Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe 2024 senate race in California kicks off: Politics Weekly America podcast
Two weeks ago, the congresswoman Katie Porter announced she was running to be one of California’s two senators, despite the fact that the incumbent, …
3 years, 9 months ago
Confidential files found with Biden’s Corvette – Politics Weekly America podcast
Last week, the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, appointed a special counsel to investigate how several batches of classified documents were repo…
3 years, 9 months ago
Can George Santos outrun his lies? Politics Weekly America
Last week, the much-talked-about George Santos, of Long Island, New York, was sworn into office. The Democrats and even some Republicans think he sho…
3 years, 9 months ago
Kevin McCarthy faces mutiny over speakership: Politics Weekly America podcast
Everyone knew that this week was going to be tough for Kevin McCarthy, but not even Democrats could have hoped for such a humiliating few days for th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Revisited … Jennifer Senior on Steve Bannon: Politics Weekly America podcast
Politics Weekly America is taking a break. So this week, Jonathan Freedland revisits the conversation he had in July, with writer for The Atlantic, J…
3 years, 9 months ago
Revisited – Jon Ronson on Alex Jones: Politics Weekly America podcast
Politics Weekly America is taking a break. So this week, Jonathan Freedland revisits the conversation he had in April with the journalist and film-ma…
3 years, 10 months ago
Trump should face criminal charges, January 6 panel concludes: Politics Weekly America
On Monday, the House January 6 select committee held its final meeting, voting to formally adopt the report it had been working on for the last 18 mo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Can Republicans come back from the extreme in 2023? Politics Weekly America podcast
As 2022 draws to a close, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Simon Rosenberg and Sarah Longwell about their predictions for how US politics will shake out …
3 years, 10 months ago
Why 51 is better than 50 in the Senate: Politics Weekly America podcast
Raphael Warnock was re-elected to represent Georgia in the US Senate for the next six years. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Molly Reynolds of the Brook…
3 years, 10 months ago
10 years since Sandy Hook – what’s changed? Politics Weekly America special
On 14 December it will be 10 years since the Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting, when a 20-year-old killed 20 children aged six and seven, as…
3 years, 10 months ago