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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Taryn Priadko |Hamish Camilleri
When the US wanted to beat the Nazis, they turned to an unlikely ally: the Mafia. But who really won as a result of this clandestine coalition? Guest: Matthew Black - historian and author of Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War IIGot a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Taryn Priadko |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Hamish Camilleri
It's one of the most famous events of modern history, but what if the fall of the Berlin Wall began with a small slip up during a routine press conference? Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Marc Fennell |Zoe Ferguson |Zoë Ferguson |Taryn Priadko |Hamish Camilleri
Meet Phineas Gage, railroad foreman and all-round good guy. That is, until a giant metal pole shoots through his brain. What happens next will change neuroscience forever. Guest: Sam Kean – author of The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of The Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery. Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], Brain and Nervous System, Psychology
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1 month ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Lucia Stein |Marc Fennell |Taryn Priadko
By Lucia Stein, Marc Fennell and Taryn Priadko for No One Saw It Coming, ABCEarly on the morning of 21 August, 1911, a brazen thief dressed as a museum employee entered the Louvre in Paris without raising an alarm. The building was only open to staff when the Italian man entered the famous Salon Carré, scanned the wall of priceless artworks and walked up to a portrait of a smiling woman.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lucia Stein |Taryn Priadko
There is no shortage of critics in the debate over AUKUS, the controversial trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The radical plan masterminded by the then prime minister Scott Morrison in 2021 saw the dumping of a $90 billion deal with France for 12 conventional-powered submarines, in favour of nuclear-powered submarines from either the UK or the US.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Geraldine Doogue |Hamish Macdonald |Taryn Priadko
Geraldine and Hamish ask Donald Trump’s longest serving national security advisor whether there is method to what seems like madness in President Trump’s foreign policy announcements, and they get a message for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Guest: Ambassador John Bolton - served as national security adviser under US President Donald Trump for 17 months and is the author of "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir".
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Geraldine Doogue |Hamish Macdonald |Taryn Priadko
Like it or not, we all have a stake when Americans head to the polls in November. So what would a Harris or Trump presidency mean for the global economy, conflicts in the Middle East and Europe, and an increasingly powerful China? Guest: Edward Luce - US national editor, Financial Times. RECOMMENDATIONS:Geraldine: Secret Documents Show Hamas Tried to Persuade Iran to Join Its Oct. 7 Attackby Ronen Bergman in The New York TimesHamish: The World from Down Under by George Negus.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Geraldine Doogue |Hamish Macdonald |Taryn Priadko
In the final instalment of our New Frontlines mini-series, we look at the ideological fault-lines that are dividing countries from within. Identity, values and fears are being weaponised by those on the political extremes, and it's working. Guest: Margaritis Schinas - the European Commission vice president for Promoting our European Way of Life.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Geraldine Doogue |Rafael Epstein |Taryn Priadko
Iran talks a big game, but in the last two weeks Israel has dealt some serious blows to the ‘axis of resistance’, while Tehran has done little to deter Netanyahu from going even further. Is the balance of power in the Middle East swinging away from Iran and towards Israel? Or is there more going on inside Iran than meets the eye?
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Geraldine Doogue |Hamish Macdonald |Taryn Priadko
Exploding pagers, attacks on underwater gas pipelines and deepfake videos - we’ve entered a terrifying new realm of hybrid warfare, where the aim is to sow discord deep within our democracies. But how do you fight a war that isn’t really a war, against an invisible enemy? We visit a centre in Finland where they are urgently trying to find the answers to that question. Teija Tiilikainen - Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.
