This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of the Wire, and Happymon Jacob, author, commentator and JNU professor.<br /><br />Siddharth talks about his organisation's reporting on the revelations that dozens of Indian activists, politicians and journalists – including the Wire editor himself – were targets or potential targets of surveillance using the Israeli spyware Pegasus.<br /><br />Happymon analyses the Taliban’s rapid advance in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of American troops after 20 years of war.<br /><br />Amid public health concerns given the coronavirus pandemic and several athletes backing out, Abhinanadan opines that the Tokyo Olympics “is not going to achieve what the Olympics is supposed to”.<br /><br />Listen to the audio podcast: https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/24/hafta-338-pegasus-snooping-afghanistan-war-and-tokyo-olympics<br /><br />--<br /><br />Time Codes:<br /><br />0:00 - Headlines<br />05:45 - Pegasus snooping<br />49:30 - Afghanistan crisis<br />1:24:15 - Tokyo Olympics<br />1:34:24 - Subscriber emails<br />1:54:13 - Recommendations<br /><br />Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://www.newslaundry.com/subscription?ref=social<br /><br />Follow and engage with us on social media:<br />Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry<br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry<br />Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry
