Days after the drama of the first U.S. presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, host Jack Blanchard asks senior journalists on both sides of the Atlantic — what's it really like to cover an American election?
Podcaster and author Jon Sopel reflects on his years covering the White House as the BBC's U.S. editor, recounting famous televised ... Show More
Nov 21
How to raise taxes and get away with it
As Rachel Reeves' budget approaches, Westminster is braced for tax hikes. The political manoeuvring necessary may just be one of the greatest political challenges of her career.
So on this week's episode of Westminster Insider, Sascha speaks to those who have been there, and com ... Show More
38m 9s
Jan 2025
Immigration & Pardons With Lara Trump, Jo Jo From Jerz & Brandon Straka
President Donald Trump’s brash and abrasive approach to politics has returned to US foreign policy, with results that many will be looking to emulate. Threatened with exorbitant tariffs on their exports to America, Colombia swiftly agreed to take back criminals and illegal immigr ... Show More
55m 51s
Sep 2024
Has American politics been taken over by conspiracy theories?
Two days after former president Donald Trump claimed immigrants are eating cats and dogs, and babies are being executed after birth, Jon and Lewis discuss how deep-rooted conspiracy theories have become in American politics. They're joined in the studio by Gabriel Gatehouse, whos ... Show More
34m 27s
Nov 2024
The 2024 United States Presidential Election
This week, host Dan Hugger is joined by John Pinheiro, Anthony Bradley, and Dylan Pahman to discuss the results of the 2024 U.S. elections. What do the results say about American society, its politics, its parties, and its future? A wide-ranging conversation from pre-election pol ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 2024
Trump returns, stronger than ever
<p><span class="x_xxxxcontentpasted0"><span data-olk-copy-source= "MessageBody">Guest: The Toronto Star's Richard Warnica, reporting from Washington, DC</span></span></p> <p class="x_xmsonormal"><span class="x_xxxxcontentpasted0">In this episode, This Matters returns from hiatus ... Show More
34m 17s
Nov 2024
Donald Trump’s America
<p>As the fallout from the election settles, Americans are beginning to absorb, celebrate and mourn the coming of a second Trump presidency.</p><p>Nate Cohn, chief political analyst for The Times, and Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent, discuss the voting blocks that Tr ... Show More
30m 57s
Nov 2024
What Will Foreign Policy Look Like Under Trump? Feat Clay Travis
The day of Donald Trump’s inauguration is crawling ever closer, and with each passing day the American people, and the world at large, gets an ever-widening glimpse into what the second term of President Trump will bring. On top of some surprising selections that have already bee ... Show More
52m 2s
Feb 2025
Jon Stewart & John Oliver on America's Trump Monarchy Era | David Remnick
Jon Stewart tackles Trump's attempt to be the Super Bowl MVP and examines the president's rejection of federal agencies, birthright citizenship, and basic constitutional checks and balances. Plus, John Oliver welcomes America to its monarchy era.
New Yorker editor David Remnick ... Show More
47m 59s
Sep 2019
Iran So Far Away... - The Trump Report
Moderator Christian Bladt @christiandmz Panelists Chelsea Galicia @ChseaGalicia Scott Moore @sman80 Tamra Brown @heytamra_ The Trump Report: That’s right, we have a whole show dedicated to focusing on the presidency and the Trump Administration! Join our host, Christian Bladt, to ... Show More
54m 15s
Jun 2024
The Biggest Political Divide Is Not Left vs. Right
<p>The biggest divide in our politics isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, or even left and right. It’s between people who follow politics closely, and those who pay almost no attention to it. If you’re in the former camp — and if you’re reading this, you probably are — the l ... Show More
1h 10m