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A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald are joined by two new hosts, former foreign correspondent Kylie Morris and journalist Latika Bourke in London. Every day, they'll be discussing the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. 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.

Latest episodes

'Frozen on October 7': Why Israel hasn't moved on

October 7, 2026 · 29 min

Three years after October 7, the Middle East that emerged from the attacks looks very different from the one that existed before them. In this special Global Roaming roundtable, Geraldine Doogue, Laura Tingle, Latika Bourke and Hamish…
A new world order is forming in the Middle East. Who will come out on top?

October 6, 2026 · 29 min

Eight months into the war between Iran, Israel and the US, the Middle East's old order is being redrawn, while opportunities and pitfalls abound. Geraldine Doogue and Nick Bryant ask Middle East scholar James Dorsey how Gulf states like…
Xi Jinping is going after China's tycoons to save the economy

October 5, 2026 · 29 min

China's ultra-rich have started quietly selling down stakes in their own companies ahead of a looming October 22 deadline that will close a decades-old tax loophole on offshore family trusts. Geraldine Doogue and Nick Bryant ask…
Policy of rupture: How the AfD became Germany's most disruptive force

October 2, 2026 · 29 min

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz looks weaker than ever, and the nation's far-right AfD is stronger than ever. Europe's most important country looks to be heading into a period of deep political instability. The AfD has just won two state…
Is Australia the world's last great book-loving nation?

October 1, 2026 · 29 min

Richard Walsh has spent decades publishing books. He thinks the physical book is surviving for a reason. As Radio National prepares to reveal Australia's Top 100 Books, Walsh joins Geraldine Doogue and Waleed Aly to explain why print…
'To the Victor Belong the Spoils': Trump's UN speech and the weakest world order in generations

September 30, 2026 · 29 min

The world's leaders are heading home from UN General Assembly week, and Donald Trump gave them plenty to talk about: a threat to annihilate Iran, and a line about "the spoils" of victory that Foreign Policy editor-in-chief Ravi Agrawal…
They risked their lives for Australia. We left them behind in Afghanistan

September 29, 2026 · 29 min

Four years after Kabul fell, hundreds of Afghans who worked for the Australian Defence Force, diplomats and NGOs are still waiting on promised visas, while facing lethal risk. Waleed Aly and Hamish Macdonald speak to security consultant…
Has the flood changed Nepal forever? Amanda Hodge shares her ground view

September 28, 2026 · 29 min

A month after catastrophic floods and glacial collapse swept through Nepal, thousands are still missing and entire mountain communities have been wiped off the map. The Australian's Asia Pacific correspondent Amanda Hodge, just back from…