Matt Bevan

On Thursday, we're going to be taking a look at Palantir, the forebodingly named tech company that is getting involved in everything from government surveillance to airstrike targeting to the supply chain for your local supermarket.

I'll see you then.

Do you ever think that maybe the people making all the important decisions don't have a clue what they're doing?

It is ridiculous that Australia is facing a domestic gas price crisis.

I'm Matt Bevan, and on my show, if you're listening, we take a look at every terrible decision that led to where we are today.

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This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wabakal and Gadigal people.

My supervising producer Cara Jensen-McKinnon has coined a phrase that I think I'm going to start using.

The phrase is jungle times.

As in, we now live in the jungle times.

You know the ones.

Neighbourhoods laid to waste.

Streets littered with cars torched in the intense bombardment.

The sound of several gunshots sent the president ducking.

Russia has unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on Ukraine.

Delta Force commandos seized Venezuela's president.

This show is generally about looking at historical moments that either led to current events or help us better understand current events.

We find historical precedents.

And taken individually, all the things happening right now do have a precedent.

From oil shocks to wars in the Middle East, we have been talking about these precedents