Squiz Shortcuts
Squiz Shortcuts gives you the context to the news, big personalities and historical events that need some explaining. Squiz Shortcuts is a short-form podcast and written explainer on topics that can have a lot of assumed knowledge.
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Squiz Shortcuts – Online Mega Sales
How has online shopping changed the face of retailing? And what are the major shopping events that now landmarks on the shopping calendar?
28 November 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – Islamic State
How Islamic State came to be, the power it had at its peak, and the push to defeat it.
18 November 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – World Leaders (Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Modi)
Who are these worlds leaders we hear about all the time…
12 November 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – Brexit (Part 2)
This is all things Brexit since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister….
3 November 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – Climate Change
The background to one of the most commonly used phrases in news…
28 October 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – West Papua
West Papua is seeing an uprising that has led to deadly riots and mass arrests…
20 October 2019
Squiz Shortcut – US, Turkey and the Syrian Kurds
The context behind the fallout of the US withdrawal from northeastern Syria…
16 October 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – Daylight Saving Time
Turns out there’s a history of people messing with time…
2 October 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – US and Iran
Understand why the relationship between the US and Iran is so significant for the world…
25 September 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – Brexit (Part1)
It has more twists and turns than a good soapie, but far fewer good looking people…
4 September 2019
Squiz Shortcuts – Hong Kong
It’s been in the news every day for the past few months, here’s the context…
27 August 2019