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The episode discusses Pakistan's emerging role as a negotiator in the US-Iran conflict and the ethical implications of media coverage of mass shootings.

Why is Pakistan the new deal broker in the US-Iran war? And what do cryptocurrency and critical minerals deals have to do with their new-found role? And the ethics of media coverage of mass shootings, or attempted shootings, as with President Trump over the weekend. Guests: Dr Farzana Shaikh, Associate Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House, author of MAKING SENSE OF PAKISTAN (2018) Dr Glynn Greensmith, senior lecturer in journalism at Curtin University (WA); former ABC broadcaster, author of Mass Shootings, Media and Motive – How Changing Coverage Can Change Lives (2026)

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