News Code
News Code
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News Code deciphers the concealed complexity behind current events. We explore today’s most pressing issues through sharp analysis and punchy discussion. Our podcast is brought to you by Onyx, a top-flight communications consultancy under Anne Cantelo, and features commentator Gavin O’Toole. He has worked on the UK’s leading newspapers and taught about international affairs at the University of London. His specialism in Latin American politics gives him unique insight into the events shaping our rapidly changing reality. Onyx has built a reputation for delivering cutting-edge reports and bestselling business books. If you have a code to crack, turn to us.
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The podcast focuses on current political issues and international relations, exploring topics such as Trump's approach to foreign policy, the implications of his tariff policies, and the challenges to democracy in contemporary America, with episodes like Is Trump a Dictator in Waiting? and Trump's Foreign Policy - Designed or Deranged highlighting its commitment to in-depth analysis.
News Code gives you the background you need to understand key news events. What’s the history, why are people behaving as they are? What has led to events, what is the detail that the general media is not telling you? Our podcast is brought to you by Onyx, a London-based communications consultancy, and features journalist Gavin O’Toole. He has worked on the UK’s leading newspapers and taught international affairs at the University of London. His specialism in Latin American politics gives him unique insight into the events shaping our rapidly changing reality. Onyx has built a reputation for delivering cutting-edge reports and bestselling business books. Follow for a weekly update.
On 2nd of June Poland elected Karol Nawrock, an ultraconservative outsider from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) part, as president, delivering a sharp blow to the ruling liberal government. His victory echoes a rising tide of right-wing populism across Europe, one openly backed by Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in the U.S.
In this episode, veteran journalist Gavin O’Toole unpacks the implications of Nawrocki’s win: for Poland’s future in the EU, for embattled democracies across the continent, and for the expanding network of far-right forces now stretching from Washington to Warsaw, Budapest to Buenos Aires.
Why are nationalist-populist leaders gaining ground? What do they share—and what divides them? Is this the start of a lasting realignment, or the peak of a populist wave?
Join us as we explore the forces reshaping Europe’s political order—and the fragile future of liberal democracy itself.
🎙 Hosted by Gavin O’Toole
📍 Focus: Poland’s 2025 presidential election and the global rise of the far right
🌍 Featuring analysis of political shifts across Europe, MAGA’s global footprint, and the populist challenge to the liberal order.
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