If You're Listening

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The world is on fire. There's a coup. Inflation is through the roof, and AI is taking our jobs. What does it all mean? Each week, Matt Bevan explains the biggest story in world news while hiding in hi... more

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If You're Listening episodes:

September 02, 2018 RUSSIA | S01 16 - Michael Cohen: The fixer with the hush money
Michael Cohen is called Donald Trump's personal lawyer, but really he's a "fixer" - a man who solves problems for the boss.
It all came unstuck when investigators probed into hush money payments he made to a model and a porn star.
He pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts, and announced he was happy to tell the truth to anyone who asked for it.
So what information will he give up and should Trump be worried?
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August 29, 2018 Interview: Russia is hacking elections. What does NYT's David Sanger think is next?
We've spoken a lot about hacking on this podcast, but Russia and America have the cyber capabilities to do much more than hack elections.
In fact, around 30 to 40 countries are thought to have cyber weapons that are sophisticated enough to bring advanced, and highly wired, countries to their knees.
What's worse, is that our ability to attack other countries with digital weapons is far better than our ability to defend against attacks.
Matt spoke to David Sanger, the national security correspondent for the New York Times and host of Deep State Radio podcast.
His new book is called The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age.
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August 26, 2018 RUSSIA | S01 15 - Felix Sater: Criminal, informant, developer, spy
Felix Sater's life is a mystery.
He went to jail for stabbing a guy in the face, he was involved with the Russian Mafia, and was an informant for the CIA.
He also helped Donald Trump build his property empire. So are there any secrets? And what does he know?
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22min
August 24, 2018 Trumpdate: Does Trump know how much trouble he's in?
The White House is struggling to figure out how to respond to the twin bombshells of Paul Manafort's conviction and Michael Cohen's guilty plea.
After remaining silent for 24 hours about the issue - even on Twitter - the President has attempted to defend himself in an interview on Fox News.
But his statements about campaign finance violations may just have landed him in more trouble.
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21min
August 22, 2018 Trumpdate: Cohen and Manafort are criminals
Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen has pled guilty to tax fraud, lying to a bank, and campaign finance violations.
On the same day, his former campaign director Paul Manafort has been found guilty of other financial crimes.
The President's inner-circle has been breached.
What will this mean for Donald Trump?
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23min
August 19, 2018 RUSSIA | S01 14 - Trump's Business: Secrets and deals
Donald Trump's business flourished with the 80s real estate boom and bled money when the recession hit.
These days no one really knows how much he really has.
Why the secrecy?
Today, the story of the Trump Organization, and when Russian money might have ended up in his pocket.
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20min
August 13, 2018 Interview: Buzzfeed's Mark Schoofs on Russian assassinations
Pulitzer Prize-winning BuzzFeed journalist Mark Schoofs is behind some of the biggest investigations into Russia's influence in Western Democracies.
Last year, his team at BuzzFeed revealed in a six part series that Russia had been assassinating people in the UK for over a decade.
And the British Government did nothing about it.
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August 12, 2018 RUSSIA | S01 13 - James Comey: Integrity at all costs
Former FBI director James Comey is both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's biggest nightmare.
He's the grandson of a cop with a dogged commitment to integrity, independence and note taking.
But could his integrity be what cost Hillary Clinton the election? And did it cause Donald Trump to commit a crime?
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21min
August 05, 2018 RUSSIA | S01 12 - Michael Flynn: General for hire
General Michael Flynn was a high ranking defence official and a Democrat before he joined up with Donald Trump.
He's now accused of planning a kidnapping, acting illegally as an unregistered foreign agent, and found guilty of lying to the FBI.
Why was he allowed to stay in the White House when he was compromised by the Russian Government?
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23min
August 02, 2018 Trumpdate: Did Trump tweet the end of the Russia Investigation?
The trial of Trump's former campaign director Paul Manafort began this week.
In response, Donald Trump let fly with a tweetstorm. He's calling on the Attorney-General to end the Mueller investigation.
Manafort is on trial for crimes connected to his work in Ukraine, but his defence team is blaming his deputy Rick Gates.
And Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is keen to tell prosecutors all about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
It's been a big week.
We've got John Barron from ABC News' Planet America and Emma Shortis from RMIT University in Melbourne on the episode to make sense of it all.
Want to get in touch? Email: [email protected].
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