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The United States is once again tightening its grip on Cuba.
New travel and economic restrictions are adding to a brutal oil blockade that has already pushed the country deeper into crisis, leaving Cuba increasingly isolated both politically and economically.
But behind the decades of hostility between Washington and Havana, there’s a human cost that can be easy to lose sight of.
Power cuts stretch through the night. Food and medicine are scarce and millions of people are struggling with water shortages.
Today, SBS reporter for Dateline, Colin Cosier takes us inside Cuba, where he travelled undercover to document what life has become for the people caught up in an age old power struggle.

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Guest: SBS reporter Colin Cosier
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Last week, Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham stood in front of the Labour Party conference and promised to break politics as usual.
In an emotional speech, he took aim at privatisation, austerity and Brexit, arguing that Britain’s departure from the European Union had done more harm than good.
Alastair Campbell was in the room and he sees Burnham’s speech as part of a much bigger political moment, as populist parties gain ground, America redraws its alliances and China is asserting more power abroad.
For countries like Britain and Australia, that means old assumptions about political leadership, alliances and global power are being tested all at once.
Today, former Tony Blair adviser and the co-host of The Rest Is Politics, Alastair Campbell, on how centre-left leaders can respond to the rise of populism, and what a shifting global order means for countries like Australia.

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Guest: Co-host of The Rest is Politics Alastair Campbell
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If you listen to podcasts, and let’s be honest, there’s a fair chance that you do, it’s likely that you’ve heard ads for a thing called Better Help.
It’s an app offering flexible, affordable therapy whenever you need it. Kind of an “Uber for therapy”.
Since we first brought you this story two years ago, app-based therapy has continued to grow – and now AI chatbots are increasingly being used for mental health support too.
So are we actually better off with BetterHelp and apps like it?
Today, we’re returning to our conversation with clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha, on the Uberfication of mental health care – and why a gig economy for psychologists isn’t the answer to our struggling mental health system.
This episode first aired in August, 2024

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Guest: Clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha
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David Shoebridge has taken over the Greens leadership with a big ambition: to replace Labor.
He’s doing it at a time when Australians are becoming less attached to the major parties, and less trusting of the people who run them.
But so far, it’s Pauline Hanson’s One Nation that has made the most of that anger, while the Greens, after losing seats at the last election, have stagnated in the polls. Their challenge now is to convince disillusioned voters that the Greens can be more than a bit player in the halls of parliament.
Today, Greens leader David Shoebridge on his plan to turn the Greens into an anti-establishment force, and whether that requires changing the party itself.

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Guest: Greens leader David Shoebridge
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News of an alleged rape involving seven men at an elite university – a case being called the ‘Cornell 7’ – is reverberating across the US.
For many people, the case – and the way the men and the institutions involved responded at the time – echoes high profile incidents here in Australia.
So what responsibilities are our institutions failing to live up to? And what should they be doing differently?
Today, advocate Tarang Chawla on the so-called Cornell 7, and what the case tells us about misogyny at home.
And a warning – while we try not to get too graphic, this episode does cover sexual assault.

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Guest: Anti-violence advocate Tarang Chawla
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