Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
Episodes
How Marco Rubio became MAGA's friendly face in Europe
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At last year's Munich Security Conference, Vice President JD Vance shocked the world with his fiery attack on Europe. This year, when Secretary of St...
Prof Brian Cox on whether Elon Musk owns the moon
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As Artemis II prepares for launch, our first trip near the moon since the 1970s, a successful voyage could bring a lunar colony closer to reality. Bu...
Your Call: Japan's 'Iron Lady' and Thailand's 'Cannabis King'; Indonesia commits troops to Gaza
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With Indonesia becoming the first nation to commit soldiers to Trump's "Board of Peace", Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue put the spotlight on s...
What does Trump actually want from Iran?
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As Trump continues nuclear talks with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rushed to Washington to influence any potential deal. But a...
Is it time to hide the nukes?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The nuclear umbrella has a few holes in it now a key treaty between Russia and the USA has expired. Some fear the end New START might trigger a nucle...
Why Greenland is only the start of the battle for the Arctic
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ice is melting. Seas are rising. Even anthrax is emerging out of the permafrost. But the climate crisis is changing more than the environment. The Ar...
Does Martin Luther King III still have a dream?
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Luther King III was ten years old when his father, the hero of the modern US civil rights movement, was assassinated for his advocacy against ...
Your Call: Is global security at a turning point?
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With the Munich Security Conference looming and Washington firmly in focus, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue put your questions to the big issue...
Was Epstein running a Russian spy operation?
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A Russian spy? Secret kompromat? The latest Epstein file drop, the most comprehensive since the notorious sex offender's death, has us questioning ev...
Who profits from Sudan's 'endless' civil war?
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's the biggest humanitarian disaster in the world right now, yet few outside the conflict are aware of it. But Sudan's brutal civil war, which has ...
Is Trump's Iran intervention all armada, no action?
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As nuclear talks begin between the Islamic Republic of Iran and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump's armada of ships off Iran's coast are proving ...
Why Team USA is bringing their own ICE to the Winter Olympics
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With the Winter Olympics about to kick off in Milano-Cortina, the news that Team USA will be joined by officers from the US Immigration and Customs E...
Your Call: Herzog's Australia visit, and explaining Trump's behaviour
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hamish and Geraldine dig into the questions you actually want answered.From how to break out of our political and cultural echo chambers, to making s...
Is Xi Jinping's military purge the ultimate act of palace intrigue?
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With the purging of another top general, China's President Xi Jinping has ripped a hole in the People's Liberation Army leadership. Only two of his n...
Why the United Nations is a better bet than Trump's 'Board of Peace'
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has spent his working life on the frontline of humanitarian crises - from the "catastro...
Can Canada lead the middle powers away from Trump?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Standing ovations are rare at Davos, the annual World Economic Forum conference. But Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tore the roof down with a sp...
Japan's PM takes her tough talk on China to the polls
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a China hawk, and if she wins February's snap election, she'll use that mandate to prepare for conflict over...
Your Call: Should we join NATO; Is Trump making bank off Venezuela & is this Australia's greatest strategic vulnerability?
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 24 hour international news cycle often leaves us with more questions than answers, so in this episode of Global Roaming Hamish and Geraldine will...
What's really behind the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer came to power in 2024, he was seen as a safe, if slightly boring, pair of hands. Now, UK Labour is threatened by ...
Is Cuba next?
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 1960s brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, the Caribbean island has been a geopolitical plaything of ...
Is NATO done for?
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The cornerstone of NATO is that an attack on "one of us" is an attack on "all of us". But what happens when the alliance is threatened by one of it's...
Why China is backing Myanmar's "sham" election
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Myanmar's election ends this weekend, but there'll be no prizes for guessing the outcome. It's the first time the junta has held elections since the ...
How close is revolution in Iran?
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Even after weeks of protests, the Iranian regime looks like it has a firm grip on power and its unclear whether Trump will follow through on threats ...
Getting Lucky... Again: Michael Stutchbury's Economic Wake Up Call
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Global Roaming limited series, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are inviting big thinkers from different fields to consider how Australi...
Getting Lucky... Again: Lydia Khalil - Tackling New Security Threats
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Global Roaming limited series, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are inviting big thinkers from different fields to consider how Australi...
Getting Lucky... Again: Alan Finkel - Fixing the Rocky Road to Net Zero
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Global Roaming limited series, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are inviting big thinkers from different fields to consider how Australi...
Getting Lucky... Again: Peter Varghese - Re-thinking Australian foreign policy
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Global Roaming limited series, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are inviting big thinkers from different fields to consider how Australi...
Getting Lucky... Again: Hannah Ferguson - Making Caring Cool
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Global Roaming limited series, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are inviting big thinkers from different fields to consider how Australi...
When Global Conflict Came to Bondi
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Sunday's horrific terror shooting at Bondi Beach, Geraldine Doogue joined Hamish Macdonald at Bondi Pavilion to reflect on what this moment mea...
2025: A Hinge Year for Global Affairs?
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From huge diplomatic fallouts, to political assassinations, to historic jewellery heists, 2025 has been a HUGE year for international news. Hamish an...
Russell Crowe: The Power of Speaking Across Divides
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of Global Roaming with Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue, one of Australia's most beloved actors Russell Crowe speaks about...
William Dalrymple: Why We Shouldn't Tear Down Statues
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a broad-ranging conversation, Hamish Macdonald speaks to historian and host of the hit podcast Empire William Dalrymple about the pitfalls of tryi...
Presents — Unravel: Huntsman
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ABC's biggest investigative true crime podcast Unravel has just dropped their new season, Huntsman, and it's already rocketing up the podcast cha...
The dark motivations behind Trump's war on Venezuelan 'narco-terrorists'
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What began as targeted strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats has now turned into the largest military build-up in the Caribbean since the 1989...
The Simple Idea that Could Save Democracy
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia does elections pretty well - in fact, we might be the world's hottest ambassador for democracy. But according to former Australian Electora...
Beth Jones: The Ambassador that inspired 'The Diplomat'
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought Netflix's hit series The Diplomat was pure fiction, think again…According to creator Deborah Cahn the show was inspired by a real-li...
The Hidden Hands Shaping the BBC Crisis
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine has returned from London where she had a front row seat as the BBC was engulfed in it's biggest crisis in decades. She joins Hamish for a c...
Is Zohran Mamdani a Blessing or a Curse for Democrats?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani became New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian Mayor, beating former New York governor Andrew Cu...
Trump or Xi: Who Blinked First?
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It may have been the most significant hour and forty minutes in global geopolitics this year...If the highly anticipated summit between Presidents Xi...
Are we on the cusp of the next big financial crash?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought we'd never see a repeat of the GFC or even the dotcom bubble, think again... So far financial markets have proved remarkably resilien...
The VERY important meeting in China you probably missed
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While we were all preoccupied with Prime Minister Albanese's meeting with Donald Trump, another hugely important meeting was taking place behind clos...
Can Netanyahu Actually Deliver on Peace?
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One week on from the ceasefire deal and the commencement of the first phase of Trump’s peace plan, things look fragile. At this point, peace seems ...
From heavy metal drummer to first female PM: Meet Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Sanae Takaichi
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Japan has entered a new political era after the election of Sanae Takaichi who is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister. A pro...
🚨🚨🚨 What you need to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine and Hamish were live on air on ABC Sydney when Donald Trump broke the news this morning that a deal had been reached on the 'first phase' o...
🚨🚨🚨Did Trump just orchestrate a major breakthrough in the Middle East?
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hamas has responded to Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza saying it is prepared to release all Israeli hostages - dead or alive. However it ...
Is Trump's obsession with the 'enemy within' tearing America apart?
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fears that the United States might be headed towards civil war feel slightly less overblown than they did just weeks ago...With the US government shu...
The Dark Roots of America's War on Science
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The anti-science crusade in the United States extends beyond President Trump's flourishing statements about climate change being a 'con job' and a 'h...
Why can't the United Nations fix any of the world's problems?
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 80th UN General Assembly is heating up in New York, just as a major UN report finds that Israel is committing genocide. Countries like Australia ...
SPECIAL: Why is Papua New Guinea such a big deal for Australia?
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As celebrations get underway marking the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea's independence from Australia, the two nations are about to enter a dea...
How Australia’s Army Chief is preparing us for the next war
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine is back and feeling uncharacteristically pessimistic about the state of the world. So as the Australian government works hard to cement str...
It's Xi's World Now, and We're All Just Living In It
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All eyes have been on China this week, as dozens of world leaders arrived to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and China's 'V...
This is what famine in Gaza REALLY looks like
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following the confirmation of famine in part of Gaza by the UN-backed IPC, Hamish Macdonald and guest host Kylie Morris speak to Anera's Gaza Branch ...
🚨🚨🚨 Why is Iran targeting Australia?
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian government has accused Iran of directing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and, for the first time since World War Two, has expelle...
Meet Nayib Bukele: The 'World's Coolest Dictator'
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's young, he's slick, he's social media savvy and he rules with an iron first. Meet Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador who has quickly beco...
Albo vs Netanyahu and Trump vs Zelensky: Big dog politics is here. And it's brutal.
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not every day a foreign leader calls the Australian Prime Minister “weak” and accuses him of betraying the country’s Jewish community. B...
The shocking reality of life inside Putin's Russia
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's all eyes on Alaska as the summit between President Trump, President Putin and possibly President Zelensky looms. The stakes of these peace talks...
🚨🚨🚨 Australia will recognise a Palestinian state. What does this actually mean?
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a historic move, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this afternoon announced that Australia will move to recognise a state of Palestine at...
Australia's part in Israel's weapons supply chain
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where do the arms involved in conflicts worldwide come from and who bears responsibility for how they are used in war?The US is by far the world's la...
Can statehood emerge from chaos? History’s lesson
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the prospect of Palestinian statehood suddenly became tangible, with the UK, France and Canada promising to recognise Palestine at the UN ...
Trump, Epstein and the story that won't go away
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A weekly examination of world affairs with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald.
What next for the Palestinians?
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite living through continued death, displacement and destruction, Palestinians still dream of a better future.What does that look like for Gazans...
Why can Albo get meetings with Xi, but not with Trump?
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Albanese has finally got a meeting with a president, but it's not the one some are so desperate to see.The Prime Minister sets off on a six-d...
Can populism deliver?
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's sometimes described as a 'dance with the devil', but can populism also deliver for citizens?As some democracies stall, how are populist leaders ...
Trump's big, beautiful week
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After promising his MAGA base that he wouldn't get the US into any further foreign entanglements, Donald Trump had a big week on the international st...
Germany overcomes history and prepares for war
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After decades of enjoying peacetime dividends and American protection, Germany is now re-arming in a hurry. Troop numbers in the Bundeswehr had with...
Does diplomacy stand a chance?
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the volatile fault lines of the Middle East, a dangerous new chapter has unfolded as the confrontation between Israel and Iran up-ends the regio...
BONUS: Is regime change in Iran possible, or desirable?
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Israel's assassination of high-ranking military and political figures in Iran is raising questions about the regime's ability to survive this war, es...
Who is in charge of the world?
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders of the world's great industrial nations will gather in Canada at the G7 over the weekend. As the tectonic plates of international relationsh...
Is Australia ready for a new world order?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If the West really is in decline, are we watching the creation of a new world order? This question is being asked with fresh urgency in capitals aro...
Oren Cass: the face of America's New Right
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is a conservative and who is a radical in American politics right now? It’s not entirely clear when the Republican party has dramatically shift...
Will today's atrocities be forgotten tomorrow?
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some news stories shake the world, others barely make the front page. In the era of Donald Trump, many important stories are being forgotten.Lindsey...
Trump, the $600m flying palace and world peace?
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's tour of the Middle East was three days of glitz, gold and billion-dollar deals. The big surprise was a meeting with Syria's interim p...
Can Albo trust Trump with our secrets?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian Signals Directorate is one of Australia's most secretive agencies, responsible for decoding enemy messages, protecting us from cyber t...
Bonus: Vatican foreign minister Paul Gallagher
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 wit...
What does Putin want in Indonesia?
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian election campaign was rocked by allegations that Moscow had requested access to an Indonesian air base for use by long-range Russian m...
AUKUS INVESTIGATED 06: Premier Peter Malinauskas
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. In the final ep...
What does a West-less future look like?
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A great re-balancing is underway from the Western world to a much more diverse future.As developing nations rise up with greater wealth, military pow...
AUKUS INVESTIGATED 05: Radioactive ripples
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
🚨 The politics of the Pope
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 epis...
Why isn't Australia debating foreign policy at this election?
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Election day is looming at a time when events beyond our borders are shaping the debate as much as the politicians are. The major parties have avoid...
BONUS: President of Palau
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 defen...
Is Trump sending our region running towards China?
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs are laser-focused on Southeast Asia, with manufacturing countries singled out for the highest tax rates.Austr...
What does China think of Trump's chaos?
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is Beijing thinking as it watches Western governments grapple with the chaos created by the US?Does China view the fracturing of long-standing U...
Why is Trump crashing the US economy?
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's strategy on tariffs is inspired by the 'Gilded Age' of US history, when the federal government drew most of its income from taxes on f...
Sir Bob Geldof: Trump is a F*****g idiot
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish rockstar is fired up as he claims his life's work is being ripped apart by the new US administration. In this passionate and surprising co...
AUKUS INVESTIGATED 04: The 51st US state?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 cha...
BONUS: Inside the new Syria
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There was jubilation in Syria last year when Bashar Al-Assad fled the country after 14 years of civil war.But peace won't come easy and the country's...
Are we better off without America?
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States is tearing down the foundations that have underpinned the west since the end of the second world war.Traditional alliances have bee...
AUKUS INVESTIGATED 03: The China question
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hamish and Geraldine examine the strategic thinking behind AUKUS. If China has undertaken the most rapid military expansion of any co...
Is Trump's America still our friend?
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As talk of American isolationism under Donald Trump grows louder, big questions are being asked about the future of the US-Australia alliance.How sho...
🚨🚨🚨 WTF just happened in the White House? Trump vs Zelenskyy
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hamish and Geraldine react to the showdown in Washington DC as Donald Trump seemingly all but abandons support for Ukraine in its war against Russia....
Australia's spy chief Mike Burgess
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia's top spy sits down for a candid conversation with Hamish and Geraldine about the modern art of spycraft and the current threats - foreign ...
AUKUS INVESTIGATED 02: Bang for buck?
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explor...
Germany’s triple threat: the Far Right, Russia and Trump
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you think political shifts in Germany don't effect the rest of the world, think again. The country has been rocked by the interference of American...
AUKUS INVESTIGATED 01: That Fella Down Under
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a special mini-series, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald get the answers to all your burning questions about AUKUS. In this first episode, we...
AUKUS: Your questions answered
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've handed over $798 million to the US, but can we really be sure that President Trump is as 'supportive' of AUKUS as we've been told? It's just on...
With friends like Trump: Canada's perfect storm
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada has a lot going on right now. It's facing a potential trade war with the United States, President Trump wants it to become the 51st US state a...
Is China winning the AI arms race?
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A scrappy Chinese startup turned the tech world on its head this week, when news broke that DeepSeek had developed a competitive AI model much faster...
'Be warned': John Bolton on Trump 2.0
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine and Hamish ask Donald Trump’s longest serving national security advisor whether there is method to what seems like madness in President T...
AUKUS Investigated 06: Premier Peter Malinauskas
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. In the final ep...