Latika Takes: The Podcast

Latika Takes: The Podcast

Latika Bourke

Episodes 55
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Jul 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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43%
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About This Podcast

Australian-British writer and journalist Latika M Bourke discusses geopolitics, national security and defence with invited guests.

www.latikambourke.com

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Latika Takes interviews Ben Judah

Jun 14, 2026 55m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in London speaking with Ben Judah, who served as special advisor to former UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Mr Judah discusses the UK’s relationships with…

Latika Takes interviews Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Jun 07, 2026 42m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in Slough, the constituency of Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dheshi, who chairs the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. Mr Dhesi discusses the contents of…

🇺🇦 From Odesa, Latika Takes interviews Nico Lange

May 31, 2026 42m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in Odesa, Ukraine attending the Black Sea Security Forum.Latika’s guest is Nico Lange, who served as an advisor to former German Defence Minister AKK.Now, as…

🇨🇿 From Prague, Latika Takes interviews Mark Esper

May 24, 2026 31m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in Prague at the GLOBSEC Forum, now in its 21st year. She interviews Mark Esper, who served as US Secretary of Defence under Donald Trump, between 2019 and…

🇪🇪 From Tallinn, Latika Takes interviews Kaupo Rosin

May 17, 2026 29m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia.Her guest is Kaupo Rosin, the Director General of Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, which is widely…

🇦🇲 From Yerevan, Latika Takes interviews Robert Abisoghomonyan

May 06, 2026 32m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is at the Yerevan Dialogue in Yerevan, Armenia.Latika’s guest is Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Robert Abisoghomonyan. Mr Absioghomonyan discusses the…

🇬🇷 From Delphi Economic Forum, Latika Takes interviews Carla Sands

Apr 28, 2026 31m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in Greece at the Delphi Economic Forum. Latika’s guest is Carla Sands, who served as Donald Trump’s Ambassador to Denmark during his first Presidential…

Latika Takes interviews Michael Fallon

Apr 08, 2026 33m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in London and is joined by the UK’s former Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. Sir Michael served as Defence Secretary between 2014 and 2017 and during part of…

Latika Takes interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin

Mar 29, 2026 47m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast interviews Greg Grandin, author of America, América. Grandin discusses his book and the creation of the Monroe Doctrine, now adopted by President Donald Trump and…

Latika Takes interviews Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna

Mar 08, 2026 50m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast welcomes back Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, who is travelling to Australia this week.The Estonian Foreign Minister sets out why he supports the US and…

🇺🇦 From Kyiv, Latika Takes interviews drone pilot 'Bambi'

Mar 01, 2026 31m

This week, Latika Takes: The Podcast is in Kyiv, Ukraine, marking the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Latika interviews ‘Bambi,’ a 20-year-old American…

🇺🇦 From Odesa, Latika Takes interviews Oleksii Goncharenko

Feb 22, 2026 36m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in the Black Sea city of Odesa, Ukraine. The city is covered in ice and snow, a sight not seen by locals for around a decade, reflecting the brutally cold war…

🇩🇪 From Munich, Latika Takes interviews Richard Marles

Feb 17, 2026 41m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is at the Munich Security Conference in Bavaria, Germany.Latika interviews Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles about his debut…

🇺🇸 From Washington DC, Latika Takes interviews Jim Townsend

Feb 08, 2026 1h 3m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is in Washington DC and interviews the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Jim Townsend.Mr Townsend, now at the Centre of New American Security,…

Latika Takes interviews Arsen Ostrovsky

Jan 04, 2026 40m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast interviews ARSEN OSTROVSKY who was shot during the Bondi terror attack at Bondi Beach on December 14. An international human rights lawyer, Ostrovsky relocated…

🇦🇺 From Melbourne, Latika Takes interviews Josh Frydenberg

Dec 18, 2025 41m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast interviews former Liberal Treasurer and prominent Jewish figure Josh Frydenberg. Mr Frydenberg served as Treasurer between 2018 and 2022 but lost his Melbourne…

Latika Takes Interviews Dmytro Kuleba

Dec 07, 2025 42m

This week Ukraine’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba joins Latika Takes: The Podcast. In this wide-ranging and candid interview, Mr Kuleba reveals Kyiv’s strategic mistakes, including how his…

Latika Takes interviews Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Nov 30, 2025 22m

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast interviews Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the woman widely regarded as having won Belarus's elections in 2022, who now lives in exile in Lithuania. Tsikhanouskaya, a…

Latika Takes interviews Ambassador John Bolton

Nov 23, 2025 29m

This week, US Ambassador John Bolton joins Latika Takes: The Podcast to discuss US national security and global security under the second Trump Administration. Ambassador Bolton served as one of…

Latika Takes interviews Cheng Lei

Nov 16, 2025 49m

This week, Australian-Chinese writer and journalist Cheng Lei joins Latika Takes: The Podcast from London, where she appeared at PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. In this emotional…

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