The Debrief with Dane is your daily dose of entertainment and information! The show brings you the day's magazine news, quirky stories from around the world, and big interviews with fascinating guests. Catch up with the latest news updates from the ARN news centre, while enjoying a mix of entertainment and insightful conversations.
Latest episodes
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31 min
Matt Lewis: Surviving a shipwreck in the freezing Antarctic seas
The Debrief is joined by shipwreck survivor Matt Lewis, author of Last Man Off, to relive one of the most harrowing survival stories imaginable. In June 1998, Matt was a 23-year-ol…
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26 min
David Abel: Swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale
The Debrief is joined by David Abel, director of the documentary In The Whale, to tell one of the most extraordinary survival stories you will ever hear. In June 2021, Cape Cod lob…
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20 min
Dubai’s Driverless Future
Driverless cars are already operating on Dubai’s roads, but are they ready for the city’s unpredictable traffic, and are passengers ready to trust them? Hassan Khairat and Antonio…
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30 min
Should I be worried about an AI takeover?
AI is moving too fast. That’s the warning from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who recently called for the industry to slow down. And he isn’t alone. Some of the biggest names in artif…
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27 min
Apple's first foldable iPhone: everything from the big launch
The Debrief crosses live to Apple expert and content creator Jermaine D'Vauz to break down everything from Apple's big launch. Fresh off the September keynote, Jermaine talks the t…
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20 min
How trillions in dirty money vanish into the financial system
Every year, somewhere between two and five trillion dollars in dirty money is washed through the global financial system. The Debrief is joined by Robert Nordlander, who spent 20 y…
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37 min
What it's really like inside the mind of diagnosed psychopath Loïc De Marie
The Debrief sits down with 26-year-old Loic De Marie, who has been diagnosed as a psychopath, for a rare and unsettling look inside how he actually experiences the world. Loic take…
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29 min
Tupac’s Murder: Guilty After 30 Years
Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was murdered, a jury has finally found someone guilty. Journalist Cathy Scott, who covered the case from the night Tupac was shot, explains who K…
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27 min
Joe Berlinger: The Idaho College Murders
The Debrief is joined by true-crime filmmaker Joe Berlinger, the man behind Netflix’s The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare. In November 2022, four university students were found mu…
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22 min
Can you trust vibe coding?
What if you could create an app simply by describing what you wanted? Vibe coding is the use of conversational AI to build apps, websites, and software. The Debrief is joined by cy…
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21 min
He spent 438 days and 7,000 miles lost at sea, and lives to tell the tale
In November 2012, two fishermen set off from the coast of Mexico. Only one came back, 438 days later, having drifted almost 7,000 miles across the Pacific, the longest open-ocean s…
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22 min
Would you wear a jumper made from human hair?
Would you wear clothes made out of human hair? Turns out that idea is a lot closer than you might think. The Debrief is joined by Zsofia Kollar, founder of Human Material Loop, who…
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20 min
Why the FBI cares about your dodgy streaming box
You know those boxes. Around 500 dirhams, and suddenly you have every movie, every sport channel, streaming platform, all of it “for free”. But a new report has the FBI tracking do…
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23 min
Why you need security clearance (and AED 20,000) to meet Obama
As Barack Obama's speaking tour puts premium meet-and-greet access on sale, The Debrief digs into what that eye-watering price tag of AED 20,000 per ticket actually buys, and why e…
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38 min
Ricky Kidd: The man who spent 23 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit
The Debrief hears the extraordinary story of Ricky Kidd, sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole for two murders he did not commit. Ricky walks the team through…
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37 min
Negotiations: What an FBI trained expert thinks of your handshake
The Debrief puts Shaan in the hot seat with a live negotiation, then takes it apart - before handing it over to a real expert. Joe Navarro spent his FBI career in counterintelligen…
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15 min
How to see 100 shooting stars over the UAE desert
The Debrief is joined by Nirmal Rajah from Mleiha National Park to get everything you need to know before one of the year's great sky shows: the Perseids meteor shower. Nirmal expl…
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18 min
Amanda Knox at Edinburgh Fringe: Comedy or a step too far?
The Debrief digs into the storm surrounding Amanda Knox's new one-woman show, Cartwheel, at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. The team looks at why the production has drawn sharp criti…
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16 min
Brandon Maben: Inside adidas’ New UAE Pet Collection
The Debrief is joined by Brandon Maben, category lead for the Adidas Originals business across the MENA region, to get to the bottom of a question dividing pet owners everywhere: s…
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20 min
Brandon Maben: Why the World Is Dressing Up Its Pets
The Debrief is joined by Brandon Maben, category lead for the Adidas Originals business across the MENA region, to get to the bottom of a question dividing pet owners everywhere: s…