Donald Trump has told his Nato allies: ‘We don’t need you.’ He also threatened to ‘massively blow up’ the world’s largest gasfield, despite Americans already having to deal with higher prices. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Kamala Harris’s former national security adviser, Philip Gordon, about what this all means for the Iran war and Trump’s ‘Americ ... Show More
Mar 24
Off Duty: The Crime, episode I
This is episode one of Off Duty, a new Guardian Investigates podcast series by Melissa Segura. On the evening of 29 December 2011, the police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, th ... Show More
26m 42s
Mar 13
Could the US military turn on Trump?
Since coming back into office, Donald Trump has sent troops to Venezuela, Iran and US cities. He has threatened to deploy them to Greenland in order to get what he wants. But what do the people who serve think of their commander-in-chief? If they wanted to, could they disobey his ... Show More
27m 57s
Mar 5
Was Trump ever in control of the Iran war?
If you’ve been listening to the Trump administration this week, you would be forgiven for being confused about who started the war, why America got involved and what the end game is. This week, the foreign policy expert Ali Vaez tells Rachel Leingang what it was like to take part ... Show More
31m 24s
Apr 2025
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
<p>This week, we interviewed two people with leading roles in the rapidly escalating conflict between the Trump administration and American higher education. </p><p>Today, we speak with the president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber, about the institution’s path ... Show More
38m 49s
May 2025
Harvard Is Trying to Resist Trump. It Might Not Be Working.
<p>For Harvard students, this year’s graduation ceremony comes amid an intense standoff between one of America’s most prestigious universities and the United States government.</p><p>Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains how the conflict escalated ... Show More
28m 52s