News Code
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.
Episodes
On June 13, a surprise Israeli assault on Iran's nuclear and military infrastructure ignited the most dangerous confrontation in the Middle East in decades. In this episode, journalist Gavin O’Toole breaks down what happened, why it happened, and what might come next.
Was Iran really on the verge of building a nuclear bomb? Why did the U.S. join Israel’s attack after initial hesitation? Could this spiral into a regional, or even g...
Veteran journalist Gavin O’Toole unpacks the volatile unrest unfolding on the streets of Los Angeles. What began as protests against aggressive ICE raids targeting immigrant communities has escalated into a dramatic constitutional showdown between the state of California and the Trump administration.
Gavin explains the deepening political crisis, exploring the legality of deploying military forces without state consent, the risks o...
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...
Veteran journalist Gavin O'Toole examines tensions with China. As Beijing flexes its military muscle and Washington grapples with how to respond, Taiwan sits at the heart of a deepening geopolitical struggle between the world’s two superpowers.
Why is Taiwan so crucial to China? How has the island become a potential flashpoint for global conflict? And could tensions between the US and China eventually spark a hot war?
From Taiwan’s...
In this episode, journalist Gavin O’Toole, a veteran observer of international relations, unpacks a seismic shift in U.S. Middle East policy under Donald Trump. With Washington and Tel Aviv no longer fully aligned, what are the implications for Gaza, Iran, Syria—and America's place in a region?
From the devastating Israeli campaign in Gaza to Trump’s billion-dollar diplomacy with Gulf oil states, we explore how America’s strategic ...
Journalist Gavin O’Toole delves into the deadly April 22 attack in Kashmir that killed 26 tourists and reignited dangerously high tensions between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan.
With accusations, missile tests, treaty suspensions, and military alerts escalating by the day, could the world be witnessing the countdown to another Indo-Pakistan war—and could it turn nuclear?
Gavin unpacks the history, the players, the pol...
In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, igniting a brutal war that has devastated both countries and shaken global politics. Three years later, with hundreds of thousands of casualties, staggering economic losses, and geopolitical fault lines deepening, is there finally light at the end of the tunnel?
In this episode, journalist Gavin O’Toole—a seasoned observer of international relations—dives deep into...
Jair Messias Bolsonaro was President of Brazil from 2019 to 2023 but is now facing trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Government of his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, following his defeat in the 2022 election.
Bolsonaro is described as a far-right populist and the uprising had many similarities to the one that happened in the US following Trump's defeat in January 2021. Trump himself is a supporter of Bolsonaro.
...In this podcast journalist Gavin O'Toole looks at Germany, which has long been the engine driving the European economy but in recent years has begun to stall.
The country’s newly elected Bundestag, or parliament, convenes for the first time on 25th March 2025 confronting greater challenges than ever before.
A stagnant economy in need of dramatic structural reform, a rising political threat from the populist far right, and a new geo...
Gavin O'Toole looks at the extent to which Trump is testing the limits of America’s democracy or indeed damaging it.
In this podcast we look at Donald Trump’s foreign policy, which is already ruffling feathers globally
There’s been a lot of attention given to Trump’s first actions since re-entering the White House—and a lot of analysis. Most of that analysis has sought to tease out the main strands of his policy in real time on countries and regions like—Gaza, Ukraine, the Americas etc.
Here we look at how the US, under Trump, seeks to fit itself...
Tune in to this new podcast, News Code, featuring author, journalist, and South American politics expert, Gavin O’Toole and communications specialist and founder of Onyx Comms, Anne Cantelo.
In this debut episode, Dr. O'Toole dives into the far-reaching consequences of Trump’s controversial tariff policies, exploring their global impact and what it means for international relations.
Dr O’Toole brings a wealth of expertise to the ta...
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