Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Starmer’s gone: So can the ‘King of the North’ win back Britain’s working class?

Keir Starmer came in to power with an overwhelming majority but despite some key reforms, it took him less than two years to be rejected by the public and many members of his own party. His successor will be Britian's seventh prime minister in just ten years.Will "King of the North" Andy Burnham be the man to woo back the working class and usher in much needed stability in British politics?

Data Centres: The next gold mine or black hole? Lessons from America

Across America communities are pushing back against the data centres powering artificial intelligence.  Water quality, noise and the drain on water and electricity are some of the reasons. While money being generated by AI centres and the potential to generate more accelerating exponentially, many Americans are skeptical that funds will flow back to their communities. With Australia already at the forefront of the AI data centre revolution and the potential for these centres to contribute huge funds to our economy what lessons can we learn from America? * Guest: Robert Bryce [https://www.robertbryce.com/], author , journalist, and commentator. He's the author of six books, including A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations. * Hosts: Hamish Macdonald and Waleed Aly

On the radar: Inside Iran with Karishma Vyas

On this episode of Global Roaming's new 'On the Radar' series we are joined by the ABC's Asia editor, Karishma Vyas who gives us an inside track into the regime's tactics as the Iran and US peace deal is negotiated and an insight the scam centres popping up across Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia that she recently visited. In May Karishma was one of the only Western reporters allowed to report inside Iran giving her a rare glimpse into how the regime and Iranians feel as a peace deal is negotiated. Karishma says the regime is passing off the toll system for the ships passing the Strait of Hormuz as an 'administration fee'. Meanwhile, on the streets of Tehran she found women gathering to support the regime, the same regime that has been accused of violent suppression of its people months earlier. So what is real and what is propaganda? * Guest presenter: Karishma Vyas, ABC Asia editor * Hosts: Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue

What's left to explore? Our planets secrets yet to be unlocked

In part one of this special episode of Global Roaming we speak to one of the world’s most respected living explorers. Terry Garcia was recently in Australia warning that we are pushing the ocean to its limits while systematically dismantling the scientific institutions needed to understand and respond to that threat. Australia has a leading role to play in the recovery of our oceans. Are we ready for the challenge?

The man who could end the ‘tumble dryer’ of British Prime Ministers?

It's being called the by-election of the century. If Andy Burnham returns to Westminster, he could be one step closer to replacing Keir Starmer as Labour leader and perhaps becoming Britain's next Prime Minister.  With Starmer facing mounting criticism and Reform UK surging in the polls, Burnham has emerged as one of the few Labour figures capable of uniting voters across the political spectrum. Could he be the antidote to Britain's leadership turmoil and the rise of populism? Kylie Morris and Latika Bourke speak with Rob Ford, he’s been covering elections for the BBC for two decades and knows a thing or two about leadership tussles. Rob Ford: Author and commentator, Robert Ford, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester [https://www.robertford.net/]