Matthew Bevan
Matt Bevan is the host of the ABC Podcast America, If You're Listening, and the newsreader for RN Breakfast.
Prior to this he was a producer of current affairs talkback radio for 702 ABC Sydney.
He has worked for ABC Radio since 2008, originally in his home town of Newcastle.
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Britain's Tories copied Australia's 'stop the boats' policy. Now they're set to lose the election
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spent years fighting to send asylum seekers to an offshore detention facility. Not only has the plan failed, it's likely to help sweep his government out of office.
Britain's beloved NHS was kneecapped by the Conservative Party. Then the COVID pandemic hit
The NHS was woefully unprepared when the pandemic arrived. Will this damn the Conservative Party when voters go to the polls in a few days?
Biden stumbles as Trump deflects in 'game-changing' presidential debate — as it happened
US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump conclude their debate in Atlanta, Georgia — and pundits are united in their view that it was a bad night for the president. Take a look back at how the debate unfolded.
How much is Brexit to blame for the UK's years of political uncertainty and chaos?
David Cameron took a colossal gamble on Brexit and lost. What followed was years of political chaos and division. With a general election approaching next month, did Brexit break Britain?
The UK is poorer, sicker and more unsafe. Did the Conservatives break Britain?
When the Conservatives took power in Britain 14 years ago, they took a butcher's knife to budget spending. It was designed to save the country, but did it break it instead?
Should we treat domestic violence like we treat terrorism?
Spending on domestic violence prevention in this year's budget was dwarfed by funds apportioned for fighting terrorism. Is it time to change our approach?
Michael Cohen has destroyed his life trying to put Donald Trump in jail. Here's why he flipped on his former boss
Michael Cohen was once Trump's personal attorney and said he would "take a bullet" for his boss, so what happened to make him flip?
When the Shah of Iran was diagnosed with cancer, a revolution was already underway
In 1974, two French doctors were called to the Iranian capital, Tehran. The doctors — specialists in blood diseases — had been asked to assess a government minister with cancer, but the appointment was odd.
Panda diplomacy: How China uses pandas to signal which countries they like, and which ones they don't
China's pandas are not just pandas. They're diplomats. You're friendly to China? You get a panda. You criticise China? You get no pandas.
North Korea was floundering under sanctions. Now it's making billions from stolen cryptocurrency
Last year, stealing cryptocurrency became North Korea's primary form of foreign currency income.
Netanyahu's brother once pulled off a legendary hostage rescue. Can Israel do it again?
Benjamin Netanyahu's brother once led a team that rescued 102 hostages and created a legend. It gave Israel a reputation for getting hostages back no matter what, but can they pull it off this time?
Ahmed Yassin was a quadriplegic refugee who ran a charity. How did he end up founding Hamas?
How did Ahmed Yassin go from a spiritual leader running a charity, to the co-founder of the ferocious political and paramilitary group Hamas?
How a group of Florida men allegedly plotted the assassination of the Haitian president and sent the country into chaos
In 2021, a doctor and pastor met with his friends in Florida allegedly to arrange the overthrow of the Haitian president. Now Kenya is being sent in to help a country plunged into chaos.
Elon Musk wouldn't give Ukraine's military access to his Starlink satellites at a crucial moment. Did he make the right call?
On the evening of Friday, September 16, 2022, Elon Musk was stressed. He was being asked to make a decision that he thought would change the fate of the war in Ukraine.
Robert Goddard's ideas were mocked a century ago. Now, his ideas will help build a petrol station on the Moon
When Robert Goddard thought he'd figured out how to get humans into space in 1920, the press called his ideas "absurd". Now, his ideas about rocket propulsion will help us create a petrol station on the Moon.
A Danish pharmaceuticals-maker has just become the biggest company in Europe — all because of one drug
How did Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk become the proprietor of one of the most in-demand products in the world?
One of China's biggest decisions was a secret from the West. Then David Attenborough asked one question
When David Attenborough was touring China in 1979, he asked a question about population control. Transcripts show it was one of the first mentions of the One Child Policy to Western media.
Why is Russia meddling in West Africa, and could it plunge the region into war?
The world's attention is on Ukraine, but a wave of coups in West Africa could lead to all out war between Russia and the West.
The world's most important company and why everyone wants control of it
The best microchips in the world are made by TSMC. How did it become so important?
Worthless banknotes and spending money while you have it: This is what life is like with 100pc inflation
How did a country, once among the wealthiest in the world and uncomfortably similar to Australia, totally lose control of its economy?
Donald Trump was just charged with deleting CCTV footage. Could it land him in jail?
Donald Trump has been charged after trying and failing to delete CCTV evidence of farcical and allegedly criminal behaviour. How was he brought undone by a bunch of boxes?
Russian 'General Armageddon' Sergei Surovikin is missing — is he 'resting' or Resting In Peace?
One of the top leaders in the Russian Army, Sergei Surovikin, has not been seen since the mutiny against the Kremlin last month. At first it seems odd, but it turns out General Surovikin is not who he seems.
'Big explosion', burst of fire before ADF chopper 'sunk down' in NSW, fisherman says
Ten elite army and navy personnel on board an Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter are rescued from the water after the chopper ditches in Jervis Bay, after a "textbook response" to a loss of power.
'Prophetic': When few in the world could imagine climate change, one man in Australia saw it clearly
Today's climate experts were in awe when the ABC played them quotes from one man in the early 1970s on the climate crisis and how it could be averted.
To protect your super, funds are taking a closer look at the climate
Chaos is bad for superannuation funds and climate change could mean a lot of chaos. Mary Delahunty, who analyses these scenarios for one of the country's biggest super funds, takes us inside the attempt to reduce uncertainty.