
Josh Robertson
Investigative reporter for Background Briefing who researched and reported the episode, conducted interviews, and narrated the main story.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 35min
03 The Road to Bondi | Deepfake
Arsen Ostrovsky, a Jewish lawyer who survived the Bondi shooting, gives a first‑person account of being injured and photographed while trying to reassure his family. Josh Robertson, an investigative reporter, traces how that photo was weaponised into a global deepfake conspiracy across Telegram, Reddit, Russian outlets and social platforms. Multiple short scenes follow the spread, the actors who amplified it, and Arsen’s response.

Mar 20, 2026 • 33min
02 The Road to Bondi | A Test of Character
Josh Robertson, an investigative reporter, tells AB's fraught journey from fleeing Iran to building a family in Australia. The conversation traces imprisonment, trauma, substance use and family violence. It then follows the night AB ran toward the Bondi shooting, his attempts to help the wounded, and the legal and immigration fallout that now threatens his place with his family.

Mar 13, 2026 • 42min
01 The Road to Bondi | Father and Son
Dr Andrew Abood, forensic psychiatrist who decodes behaviour and family dynamics. Josh Robertson, investigative reporter who traced the decades-long path to the Bondi attack. They unpack video analysis, the disarming moment and the father and son relationship. They probe migration, secrecy, recruitment, ASIO inquiries and the clandestine preparations that led up to the attack.


