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If you live anywhere along the east or west coast of Australia, chances are you might have heard it's whale watching season, when nature's biggest mammals head north in a mass migration. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we look at what a whale migration is, how whales are faring with so much concern about our oceans, and where and when you can get to see all the action.

Squiz recommends:
Underwater vision of the Humpback whale, narrated by the one and only Sir David Attenborough
ORCCA census day information

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's newly re-elected president, has made big promises but has a record of cracking down on dissent and diminishing democratic freedoms. In this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll take you through Turkey’s politics and why it matters to the West.
Other things we do:
Squiz Today - a daily podcast and newsletter that gives a fact-filled run-down of what’s making news.
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!

Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, has announced that he wants to become the president of the United States. He’ll go head-to-head with another Florida resident, former President Donald Trump. With the race heating up, let's have a look at who DeSantis is, what issues he’s known for, and whether he’s got a shot to become the Republican nominee and maybe even president.

Other things we do:
Squiz Today - a daily podcast and newsletter that gives a fact-filled run-down of what’s making news.
Squiz Kids - a news podcast for curious kids. Age-appropriate news without the nasties!

The US has been in the middle of a crazy political stoush over this thing called the “debt ceiling” for the past few months which has been threatening to blow up and cause ripples around the world… So in this Squiz Shortcut, we look at what a debt ceiling is, why it's become such a big deal now, and how it could play out.

Squiz recommends:
Jimmy Fallon "slow jamming" about the debt ceiling.
A good backgrounder from the Council on Foreign Relations on the whole debt ceiling issue

It's been a horrifying time in the African nation of Sudan with foreign nationals including Aussies being evacuated out of the country. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we take a look at why Sudan is in such strife, what's happening on the ground right now, and what the world is doing to try and stop it from becoming a full-blown civil war.

Squiz recommends:
Sudan's conflict explained in 5 minutes - The UK's Telegraph
The backstory on the two Generals now fighting for supremacy in Sudan - BBC News

The election in Thailand over the weekend was tipped to be extraordinary, and boy, did it deliver... So in this Squiz Shortcut, we dive into the parties that ran on Sunday, and the results of the vote.
You can listen to our 2020 Shortcut on the protests in Thailand here.