Podcast Episodes

Trump Under Arrest?

America waits to find out if a former president will find himself in handcuffs.

A close ally of Donald Trump joins the Americast team to explain why i…

3 years ago

"Marianne Williamson For President"

Sarah is on holiday so the BBC's US Special Correspondent Katty Kay steps into her breach on Americast, equipped with stories of Dr Anthony Fauci sav…

3 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk And The Twitter Trolls

Twitter insiders have told the BBC that the company is now much less able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child…

3 years, 1 month ago

Trouble At Fox News

America's conservative cable TV channel is being sued for airing false 2020 election fraud claims. And court documents suggest that Fox News anchors …

3 years, 1 month ago

America And The War In Ukraine

A busy week for President Biden! On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, he made a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet President Zelensky, pledgi…

3 years, 1 month ago

Aliens Or Air Balloons?

As a growing number of flying objects are shot down in US airspace, the Biden administration is still trying to explain just what’s going on...and ev…

3 years, 2 months ago

Will Joe Biden run to be president (again)?

What clues were there in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech that suggest he's considering a run for a second presidential term? The Amer…

3 years, 2 months ago

The Killing of Tyre Nichols

After shocking video footage was released of the 29-year-old African-American being beaten to death by five black police officers in Memphis, we ask …

3 years, 2 months ago

We Need To Talk About Congressman George Santos

Lies, lies and more lies.

We chat to Republican and newspaper publisher Grant Lally who's known George Santos for years. Why were the concerns he rais…

3 years, 2 months ago

Abortion in America

As America approaches 50 years since the Supreme Court made abortion access a constitutional right, the Americast team investigates how the country h…

3 years, 3 months ago