Reged Ahmad

Sydney

Host and Senior Producer at Guardian Australia

Host & Senior Producer | Full Story Podcast @GuardianAus | Former BBC News Anchor @BBCWorld @BBCNews @bbcworldservice | Own views, RT≠Endorsmt

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Articles

Live like a Dane: lessons from one of the happiest places on Earth - Full Story podcast

3 days ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Helen Russell |Karishma Luthria |Miles Martignoni |Miles Herbert

Are you looking for the secret to happiness? Journalist Helen Russell thinks she found the answer after embracing hygge (the Danish art of cosiness), friluftsliv (the joy of the open air), and janteloven (realising you’re no better than others) while living in Denmark. But are these life lessons, from one of the happiest places on earth, all they’re cracked up to be? Helen Russell talks to Reged Ahmad about her decade living like a Dane
David Smith: is the US descending into authoritarianism? - Full Story podcast

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |David SMith |David Smith |Miles Herbert |Karishma Luthria |Miles Martignoni | +1 more

In just over 80 days of Donald Trump’s second administration, the world already seems to have been remade. Even before the tariffs brought economic turmoil, the world watched as legal US residents were deported, and others arbitrarily detained at the border. And now some Australians are questioning whether they should risk travelling to the US at all.
Greens leader Adam Bandt on what he thinks about working with Albanese - Full Story podcast

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Josh Butler |Allison Chan |Karishma Luthria |Camilla Hannan |Hannah Parkes

As we continue down the path to polling day, it looks increasingly likely we will end up with a minority government. And the Greens could hold the balance of power. Leader Adam Bandt speaks to political reporter Josh Butler and Full Story co-host Reged Ahmad about who he plans to work with in the next parliament, and why Peter Dutton needs to be kept as far away from the Lodge as possible
Yes, we are worse off - will Dutton or Albanese make it better? - Full Story podcast

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Patrick Commins |Allison Chan |Camilla Hannan |Miles Herbert

Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds Australia’s median home value has increased by about $230,000 in past five years, data shows Gaza and Aukus nuclear sub deal divide Labor and grassroots groups Greens say Facebook ad in Melbourne seat linking party to Hamas is ‘inflammatory and untruthful’ Deutsche Bank predicts more aggressive RBA rate cut in May as Trump tariff threat looms Australian stock market bounces back despite tariff threats...
Is Dutton’s gas plan just hot air? - Full Story podcast

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Adam Morton |Karishma Luthria |Miles Herbert |Camilla Hannan

For months, the Coalition has been spruiking nuclear power as the answer to Australia’s rising energy prices. This was until opposition leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply speech, when gas appears to have become the main focus of the Coalition’s public messaging on energy.
Could Trump force us to pay more for our medicines? - Full Story podcast

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Tory Shepherd |Allison Chan |Camilla Hannan |Daniel Semo |Miles Herbert

Big pharma is eyeing Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, as they lobby Donald Trump to demand higher prices for their medicines. Anthony Albanese has promised to bring down the price of PBS-listed medicines to no more than $25 a script, while the Coalition has already pledged to match it if they return to government. Senior reporter Tory Shepherd speaks to Reged Ahmad about the politics of our affordable medicines You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
The language of whale song - Full Story podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Allison Chan |Camilla Hannan |Miles Martignoni |Hannah Parkes

The audio of whale song was supplied by Operation Cetaces. Read more: Composite: M. Quintin
Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great - Full Story podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Sarah Martin |Joe Koning |Miles Martignoni |Shelley Hepworth

As we approach the Australian federal election, our new podcast series is exploring how much power and influence Gina Rinehart has in this country. She is a success story, worth almost $40bn. She’s also a climate sceptic, a Trumpette, a litigant – even against her own kids – and the woman who saved Australian swimming. Reged Ahmad speaks to senior correspondent and the host of this new series, Sarah Martin, to ask: who is Gina Rinehart, and what does she want?
Newsroom edition: does Peter Dutton have a policy problem? - Full Story podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |with Lenore Taylor |Mike Ticher

As the shadow election campaign marches inexorably towards the official one, Peter Dutton and the Coalition have started to face scrutiny. The opposition leader and his team keep contradicting themselves, ‘misspeaking’ and backtracking. Reged Ahmad talks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor, head of newsroom Mike Ticher and national news editor Jo Tovey about if Peter Dutton’s missteps and the Coalition’s policy problems will start to add up in the minds of voters
Trump v Turnbull and the looming threat of tariffs - Full Story podcast

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Reged Ahmad |Dan Jervis-Bardy |Allison Chan |Karishma Luthria

There’s still a long road to go before a federal election, and it’s already been pretty bumpy. Not only has the prime minister delayed firing the starting gun because of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred – we now have the prospects of a budget, in amongst a fresh stoush between Donald Trump and former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.