The unexpected loser of the Iran war
4/29/202626 min
For decades now, the tiny gas-rich nation of Qatar has been surviving off the back of its international diplomacy. But now old alliances are falling apart and diplomatic norms are being crushed - is the law of the jungle the only law left?
Listen to Matt on Conversations on the ABC Listen app
Follow If You're Listening on the ABC Listen app.
Check out our series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L5LpLNFMNp1U\_Nq
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] ABC Listen: podcasts, radio, news, music and more. Why do humans hold onto stuff? Oddments we don't use and yet can't quite throw out. It's not just you and me, Australia's oldest library is crammed with stuff that isn't books. Terrible paintings, old menus, human hair. Is this history or hoarding? I'm Annabel Crabb. Come and have a rummage through the story of us told by our stuff. Search for the History or Hoarding podcast on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.
Matt Bevan· Host0:36
This podcast was produced on the lands of the Awabakal and Gadigal people. My supervising producer, Cara Jensen-McKinnon, has coined a phrase that I think I'm gonna start using.
Speaker 20:46
I mean, that would be how it worked if we lived in the normal times, but we don't live in the normal times anymore. We live in the jungle times.
Matt Bevan· Host0:53
[tense music] The phrase is jungle times. As in we now live in the jungle times. You know the ones. [sirens] [gunfire] Neighborhoods laid to waste, streets littered with cars torched in the intense bombardment.
Speaker 3· Soundbite1:09
The sound of several gunshots sent the president ducking.
Speaker 4· Soundbite1:13
Russia has unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on Ukraine.
Speaker 3· Soundbite1:17
Delta Force Commandos seized Venezuela's president.
Matt Bevan· Host1:21
This show is generally about looking at historical moments that either led to current events or help us better