Listening Post

Summary

Once again, the Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of the latest escalation in the war between Iran, the United States and their allies. For decades, much of the United States media adopted Washington's framing of US conflicts in the Middle East. But the US-Israel ... Trump says it's a breakthrough. Israeli media call it a disaster. Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi unpack the battle to define the ... Discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) have quickly turned from the excited to the apocalyptic. Are warnings that AI could ... Ultraprocessed food is a major part of diets worldwide. These industrially formulated foods are often marketed as nutritious ... There is an exquisite and oft-quoted moment in an interview between BBC journalist Andrew Marr and Noam Chomsky in which ... As Brazilians head into national elections, there's a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. One week into the United States and Israel's war on Iran, and the messaging coming from the White House is consistently chaotic ... Four weeks into the war on Iran, the White House continues to confuse the public and the press with constant pivots and ... AI's existential threat to humanity is dominating headlines across the globe. But with so much attention on the fear of a future AI ... Ozempic, originally developed to treat diabetes, has become a cultural phenomenon after its weight-loss effect went viral. Fuelled ... Governments around the world are trying to solve one of the defining parenting challenges of the digital age: what to do about ... A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds - but the information war intensifies. At the centre: the Strait of Hormuz, where ... As Washington escalates threats of military action against Iran, negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme continue behind ... For US politicians, travelling to Israel has become a rite of passage and almost always involves going on an Israeli ...