Global News Podcast
Hosted by Holly Gibbs, Keith Adams & Nick Miles · 128 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
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Episodes 128
- Oct 7, 2026 · 31 minThree years on, October 7 still shapes Israel and GazaThe episode connects unresolved accountability and humanitarian suffering with wars, diplomacy, scientific uncertainty, and bias embedded in AI systems.
- Oct 7, 2026 · 29 minFrance’s school crisis puts Macron under pressureThe episode connects France’s widening education protests to broader questions about government accountability, while examining the human and political stakes of other major stories.
- Oct 6, 2026 · 30 minTaiz children study between Yemen’s front linesThe episode shows how Yemen’s strategic conflict reaches into classrooms and family life, while widening the lens to protests, censorship, and political controversy.
- Oct 6, 2026 · 27 minYemen fighting tests a vital maritime chokepointThe episode connects a widening Yemen conflict with public-health scares, political accountability, and scientific breakthroughs across a volatile news cycle.
- Oct 5, 2026 · 29 minSecurity failures and political risks span a turbulent news cycleThe episode connects aviation security, military tensions, war-disrupted energy markets, public-health uncertainty, and political instability across several regions.
- Oct 5, 2026 · 32 minBrazil’s runoff exposes a regional rightward shiftBrazil’s closely divided election reflects competing political visions and could influence Donald Trump’s approach to Latin America.
- Oct 4, 2026 · 29 minSuper El Niño could turn weather shocks into global disruptionsThe episode connects a major Pacific climate event to heat deaths, food insecurity, shipping problems and the practical choices that can limit harm.
- Oct 4, 2026 · 31 minBotched execution renews scrutiny of America’s death penaltyThe failed execution in Tennessee raises questions about state accountability, the treatment of women on death row, and what follows if Christa Pike survives.
- Oct 3, 2026 · 30 minElephants decode consensus as communities reclaim bodies and healthThe episode connects joyful, practical stories about resilience, community care, animal communication, and the unexpected ways people find belonging.
- Oct 3, 2026 · 29 minBotched execution renews questions about capital punishmentChrista Pike’s survival after two lethal-injection attempts forces scrutiny of Tennessee’s next steps and the future of the death penalty.
- Oct 2, 2026 · 30 minPilot’s ordeal, fuel fears and Kenya’s youth challenge powerThe episode connects an attempted hijacking, fragile energy supplies and political unrest to wider questions of security, resilience and accountability.
- Oct 2, 2026 · 28 minFrench students challenge a strained education systemThe episode connects unrest in France with consequential questions about state accountability, capital punishment, medical innovation, war and public trust.