
Fri 12 Nov 2021
How will President Xi balance economic growth and state control?
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Who pays to fix climate change?
Fri 5 Nov 2021
Is the developed world failing to meet its climate finance commitments?
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Why do military coups still happen?
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Protests have broken out in Sudan after the armed forces launched a military coup
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Nato and China: A new rivalry?
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Nato chief says the rise of China should be taken seriously
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Climate change: Lessons from Denmark
Fri 15 Oct 2021
A discussion from Copenhagen on how Denmark managed to set such ambitious climate goals
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How green is nuclear energy?
Fri 1 Oct 2021
Should nuclear power play a bigger role in attempts to avoid catastrophic climate change?
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How powerful is China's navy?
Fri 24 Sep 2021
China now has the biggest navy on Earth by some measures. What鈥檚 it going to do with it?
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Canada votes: Is Trudeau in trouble?
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Justin Trudeau has called a snap election less than two years after Canadians last voted
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Methane: The other greenhouse gas
Fri 3 Sep 2021
Could reducing methane emissions be a short cut to slowing down global warming?
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The challenges facing the Taliban
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Now that they鈥檝e won the war, are the Taliban capable of governing a changed Afghanistan?
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America after Afghanistan
Fri 20 Aug 2021
What will allies and rivals conclude about future US willingness to engage overseas?
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Silencing dissidents
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Are changing politics and new technologies making it harder to be a dissident?
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How do the Taliban keep going?
Fri 6 Aug 2021
The group has taken more territory this year than any time since 2001
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Why has Australia's Covid strategy faltered?
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Australia went from global success story to outbreaks and lockdowns. What happened?
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What's China doing to fight climate change?
Fri 23 Jul 2021
China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases
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Cuba at a crossroads
Fri 16 Jul 2021
People defy a ban on protests to call for an end to the government
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The pandemic brings more robots
Fri 9 Jul 2021
What will be the impact of greater automation in the workplace?
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Palestinians turn against the leadership
Fri 2 Jul 2021
Could Nizar Banat's death be a turning point in Palestinian politics?
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Hydrogen: A climate game-changer?
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Governments turn to green hydrogen in attempts to meet their climate change commitments
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China's global project has a new rival
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Can Biden's Build Back Better World be a true rival to Xi's Belt and Road Initiative?
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Iran鈥檚 presidential election: What do the people want?
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Iranians go to the polls next week as the country's economy struggles under sanctions
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Why is corporate America getting political?
Fri 28 May 2021
Republicans accuse US boardrooms of becoming too 'woke'
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China in space
Fri 21 May 2021
Beijing has begun deploying its own space station and plans a crewed mission to the Moon
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Ransomware on the rise in the US
Fri 14 May 2021
How vulnerable are America's networks and what can be done to make them more secure?
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Germany after Merkel
Fri 7 May 2021
Angela Merkel will soon step down as Chancellor after sixteen years in power
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Is the EU stifling AI innovation?
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Europe is planning to introduce expansive regulations governing artificial intelligence
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