The Global Jigsaw Podcast
Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation.
Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation. The Global Jigsaw comes from ѿý Monitoring, which tracks, deciphers and analyses news media in 100 languages.
We reach across multiple time zones, from China and India, to Iran, Africa and Latin America.
We watch Russian state TV around the clock, giving unrivalled insight into the evolution of Kremlin propaganda.
But propaganda is just part of the information space we inhabit. In its more extreme form, we focus on disinformation that aims to defame enemies, sway elections, and undermine democracy.
We have been monitoring jihadist media for nearly two decades, following the chatter from al-Qaeda and Islamic State group, gaining extraordinary knowledge about their aims, their ideological differences and allegiances.
We watch the behaviour of Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Khamenei, Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi Jinping, Hungary’s Orban and anyone else who might be challenging the established order, seeking to expand their global footprint or export their brand of ideology.
At ѿý Monitoring, we don’t just speak the language, we understand the narrative. So we can help you untangle the context and single out rhetoric from reality, deception from truth.
Episodes to download
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The Trump effect on global media
Thursday
Exploring the changes to media around the world caused by cuts to USAGM and USAID
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Life in occupied Ukraine: Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
Thu 6 Mar 2025
The uncertainty over what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger
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Life in occupied Ukraine: Donbas
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Moscow’s efforts to assert itself in the east of Ukraine
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Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy
Fri 20 Dec 2024
What would the potential loss of Syrian bases mean for Russia?
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The rebels who retook Aleppo
Fri 6 Dec 2024
A shock offensive turned Syria’s forgotten conflict into hot war
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Culture wars: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive
Sat 23 Nov 2024
What’s behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?
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Russia’s “special demographic operation”
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Why is the Kremlin worried about population decline?
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Yemen: A tale of three cities
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Sanaa, Aden and Taiz - stuck in a “no war, no peace” limbo
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The Taliban’s war on women
Thu 8 Aug 2024
The group’s return to power in Afghanistan has seen the erasure of women from public life
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The Sahel’s coup contagion
Sat 27 Jul 2024
The geopolitical tectonic shifts in Africa that could be felt in Europe too.
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The evolution of the Islamic State Group
Sat 15 Jun 2024
After a lull in activities, in 2024 IS claimed to be behind several major attacks
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Monitoring Africa
Sat 25 May 2024
What does it take to track media on a continent where radio is king?
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How China sees itself in Africa
Sat 11 May 2024
Beijing says it is building, not buying, Africa. Do people in Nairobi agree?
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Turkey's foothold in Africa
Sat 4 May 2024
Ankara is touting itself as a “non-colonising” alternative to Western powers
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Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two
Sat 27 Apr 2024
The loose coalition of allies and proxies, sworn against Israeli and US influence
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How drones have changed war
Sat 13 Apr 2024
Drones have reshaped the battlefield in Ukraine - and created new challenges
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Sudan: A year of war
Sat 13 Apr 2024
Sudan faces the largest humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world
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Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one
Sat 6 Apr 2024
The origins of the Iran-cultivated alliance of like-minded states and groups
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Moscow attack: Disinfo wars
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game.
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Contested waters: Helmand
Sat 23 Mar 2024
How the waters of the Helmand river have driven tensions between Afghanistan and Iran
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Contested waters: Crimea
Sat 16 Mar 2024
How water is used as a weapon of war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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What hope for Haiti?
Sat 9 Mar 2024
Gang violence has turned the small Caribbean nation into a “living nightmare”
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Does Russia’s election matter?
Sat 17 Feb 2024
Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for him and the Kremlin