As Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum ramps up high-tech crackdowns on the nation’s cartels, Trump’s chaotic second term is throwing a spanner in the works. Alex von Tunzelmann speaks to David Shirk, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of San Diego, to find out whether the MAGA movement is helping Mexico’s fight aga ... Show More
Aug 6
From Caesar to JFK – How assassinations have shaped the world
From the assassination that sparked the First World War to the covert drone strikes of today, targeted killing has been used to shape history and shift the balance of power for generations. Today in The Bunker, Seth Thévoz is joined by Simon Ball, professor of international histo ... Show More
31m 2s
Nov 2024
Trump returns, stronger than ever
Guest: The Toronto Star’s Richard Warnica, reporting from Washington, DC In this episode, This Matters returns from hiatus with a special episode on the U.S. Election. Knowing all that they know about Donald Trump — after the court convictions and the insurrection and the threats ... Show More
34m 17s
Jan 2025
Trump's Insurrection: The Collapse of His Presidency (Ep 1)
At the start of 2020, Donald Trump would have been fairly confident of his reelection. The economy was strong, unemployment and inflation were low, and his approval rating was as high as it had ever been. Then it all fell apart. As he struggled to deal first with the Covid-19 pan ... Show More
59m 12s
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
Nov 2024
Donald Trump’s America
As the fallout from the election settles, Americans are beginning to absorb, celebrate and mourn the coming of a second Trump presidency.Nate Cohn, chief political analyst for The Times, and Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent, discuss the voting blocks that Trump conque ... Show More
30m 57s
Sep 2024
How Trump Won the White House: Did Obama Create Trump? (Ep 2)
Make America Great Again. This Trump message has become widely recognisable since 2015, when he began articulating his protectionist, anti-Washington, nationalistic, America First message. Trump wanted to appeal to the ‘forgotten men and women’ of America, those who had been left ... Show More
44m 21s