Episodios

  • Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode two

    Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode two
    Dec 31 2025
    Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, so we’re replaying a special series made during the summer, all about the Trump family and whether the president is planning to pass on the political baton once he has to leave office. In the second episode of our special Politics Weekly America series, the reporters Ashley Parker, Rosie Gray and Eric Cortellessa explain why some of Trump’s family decided to step back from political life, and who stepped up to get him back to the White House
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    31 m
  • Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode one

    Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode one
    Dec 30 2025
    Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, so we’re replaying a special series made during the summer, all about the Trump family and whether the president is planning to pass on the political baton once he has to leave office. In the first episode, the author Gwenda Blair and the reporters Rosie Gray and Ashley Parker introduce us to the family members who helped Donald Trump succeed on his road to the White House and in his time in office
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    34 m
  • A Christmas message

    A Christmas message
    Dec 26 2025
    Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, but will be back with a new episode in the new year
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    1 m
  • Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?

    Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?
    Dec 19 2025
    The White House has consistently denied that Donald Trump has ever engaged in conflicts of interest while president. But experts have been tallying up examples of decisions made over the last 12 months which, they say, amount to corruption coming from the highest office. Jonathan Freedland is joined by the anthropologist Prof Janine Wedel, as they wade through the most egregious allegations of corruption from Trump’s first year in office
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    28 m
  • The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one

    The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
    Dec 13 2025
    The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne Listen to the full series from The Guardian Investigates podcast
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    37 m
  • The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe

    The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe
    Dec 12 2025
    This week, Donald Trump described Europe as ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ and warned of ‘civilisational collapse’ on the continent due to immigration. His administration also published its blueprint for national security, which suggests that democracy might not be as important to the Trump White House as it has been for previous administrations. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the US military scholar Joseph Stieb about the Trump administration’s national security strategy
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    27 m
  • “This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela?

    “This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela?
    Dec 5 2025
    Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, are under scrutiny over military strikes on suspected drug boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Tom Phillips about why people are accusing Trump of war crimes
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    28 m
  • Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’?

    Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’?
    Dec 4 2025
    A law has come into effect in Texas that will allow individuals in the state to sue abortion pill providers in other states. Proponents say it is a way to enforce abortion restrictions in Texas. Opponents worry about the methods complainants might use to find their evidence.

    In this special episode, the Guardian US reproductive health and justice reporter Carter Sherman speaks to people who are using, providing and protecting abortion pills and those fighting against them in Texas
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    37 m