How will Donald Trump's arraignment unfold? What is happening at the border between the United Kingdom and France? What was the significance of King Charles' visit to Germany? Rory and Alastair discuss these topics, plus we say goodbye to the world's youngest Prime Minister, Sanna Marin of Finland, Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency, and Sunak lau ... Show More
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557. Can Burnham Deliver Britain's Biggest Change in Generations?
Can Andy Burnham, in a single term or less, fix problems like social care that are generations in the making? Is his new push for vocational education a long-overdue fix for Britain's broken skills system, or a betrayal of the working-class kids who have the most to gain from a r ... Show More
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Apr 2023
The world watches Trump’s arrest
<p>Tommy and Ben talk about Donald Trump’s historic arrest and arraignment, Finland PM Sanna Marin’s election loss, Taiwan’s president visits America, a potential interim Iran nuclear deal, the Washington Post’s tone deaf op-ed on veterans rights, the arrest of an American journa ... Show More
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Oct 2020
Terminator Trump: Judgement Day
On this week's episode of World Review from the New Statesman, Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington DC are joined by Sir Kim Darroch, the former British ambassador to the United States, and author of Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the Age of T ... Show More
45m 17s
Dec 2024
A Topsy-Turvy Week In Review
What even happened last week?! On this episode of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew catches Galen up as he returns from a rare week away from his push notifications. They take a look at President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, the status of House Republicans’ slim majority, ... Show More
31m 42s
Oct 2025
Trump-Putin to meet, John Bolton indicted, officer arrested & more
President Donald Trump made plans to meet with his Russian counterpart. Trump took his stark warning against Hamas earlier this week a step further. Another one of Trump’s high-profile political enemies has been indicted. Senators are leaving town, dragging a government shutdown ... Show More
6m 44s