The Global Story Podcast
With new hosts in Washington DC and London, The Global Story will tell the intertwined story of America and the world.
Where the world and America meet. Every weekday, this is The Global Story.
The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it.
With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes to download
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Bidenomics: How the economy may sway the US election
Mon 29 Apr 2024
The president has fired 鈥渁 bazooka鈥� of money into the economy. Will voters reward him?
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Paris Olympics 2024: The make or break year for the Games?
Fri 26 Apr 2024
What Parisians think about the event and the legacy it could leave
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US homelessness: Is sleeping in public a crime?
Thu 25 Apr 2024
The Supreme Court could allow cities to effectively ban being homeless
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Ebola virus: Are mass outbreaks history?
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Progress in the fight against a terrifying and deadly disease
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Pope Francis: How 'woke' is he?
Tue 23 Apr 2024
A new Vatican document is challenging the Catholic leader鈥檚 progressive image
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Israel-Iran: A sigh of relief in the Middle East?
Mon 22 Apr 2024
This round of the regions most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now
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Feeding Gaza: Why isn't more aid getting in?
Fri 19 Apr 2024
The danger and difficulty of trying to prevent a famine
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Climate justice: We sued our government, and won!
Thu 18 Apr 2024
The elderly Swiss women behind a landmark ruling
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Sydney mall attack: How a social media frenzy unfolded
Wed 17 Apr 2024
A stabbing rampage in Australia fuelled by hate and false accusations
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India election: How to organise the biggest vote in history
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Nearly one billion people will go to the polls
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Iran-Israel attack: A turning point for the Middle East?
Mon 15 Apr 2024
All eyes on Israel's response to Iran drone and missile attacks
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What happened to Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls?
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Ten years after #bringbackourgirls, more than 90 still haven't returned home
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Behind Baltimore鈥檚 dangerous bridge recovery
Thu 11 Apr 2024
The practical and political risks of the giant clean-up
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Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires
Wed 10 Apr 2024
The antitrust cases against Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta
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Ukraine's fight for justice in Bucha
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Remembering the atrocities of Russian occupation two years later
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My return to Rwanda: 30 years after fleeing the genocide
Mon 8 Apr 2024
The 蜜芽传媒's Vic Uwonkunda confronts the past and explores forgiveness in her homeland
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How the 蜜芽传媒 covers the Israel-Gaza war
Fri 5 Apr 2024
Exclusive insights from our Middle East bureau chief
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Investigating the J-pop sexual abuse scandal
Thu 4 Apr 2024
How a 蜜芽传媒 documentary rocked Japan鈥檚 music industry
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Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
How Beijing could avoid its ticking demographic time bomb
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Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Generative AI could make some jobs redundant, but create others we can't even imagine yet
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Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia
Fri 29 Mar 2024
What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges
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Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Bodycams captured the raw reality of war for a ground breaking new 蜜芽传媒 documentary
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Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud
Wed 27 Mar 2024
What the Crypto King's fall from grace means for the future of cryptocurrency
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Curse of the world's fastest growing economy
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Is Guyana's oil a windfall or a downfall?
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Two stories: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ahead of our planned episode on Miami, a moment to put the Moscow attacks in context
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Is Europe鈥檚 migration plan 鈥榖ankrolling dictators鈥� in North Africa?
Fri 22 Mar 2024
MEPs accuse the EU of supporting authoritarian leaders after deals with Tunisia and Egypt
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America鈥檚 love-hate relationship with Tik Tok
Thu 21 Mar 2024
How China could use social media to undermine the US election
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Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Up close reporting of a conflict that is destroying millions of lives
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Kate Middleton: A palace PR crisis
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Why the Princess of Wales is at the centre of a media storm
