Episodes

  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • How much longer can the Fed defy Trump?

    How much longer can the Fed defy Trump?
    Aug 1 2025
    Despite growing pressure to lower interest rates to appease the president, the Federal Reserve voted to leave them unchanged. This week Jonathan Freedland speaks to Heather Boushey, former chief economist to Joe Biden, about the latest tussle between the White House and the Federal Reserve
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    28 mins
  • Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode two

    Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode two
    Jul 28 2025
    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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    32 mins
  • Murdoch v Trump: will the media tycoon be the president’s downfall?

    Murdoch v Trump: will the media tycoon be the president’s downfall?
    Jul 25 2025
    Donald Trump has filed another lawsuit against a media company. This time though, he’s up against the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the author of Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Media Empires, David Folkenflik, about the potential fallout for the president
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    30 mins