Episodios

  • Where does the US go after the Charlie Kirk shooting?

    Where does the US go after the Charlie Kirk shooting?
    Sep 11 2025
    On Wednesday night, Charlie Kirk, an influential rightwing activist and Donald Trump ally, was shot dead at a university campus in Utah. The US president immediately blamed the ‘radical left’ but failed to mention rising violence against Democrats. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, about the increase in political violence in the country
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    32 m
  • Is Trump trying to rig the midterm elections?

    Is Trump trying to rig the midterm elections?
    Sep 5 2025
    Donald Trump wants to change the way Americans vote, promising to introduce measures such as mandatory voter ID and a ban on mail-in voting. But what is his motivation? And what might the consequences be? This week Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian US politics and democracy reporter George Chidi about whether the president could be trying to tip the scales in next year’s midterms Send your questions and thoughts to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com
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    29 m
  • Can the Democrats win by trolling Trump?

    Can the Democrats win by trolling Trump?
    Aug 29 2025
    A fight over a redrawing of the congressional map in Texas united Democrats across the country. This week, we hear from the state representative Nicole Collier about why she slept on the House floor for two nights, and Jonathan Freedland speaks to the KQED reporter Marisa Lagos about why the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, sees an opportunity in fighting dirty
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    29 m
  • The ‘Nerd Reich’: how tech billionaires infiltrated the White House

    The ‘Nerd Reich’: how tech billionaires infiltrated the White House
    Aug 22 2025
    This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the journalist Gil Duran about his upcoming book The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy
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    35 m
  • Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine?

    Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine?
    Aug 19 2025
    Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is the president abandoning his ‘America First’ policy? Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth discuss
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    18 m
  • Is Donald Trump too weak to be a strongman?

    Is Donald Trump too weak to be a strongman?
    Aug 14 2025
    With a summit in Alaska and national guard troops in DC, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about the week that may dent the US president’s ‘strongman’ image
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    24 m
  • Trump, Sydney Sweeney and the ‘war on woke’

    Trump, Sydney Sweeney and the ‘war on woke’
    Aug 8 2025
    Donald Trump needed his Maga base to focus on something other than the Jeffrey Epstein files. Enter Sydney Sweeney and the uproar over a jeans advert. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to politics reporter Amanda Marcotte about ‘cancel culture’ being a useful tool in a political crisis
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    29 m
  • Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode 3

    Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode 3
    Aug 4 2025
    In the final episode of our special Politics Weekly America series, Eric Cortellessa, Rosie Gray and Dan Adler look ahead to the future of the Trump family’s political ambitions. Could one of Donald Trump’s children take up the political mantle? Or might the president wish to keep politics all to himself?
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    32 m