Politics Weekly America
Every Friday, Guardian columnist and former Washington correspondent, Jonathan Freedland, invites experts to help analyse the latest in American politics. From politicians to journalists covering the White House and beyond, Jonathan and his guests give listeners behind the scenes access to how the American political machine works.
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- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politics-weekly-america
- Description
- Every Friday, Guardian columnist and former Washington correspondent, Jonathan Freedland, invites experts to help analyse the latest in American politics. From politicians to journalists covering the White House and beyond, Jonathan and his guests give listeners behind the scenes access to how the American political machine works.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-05-05 07:52
- last episode published
- 2024-05-03 04:00
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- 6.34 days
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- theguardian.com
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- The Guardian
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- Number of Episodes
- 128
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- News Politics
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-05-03 |
Trump trial update, terrifying Time interview and a Republican dog killer This week, Donald Trump gave an interview to Time magazine confirming the fears many have about what he would do were he to win back the White House in November. He found time to lay out his vision of a Trump presidency 2.0 despite having to appear in ... |
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| 2024-04-26 |
White House correspondents dinner: is there still space for humour? The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner returns this Saturday for a night of comedy ‘roasting’ – where the great and the good are ruthlessly mocked in celebration of the freedom of the press. In recent years, however, the night has ta... |
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| 2024-04-19 | Last week the Arizona supreme court upheld a law first passed in 1864, which, if it goes into effect, will ban almost all abortions in the state. Democrats were quick to denounce the ruling, but some prominent Republicans were not happy with it either,... |
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| 2024-04-12 | Criticism of Israel’s war strategy has been growing in recent months, but last week there was a marked shift in tone from western leaders after seven aid workers were killed by an Israeli strike. The most notable change has come from the US president, ... |
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| 2024-04-05 | Several recent polls have suggested that Donald Trump may be on course to receive more support from Black voters than any Republican presidential nominee in history. Some have argued the polling isn’t representative enough. This week, Jonathan Freedlan... |
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| 2024-03-29 |
Can Bibles, sneakers and social media save Trump from financial ruin? Donald Trump is embroiled in a balancing act between several criminal and civil trials, which could cost him millions of dollars and potentially even put him behind bars. On top of that, there’s the small issue of a presidential campaign. So the questi... |
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| 2024-03-22 | In the run-up to this year’s election, President Joe Biden has warned that American democracy is at stake. But when it comes to the democratic process of an entire nation, might the solution be local? In an age of declining print media, losses of local... |
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| 2024-03-15 |
Can US Congress control the abuse of AI in the 2024 election? In January, voters in New Hampshire answered a phone call from what sounded like President Joe Biden. What turned out to be an AI-generated robocall caused a stir because it was trying to convince Democratic voters not to turn up to polling stations on... |
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| 2024-03-08 |
Haley finally bows out as Trump and Biden prepare for rematch Pundits saw it as one of the least exciting Super Tuesdays in American history. Nevertheless, it gave us some answers. Nikki Haley, who surprised everyone by beating Trump in the Vermont primary election decided it wasn’t enough to keep her in the race... |
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| 2024-03-02 |
The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue We wanted to bring you this episode from our new series, Black Box. In it, Michael Safi explores seven stories and the thread that ties them together: artificial intelligence. In this prologue, Hannah (not her real name) has met Noah and he has changed... |
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