Curious Worldview

Ryan Faulkner

Interviews featuring a mix of investigative journalists, affecting writers, economics, geopolitics, explorers and fascinating life stories.Check out the 'Starter Packs' I put together for the best place to start with the pod... https://curiousworldview.notion.site/Curious-Worldview-Podcast-Guide-412b6a244ebe42b4b46994ed9e4823b5Subscribe to the Substack: https://curiousworldviewpod.substack.com/subscribeWhether it's the supply chain of semi-conductors, a 25 year cold-war CIA veteran, negotiation with Chris Voss, Warden of Sweden's biggest prison, Lawrence Krauss and the universe, Cricket with the GOAT Gideon Haigh, Taiwan, China, the great adventurers and explorers the list goes on...

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Curious Worldview

Episodes (227)

May 25th Matt Friedman | Modern Slavery Is Getting Worse
Apr 29th Joshua Bandoch | The Science of Persuasion - Why We Feel First Then Reason Later
Apr 15th Tony Abbott (Australia's 28th Prime Minister) On "Our Countries Remarkable History"

Curious Worldview

May 25, 2026
1 hour
42 MB

This podcast has returned to modern slavery three times now. Lisa Kristine showed us its face through her photography. Bruce Ladebu described what it actually takes to pull children out. And Matthew Friedman, in Episode 76, gave us the architecture: thirty-five years working across Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, the UN, and eventually the Mekong Club. That first episode opened with the story of an 11-year-old Nepalese girl in a Mumbai brothel who ran across the room, wrapped herself around Matt, and begged him to save her. He couldn't, that day. He came back with police and she was gone....

Curious Worldview

Matt Friedman | Modern Slavery Is Getting Worse

Ryan Faulkner

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