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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Money, corruption, power, celebrity… we’re talking about 1MBD – the Malaysian state fund founded in 2009 by the prime minister of the day, Najib Razak. Now facing criminal charges, Najib and his former friends are in a lot of trouble. In this Squiz Shortcut, we explain where the money for this fund generated, where it […]
12 September 2019
Brexit. It has more twists and turns than a good soapie, but far fewer good looking people. And it’s in the news – a lot. So here’s an overview to give you the talking points so you can fake-it-‘til-you-make-it on one of the most intriguing modern chapters of UK politics.
4 September 2019
In this episode of Squiz Shortcuts we’re getting you across Ash Barty. 2019 really has been her year, winning the French Open and spending eight weeks as world #1.
1 September 2019
Squiz Shortcuts: Hong Kong. We’ll start with Hong Kong pre-Britain, we’ll then have a look at what happened during the British lease-period and then the more recent history, when it was handed back to China. Finally we’ll look at how this all ties in with what is happening there now.
27 August 2019