As Boris Johnson ponders how to woo the newly-elected President Joe Biden, Jack Blanchard looks back at how past prime ministers have tried to charm their counterparts in the White House — with varying degrees of success.
Theresa May's former comms chief Katie Perrior reflects on the thankless task of trying to build a relationship with the erratic Donald Tr ... Show More
Nov 2020
Is Biden Best for Britain? (with Sir Nigel Sheinwald)
England's pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops have closed for four weeks as a second national lockdown starts. Joey Jones, senior counsel at Grayling and former spokesperson for Theresa May, explains why extending the measures could see Boris Johnson courting Keir Starmer.A ... Show More
22m 52s
Jul 2018
What did Obama think of Boris, May and Corbyn?
Matt Chorley speaks to Ben Rhodes, whose new book, The World As It Is, charts a decade at Barack Obama’s side, from the campaign in Chicago to flying with him to California on the day he left the White House for the final time
He was at the table for the Iran nuclear deal, the op ... Show More
55m 37s
Dec 2023
Trump and January 6th
Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Ronen Bergman, Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine, Charles Blow, Writer & Executive Producer of ‘South to Black P ... Show More
1h 25m
May 2023
The Whiskey-Guzzling Womanizer in the White House
As the country went dry at the start of 1920, Americans were ready for a new leader. A stand-up guy, they thought, someone who reflects our morals–a man of the people. The elected Warren Harding, a handsome Ohioan who prided himself on his all-American principles. But behind clos ... Show More
45m 16s