EP87 A Film Says Its A Kill Chart, Sarit Built The System To Save Lives

Sarit Zehavi (Col ret), one of the architects of the IDF’s civilian-warning and collateral-damage procedures, delivers a powerful rebuttal to the documentary Naza. She argues that the filmmakers fundamentally misrepresented the meaning of a “collateral damage estimate”. It is not an authorisation t…

EP86. THREE WARS, ONE DANGEROUS WORLD PART 3: Is the West winning or losing?

In this concluding episode with Colonel (ret) and former Defence Materiel Minister Mike Kelly, we examine how the wars reshaping our world are not isolated conflicts: they are fronts in a widening contest between democratic societies and an increasingly coordinated axis of autocracy. We discuss Ukr…

EP85. 3 Wars Part 2 with Mike Kelly - America Owns the Skies but Iran Owns the Clock

In Part Two of One Dangerous World, Three Wars, Colonel (Ret.) and former Defence Materiel Minister Dr Mike Kelly strips away the propaganda surrounding the US–Iran war. From the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s surviving nuclear ambitions to $4 million missiles chasing $50,000 drones, Kelly exposes a b…

EP 84. Three Wars , One Dangerous New World: Part One

In the opening episode of the three-part podcast triptych Three Wars, One Dangerous New World, Mike Kelly draws on his extraordinary experience as a soldier, strategist, parliamentarian and national-security adviser to expose the larger war hiding behind the daily headlines. He argues that China, R…

EP83. How Did We Get Here? Henry Ergas on the World After 7 October

In this powerful address and Q&A, historian and The Australian columnist Henry Ergas reaches back through his own Sephardic family history, the Holocaust and Hannah Arendt to ask two urgent questions: how did Australia get here, and how do we get out of it? His central warning is unsettling: the er…

EP82. After the War: Can Israel Change Itself?

Israel has demonstrated that it can strike its enemies, but can it shape what comes next? In a wide-ranging and unusually candid conversation, former IDF spokesman Peter Lerner examines the violent settler rampages in the West Bank and a government he says has “empowered extremism”; the failure to …

EP81. Into the Arena: Mikaela Stafrace on Service, Politics and Hope

Why would a successful lawyer, mother and long-time advocate for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation choose now to enter politics and contest one of Victoria's most politically and emotionally charged electorates? Behind The Headlines sits down with Labor candidate for Caulfield Mikaela Stafrace for…

EP.80 The challenge Col (ret) Michael Scott asks of us

When your own house is in flames, what are you going  to do about it. This compelling conversation with Colonel (ret) Michael Scott and co-interviewer Gary Max, explores antisemitism and its impact on our society. Because we each have agency, Michael asks, am I contributing to a better tomorrow, or…

EP79. Beyond the Platform: Josh Burns on Labor, Israel & Australia

The debate over Labor's National Conference has focused almost entirely on the Platform. But is that where the real story lies? In this special edition of Behind the Headlines, Adam Slonim sits down with Labor MP Josh Burns to explore the deeper questions confronting both Australia and the Labor Pa…

EP78. There was No Word for what Hamas did to Families so it had to be Created: Kinocide.

Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy, recipient of Israel's highest civilian honour and founder of the Civil Commission on the October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children, takes us inside one of the most confronting investigations of our time. As her team examined thousands of images, videos and survivo…