PDB Afternoon Bulletin | August 11th, 2025: Why Trump Has The Legal Authority To Take Over DC & Australia Throws Support Behind Palestinian Statehood

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | August 11th, 2025: W...

Up next

PDB Situation Report | December 27th, 2025: Why This Year of War Rewrote the Ukraine Playbook & Asia’s Strategic Crossroads

In this episode of The PPDB Situation Report: We begin in Ukraine, where another brutal year of war has upended long-held assumptions on both sides of the battlefield. What’s changed, what hasn’t, and what it tells us about where the conflict is heading next. Joining us to break ...  Show more

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 26th, 2025: Inside Xi Jinping’s Bizarre War on Golf

In this special edition of the PDB Afternoon Bulletin--We take a step back from the daily headlines to explore one of the strangest political fault lines in modern China: Xi Jinping’s war on the game of golf. We explain how golf became associated with corruption, elite privilege, ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Trump says he'll meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks
Global News Podcast

President Trump has said he expects to meet Vladimir Putin in Hungary "within two weeks" after holding what he described as a "very productive" phone call with the Russian leader. Speaking as he arrived in Washington for talks at the White House, President Zelensky said Moscow wa ...  Show more

Putin unfazed, Patriots, Afghan data leak and Emmys
Reuters World News

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin intends to keep fighting in Ukraine until the West engages on his terms for peace. U.S. President Donald Trump says weapons are already being shipped to Ukraine as NATO countries in Europe work out the details of a scheme to supply Kyiv. The deta ...  Show more

Bolton charged, Zelenskiy, Putin and Russian oil
Reuters World News

John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, is charged with sharing classified information. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy heads to the White House as Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin make plans to meet in Hungary. The admiral who le ...  Show more

In Brief: Is Trump Driving Modi Closer to Xi & Putin?
One Decision

In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, unpack how the latest strike on Ukraine indicates Vladimir Putin's resistance to President Donald Trump's peace negotiations. They also examine how the Shangh ...  Show more