Podcast Episodes

Sir Kim Darroch

In an exclusive interview for BBC Newsnight, Maitlis speaks with the former UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, about the cables that led to hi…

5 years, 5 months ago

Make America Safe Again

Who do Americans trust to make them feel safer, and what difference could that make to November’s vote? With just over two months to go, Jon, Emily a…

5 years, 6 months ago

Saving the American Dream?

The Republican National Convention this year was set against the backdrop of the Coronavirus pandemic, and protests over the shooting of a black man …

5 years, 6 months ago

Run-DNC

Joe Biden closed the Democratic National Convention calling for unity, telling voters ‘character and decency’ would be on the ballot come November. J…

5 years, 6 months ago

Unconventional Convention

Anthony and Jon discuss the unconventional Democratic National Convention with the Reverend Leah Daughtry, CEO of the DNC in 2008 and 2016. And as th…

5 years, 6 months ago

Kamala Harris makes history

After months of speculation, Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala Harris as his pick for VP. The Americast team assembles for an emergency …

5 years, 6 months ago

You’ve Got Mail

With 90 days to go until the election, how will Americans cast their ballots in the middle of a pandemic? We hear from ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman o…

5 years, 6 months ago

Demon Sperm

President Trump is again backing hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug with no proven effectiveness against Covid-19, but with the backing of a qu…

5 years, 7 months ago

Donald & Ghislaine

Why did the president "wish her well"?

President Trump restarted his coronavirus briefings and almost stuck to the script, apart from a rather surpris…

5 years, 7 months ago

Veepstakes

It’s Joe Biden’s most important decision of the campaign: who will he pick as his potential vice president? We know it’s going to be a woman, we know…

5 years, 7 months ago