History and society Investigations and reports
Une leçon de géopolitique
2025
Émilie Aubry interviews leading specialists who explain and analyse international current affairs. Discussions with no hidden agenda, totally open and 100% digital.
History and society | Investigations and reports
Episode 25
15 min
Will Trump kill American aid?
Donald Trump has ordered the suspension of all USAID programmes, the US agency responsible for development aid. Then gave the Department of Government Effectiveness, headed by Elon Musk, the task of slashing the budget of the world's most powerful government agency for humanitarian aid. As a result, more than 90% of USAID's overseas funding has been cut. How can we understand this dismantling?
Episode 24
15 min
Canada: an election campaign under pressure
When Donald Trump spoke of his plan to annex Canada to make it the "51st state" of the United States, observers initially saw it as a whim. But Canadians quickly realised that Donald Trump's return to power was not without consequences.
Episode 23
4 min
Turkey: Erdogan put to the test by the population?
The arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul on 19 March 2025 triggered a wave of protests across Turkey. Despite the numerous arrests that marred the rallies, anger continues unabated. What does the mayor of Istanbul represent on the Turkish political scene? How is Erdogan's Turkey doing economically and socially? And what are the geopolitical consequences?
Episode 22
15 min
Ukrainians faced with peace negotiations
Indirect negotiations between Washington and Moscow for a ceasefire in Ukraine were held in Riyadh, but are far from bringing an end to the conflict on the ground. How are Ukrainians dealing with the historic ruptures in recent weeks, and how much credit are they giving to the ongoing talks while the war continues?
Episode 21
15 min
United States: the economy according to Trump
Donald Trump is promising a new golden age for the United States and is intentionally disregarding international trade rules, which were nonetheless set by major institutions such as the WTO, under the leadership of the United States. Does he have a coherent vision for the economy? How should we understand his tariff policy? Why is Wall Street showing concern and why is he persisting despite the risks of recession in his country?
Émilie Aubry interviews leading specialists who explain and analyse international current affairs. Discussions with no hidden agenda, totally open and 100% digital.
When we meet Bijoux in Yaoundé, she has just survived another lynching. Just like Shakiro, LGBTQIA+ activist. This is the story of two people who feel like "women in a man's body" and who highlight their humanity to us at a time when homophobic and transphobic violence continues on every continent.
Local communities are engaged in conflicts that receive very little media coverage around Kisangani, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this remote province of Tshopo, the lack of a state, security and consideration for human beings has enabled a simple land dispute to degenerate into a mass massacre.
They were intended to mark the success of a transition process driven by international community engagement. This was not the case. This article highlights the limits of interventionist policies and a country's ability to reinvent its own democratic system.
Could it be that there are reptilians living amongst us? According to those who believe in this theory, lizards capable of shapeshifting into humans have infiltrated our society. Julien Robichaud embarks on an informative and humoristic adventure to investigate the idea of this hybrid race.
Could it be that two Acadian actors in the successful series "À la valdrague" suffer from linguistic insecurity? Bianca Richard and Gabriel Robichaud, from New Brunswick, set themselves the challenge of deciphering this curse and examine the state of expression of the French-Canadian language and particularly Acadian.
In Geneva, the young women of the radical collective 'Engageons les murs' denounce sexual harassment and violence. United by their refusal to be perceived as victims, their actions aim to change the paradigms of a society that they consider too conservative and patriarchal. Svetlana Rodina follows them for a year.
