Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRevisited: Did the assassination of JFK kickstart the conspiracy theory movement?
Jonathan Freedland speaks to Prof Kathryn Olmsted, author of Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 about why …
1 year, 10 months ago
Revisited: Henry Kissinger and the man who wanted to confront him
Journalist and author Michael Goldfarb, talks to Jonathan Freedland about the legacy of the former secretary of state under Richard Nixon, Henry Kiss…
1 year, 10 months ago
How the left is defending itself in the Democratic blame game
Last week on this podcast, James Carville blamed identity politics and ‘woke’ theory for the Democrats losing the election. Waleed Shahid, a former s…
1 year, 11 months ago
James Carville on where he thinks the Democrats went wrong
Everyone in US politics has an opinion on why the Democrats lost the election, and finger-pointing within the party is rife. As the debate rages, Jon…
1 year, 11 months ago
Matt Gaetz: who is Trump’s controversial nominee for attorney general?
Donald Trump has shocked Democrats and Republicans by announcing far–right congressman Matt Gaetz as his pick for the role of attorney general. As th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Can the Democrats salvage the House of Representatives?
Donald Trump has won the presidency more comprehensively than expected. Republicans have flipped the Senate. However, the Democrats are still holding…
1 year, 11 months ago
Donald Trump is victorious. What happens now?
In the end it was not even that close. Jonathan Freedland is joined by Susan Glasser and Nikki McCann Ramirez to discuss what went wrong for Kamala H…
1 year, 11 months ago
The final countdown of a historic US election campaign
Jonathan Freedland crosses several state lines ahead of 5 November, following the candidates and their surrogates, as they try everything to pick up …
1 year, 11 months ago
Will young voters in swing states decide this election?
The Harris campaign is making a special effort to reach out to young voters. So how important will they be? The Guardian democracy reporter Alice Her…
2 years ago
Why Elon Musk needs Donald Trump to win
Why is the tech billionaire owner of X spending millions on helping the Trump campaign? What does he get out of it? What’s at stake for him if Kamala…
2 years ago