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Squiz Shortcuts

Interested in the news but sometimes find there is a whole lot of assumed knowledge which makes it confusing and time-consuming to get across? We hear you. Squiz Shortcuts is an Australian short-form podcast series on news topics, historical events, big personalities, and complex situations. It’s the backstory to the big news stories. If reading is more your thing, there’s a written explainer to accompany each topic.

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Squiz Shortcut – Yemen

We step through the origins of the conflict in Yemen, and what it means for its people.

6 August 2020

Squiz Shortcut – Facebook

Facebook is the biggest social media platform in the world, so inevitably, it’s in the news a lot. In this episode we take a look at how Facebook makes money, how it collects and uses our data and how at times that has caused a bit of strife. How did Facebook come about? Facebook might […]

23 July 2020

Squiz Shortcut – TikTok

TikTok is the hugely popular, Chinese-founded social media app that is in the news of late for more than just it’s funny videos.

15 July 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – Joe Biden

He’s the Democratic candidate running against Donald Trump in November’s presidential election. A former vice president, Biden’s been around American politics a long time.

25 June 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – The Federation

With the coronavirus crisis requiring a coordinated response between the federal government and our states and territories we take a step back and look at how the federation operates

13 May 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation really is in the spotlight at the moment. Get the backstory to how it operates, the guy in charge, and some of the criticisms centred at it.

7 May 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – Recession

We’ll take you through some fundamentals on what a recession looks like, and what governments can do.

21 April 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – Infectious Diseases

As the world braces for the impact of COVID-19, we’re going to take a look back at some of the big infectious disease outbreaks of the past. Where they started, their devastating mortality rate, and how they were eventually contained.

6 April 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – Note-able Australian Women

Dame Mary Gilmore, Mary Reibey, Edith Cowan, and Dame Nellie Melba are four notable Australian women whose significant achievements are honoured through their inclusion on our currency. So let’s get to know them – who they were, what they achieved, and their legacies.

8 March 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – US Elections

Who can become US President , how the parties elect their candidates, the all-important numbers; and what to watch out for in the 2020 election.

3 March 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – The Rohingya and the Uyghurs

The Rohingya and the Uyghur are two predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities. The UN considers them to be victims of human rights abuses. Here we explain who they are, as well as why and how they’re being persecuted.

18 February 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – Coronavirus

What coronavirus actually is, where it came from, the broader implications, and how we stop the spread….

4 February 2020

Squiz Shortcuts – Huawei

It’s the Chinese tech company that’s been banned from rolling out 5G networks here in Australia…

13 January 2020

2019 Year In Review

We’ve wrapped up the biggest stories from each month in 2019, and pulled out the most clicked items in the Squiz Today email. You’re welcome…

31 December 2019

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

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