Program: Global Roaming

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Geraldine Doogue

Hamish Macdonald

A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you?

Two award-winning journalists with decades of experience reporting on major world events, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald join forces for a fresh conversation about global news and how to make sense of it.

Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.

Airs Saturday 8.30 am. Repeated 6pm Monday and 5.30am Tuesday.

Contact Global Roaming here.

A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you?

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Trump, the $600m flying palace and world peace?

Donald Trump's tour of the Middle East was three days of glitz, gold and billion-dollar deals.

Published: YesterdayFri 16 May 2025 at 5:00amwith Hamish Macdonald and Kylie Morris

Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Duration: 38 minutes 23 seconds

Can Albo trust Trump with our secrets?

The Australian Signals Directorate is one of Australia's most secretive agencies, responsible for decoding enemy messages, protecting us from cyber threats and collaborating with allied intelligence services.

Published: 9 May 2025Fri 9 May 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

An aerial image showing buildings in an arid desert area

Duration: 38 minutes

Bonus: Vatican foreign minister Paul Gallagher

As the world awaits the sitting of the conclave and the appointment of a new Pope, Geraldine sits down with the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher in the Apostolic Palace. Get in touch:

Published: 5 May 2025Mon 5 May 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue

A white-haired man in black religious clothes with magenta waistband and skullcap wearing a large cross

Duration: 30 minutes

What does Putin want in Indonesia?

The Australian election campaign was rocked by allegations that Moscow had requested access to an Indonesian air base for use by long-range Russian military planes.

Published: 2 May 2025Fri 2 May 2025 at 6:30amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto in blue suit with traditional headwear and military medal

Duration: 31 minutes

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 06: Premier Peter Malinauskas

There are two states that have the most to gain, and the most to lose, when it comes to AUKUS: South Australia and Western Australia.

Published: 30 Apr 2025Wed 30 Apr 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

What does a West-less future look like?

A great re-balancing is underway from the Western world to a much more diverse future.

Published: 24 Apr 2025Thu 24 Apr 2025 at 6:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Duration: 29 minutes

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 05: Radioactive ripples

AUKUS doesn't only affect us. From the time that it was announced there were mixed reactions from our neighbours - some who wanted in, and some who thought it unwise and provocative.

Published: 23 Apr 2025Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Duration: 32 minutes

🚨 The politics of the Pope

The death of Pope Francis closes the door on a papacy that was focused on the plight of migrants and other vulnerable groups. In this emergency episode, what was the Pontiff's contribution to global politics and who might come after him?

Published: 22 Apr 2025Tue 22 Apr 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Duration: 17 minutes

Why isn't Australia debating foreign policy at this election?

Election day is looming at a time when events beyond our borders are shaping the debate as much as the politicians are.

Published: 18 Apr 2025Fri 18 Apr 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Duration: 28 minutes

BONUS: President of Palau

Palau is a tiny Pacific nation located in one of the hottest geo-strategic areas on Earth. They are highly dependent on the US for finance and defence but subject to Chinese pressure to revoke their formal recognition of Taiwan.

Published: 14 Apr 2025Mon 14 Apr 2025 at 5:00amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Duration: 27 minutes

AUKUS Investigated

AUKUS Investigated 01: That Fella Down Under

In a special mini-series, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald get the answers to all your burning questions about AUKUS.

Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

Published: 19 Dec 2024Thu 19 Dec 2024 at 9:26pmwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

AUKUS Investigated 02: Bang for buck?

The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat.

Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

Published: 19 Dec 2024Thu 19 Dec 2024 at 11:48pmwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

AUKUS Investigated 03: The China question

In this episode Hamish and Geraldine examine the strategic thinking behind AUKUS. If China has undertaken the most rapid military expansion of any country since WWII, how does the AUKUS pact factor into Beijing's thinking?

Duration: 32 minutes 55 seconds

Published: 20 Dec 2024Fri 20 Dec 2024 at 4:07amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

AUKUS Investigated 04: The 51st US state?

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has said of AUKUS that "we don't need to be a pair of shoes hanging out of America's backside". Is that a fair characterisation of Australia's position vis a vis AUKUS?

Duration: 36 minutes 51 seconds

Published: 20 Dec 2024Fri 20 Dec 2024 at 4:07amwith Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Features

He's been called a cross between Donald Trump and Wolverine. Meet Argentina's new president, Javier 'El Loco' Milei

Argentina's president is hell-bent on fixing the country's economic woes, chainsaw in hand. But are his radical tactics working?

Published: 29 Oct 2024Tue 29 Oct 2024 at 8:00pmby Anna Levy, Hamish Macdonald, Zoe Ferguson and Linda LoPresti

Israel says Yahya Sinwar is dead. What kind of leader was he?

Yahya Sinwar was at the top of Israel's most-wanted list. Here's how he rose to power.

An older Palestinian man waves, surrounded by other Palestinian men

Published: 17 Oct 2024Thu 17 Oct 2024 at 8:54pmby Nick Baker, Hamish Macdonald, Zoe Ferguson and Linda LoPresti

'Publicly executed to send a message': The brutal regime of Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un runs the "model dictatorship" in North Korea. Here's how he got here.

Kim Jong Un speaks in front of microphones with a red and yellow flag in the background

Published: 22 Sep 2024Sun 22 Sep 2024 at 9:00pmby Nick Baker, Hamish Macdonald, Zoe Ferguson and Linda LoPresti

How this son of a dictator pulled off one of the biggest political makeovers in recent history

Thirty-seven years after his family fled Manilla in disgrace, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is running the country that his family had "plundered".

An elderly Filipina woman and a younger Filipino man in formal attire, both smiling

Published: 17 Oct 2023Tue 17 Oct 2023 at 6:07amby Nick Baker and Linda LoPresti

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