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@daniellestephens.bsky.social
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I produce The Guardian’s Politics Weekly America podcast, and listen to too many other pods.
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Danielle Stephens
The Guardian
3 days ago
Ending birthright citizenship would change the meaning of America | Moira Donegan
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Ending birthright citizenship would change the meaning of America | Moira Donegan
The supreme court appears poised to reject Trump’s attack on a foundation of US identity. We must hope it follows through
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/birthright-citizenship-change-american-foundation?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1775125228
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What happened when the world's richest person had his hands on the US government? What was Doge's legacy?
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
spoke to
@sashaabramsky.bsky.social
about his new book, American Carnage: How Trump, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government
open.spotify.com/episode/6WSV...
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How Trump, Musk and Doge shattered the US government
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WSVLoShbLTTsLxYcloGpZ
3 days ago
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Danielle Stephens
4 days ago
It was only two weeks ago that
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
and Kamala Harris’s former national security adviser, Philip Gordon, pondered what might happen if Trump followed through on his threats and pulled the US out of Nato. It seems pertinent today...
open.spotify.com/episode/06cq...
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What’s really behind Trump’s latest tantrums over Iran?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/06cqxcr9lDReL0aOrHunGn
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
9 days ago
Is Donald Trump losing this war/his touch/parts of his base? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with
@sbg1.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7ggs...
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Is Trump losing it? (the war of course)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ggsZYQiiHV14kUt8dLelW?si=bZauoO-XT2OdE6c5K066AA
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
16 days ago
Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with former Biden adviser Philip Gordon on Trump's war aims - and his escalating clash with America's closest allies
open.spotify.com/episode/06cq...
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What’s really behind Trump’s latest tantrums over Iran?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/06cqxcr9lDReL0aOrHunGn?si=V1B-w8T4SIyHbjvIu-SXrQ
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
23 days ago
Deployed on the streets of America’s cities, sent off to war with no plan - is there a point where the US military will say enough is enough? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with former Marine
@janessagoldbeck.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6wjQ...
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Could the US military turn on Trump?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wjQjTS28eBftwIHQJq7gb?si=V2B_46plRuKImh2vH4sM_w
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Danielle Stephens
about 1 month ago
Was Trump ever in control of the Iran war he chose to help start? That's the question
@rachelleingang.bsky.social
asked in today's Politics Weekly America ep She speaks to Iran expert, Ali Vaez &
@rothandrew.bsky.social
about what the administration might do next.
open.spotify.com/episode/72Q6...
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Was Trump ever in control of the Iran war?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/72Q6mj2kiDi6hPufrOGxVd
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
about 1 month ago
And you can hear my conversation with California governor Gavin Newsom here, in the latest episode of the Politics Weekly America podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/5ceZ...
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‘I could see myself stepping into that void’: Gavin Newsom on fighting Trump and running in 2028
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ceZDxCGYVtts0xi8c9AjD?si=dy_hhrK_QYa9TpONaOOBKg
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A brilliant episode, beautifully made by
@tomglasser.bsky.social
Quite something listening back to a politician speak in terms of hope, and comparing it to what's on offer today.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Rachel Leingang
about 2 months ago
Since the ICE surge started, I’ve asked nearly everyone why they thought Minnesota was the target, beyond immigration or fraud claims. Basically, the state is anathema to the Trump administration - strong social safety net, open to immigrants, collective culture.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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What is it about Minnesota that made it a target for Trump’s ICE crackdown?
The Democratic-leaning midwestern state where federal agents killed two citizens is in many ways anathema to the administration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/14/why-minnesota-ice-crackdown-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
about 2 months ago
How Donald Trump is putting his stamp on Washington and beyond. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with David Smith
open.spotify.com/episode/6IrU...
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Trump dismantles the arts and tries to rewrite history
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IrUUgcZy910x8kz5SpnJ9
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Hi
@mikemadrid.bsky.social
could you give me a follow back about coming on The Guardian's Politics Weekly America podcast? Thanks
about 2 months ago
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Danielle Stephens
Molly Jong-Fast
about 2 months ago
Incredible stuff from
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/us-news/igno...
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
about 2 months ago
The US Congress is set to grill a president over the Epstein files. No, not Donald Trump but Bill - and Hillary - Clinton. How’s that likely to play out? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with former federal prosecutor
@politico.com
’s Ankush Khardori
open.spotify.com/episode/4ysW...
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Epstein files: why is Trump defending the Clintons?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ysW95pQCqGolODhtdKMvh?si=GfMK2C_sREa-sK74yyRcWQ
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
2 months ago
What’s the future of ICE - and how should Democrats fight it? The latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with
@gtconway.bsky.social
a onetime Republican now running for Congress as a Democrat
open.spotify.com/episode/3gr4...
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Is Trump’s ICE dream over?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gr4RnTjwHR8A492v6lWjS
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
2 months ago
A single day in the Trump presidency can be exhausting, but what about a year? For the latest Politics Weekly America I spoke with the Atlantic’s
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
about Trump Exhaustion Syndrome - and how it helps an increasingly extreme president
open.spotify.com/episode/3pNu...
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Finding the remedy to ‘Trump exhaustion syndrome’
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pNuzi43AFRQKZe7RJPvDH?si=D-EMdBYETduf-znKv73a0w
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Danielle Stephens
Rachel Leingang
3 months ago
When ICE came onto campus at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, high school journalist Lila Dominguez wrote about it. “Being a student in Minneapolis right now can be really scary,” she said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids
Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds – their presence has jolted Minneapolis’s young people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/minneapolis-ice-raids-high-school?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Jonathan Freedland
3 months ago
Donald Trump picked a fight with America's central bank - and the bankers hit back hard. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with brilliant former White House economic adviser
@hboushey.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2FZ2...
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Is Trump regretting his battle with the Fed?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FZ2yqm1JF8d0SKaRMBHXM?si=1KRYUrpfRz-CvxYkjxP1Zg
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Danielle Stephens
Kiran Stacey
3 months ago
This is what it's like for
@johnharris1969.bsky.social
and I to try and digest Badenoch's sacking of Jenrick in real time.
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It feels like a good day to repost our Politics Weekly America episode, all about the growing tensions between Donald Trump and Fed chair, Jerome Powell.
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
spoke to
@hboushey.bsky.social
about the future of the Federal Reserve
open.spotify.com/episode/3IFe...
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How much longer can the Fed defy Trump?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IFe1gJjxNGWo3KUndRIV8
3 months ago
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
3 months ago
For the latest Politics Weekly America I'm joined by the brilliant
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
to discuss a world seemingly changing by the hour
open.spotify.com/episode/588x...
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Watch out Greenland: Trump is pro-imperialism now
https://open.spotify.com/episode/588xHrKqJewRB8I7h1GiI5?si=1caf0c61436340a6
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Danielle Stephens
The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast
3 months ago
🌳 Nottingham Forest come out on top in the relegation 'six-pointer' with West Ham. 👀 Can Coventry hold on to top spot in The Championship? 🤔 League One roundup.
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
,
@sannyr.com
@georgeelek.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqF...
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The West Ham crisis deepens and an EFL roundup | Football Weekly
YouTube video by Guardian Football Weekly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqFy1PCpKM
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Danielle Stephens
Max Rushden
3 months ago
AMORIM SPECIAL
@footballweekly.bsky.social
With
@beardedgenius.bsky.social
@brewin.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@jacksonjamie.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/aud...
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Ruben Amorim axed: what now for Manchester United? Football Weekly - podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jamie Jackson, John Brewin and Nooruddean Choudry as Ruben Amorim is sacked as Manchester United head coach
https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2026/jan/06/ruben-amorim-axed-what-now-for-manchester-united-football-weekly-podcast
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
3 months ago
Special episode of Politics Weekly America is now up
open.spotify.com/episode/4FFt...
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Spotify – Web Player
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FFtSpwhsR4L0NiM5hH3CK?si=WeGMOZ6_R_yoZacupelEew
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
4 months ago
Is it time to call it corruption? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with scholar Janine Wedel
open.spotify.com/episode/2gEC...
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Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gECC6kkXcDZscCraOsdbM?si=uv_ulcCkTo64Jt5Q_JS_Kg
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
4 months ago
Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with historian
@joestieb.bsky.social
on Trump’s rupture from Europe
open.spotify.com/episode/2eOb...
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The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eObJ8MLrAqkGPP7Tz1Tk7?si=VBt46tqYQGKkhrFFFnFdhQ
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Hi
@joestieb.bsky.social
could you give me a follow back so we can chat about a podcast recording for The Guardian tomorrow please?
4 months ago
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Danielle Stephens
The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast
4 months ago
‘It’s bad optics for Brighton.’ The Football Weekly panel discuss Tony Bloom and Brighton and Hove Albion banning The Guardian from covering the Brighton v West Ham game.
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@brewin.bsky.social
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Jonathan Freedland
4 months ago
For the latest Politics Weekly America, I talk to the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent
@tomphillips.bsky.social
asking the question: is Trump about to invade Venezuela?
open.spotify.com/episode/29Yi...
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“This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/29YitZWIarROOSgFWg49et?si=58OnxiNMQR-vWzSzWYP4mg
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Danielle Stephens
Carter Sherman
4 months ago
A first-of-its-kind Texas law takes effect today. It aims to dam the flood of abortion pills into the red state — by letting people sue one another.
@daniellestephens.bsky.social
and I went deep on the new law for a special episode of Politics Weekly America.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
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Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’? – podcast
In this special episode, the Guardian US reproductive health and justice reporter Carter Sherman speaks to people who are using, providing and protecting abortion pills and those fighting against them...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/dec/04/texas-abortion-law-bounty-hunters-lawsuits-podcast
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
4 months ago
A special episode of Politics Weekly America from my excellent colleagues
@cartersherman.bsky.social
and
@daniellestephens.bsky.social
on the rise of the “abortion bounty hunters” of Texas
open.spotify.com/episode/2gRH...
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Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gRHpd3JKiN4fqJBnZM7GD?si=nNl0hkmuQNW4vc8FZpupxA
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
4 months ago
Latest Politics Weekly America is on Erika Kirk and the rise of the Maga Mom, as Arwa Mahdawi and I discuss the Republican drive to win over women
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Maga moms, Trump babies and Erika Kirk: Republicans woo women in run-up to midterms
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1leAvQN0cOqoHQ1AUq4FCs?si=bCa26AimTdCxR6z0Wsc-9A
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
4 months ago
Donald Trump reverses himself on the Epstein files – and makes an enemy of one time devotee Marjorie Taylor Greene. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with the brilliant
@nikkimcr.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/40gP...
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Trump’s U-turn on the Epstein files and his bust-up with Marjorie Taylor Greene
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40gPuj6oNlTHxgaEGIxw0N
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Danielle Stephens
The Guardian
5 months ago
Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards
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Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards
Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in London The UK’s Society of Editors has named Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, as young journalist of the year in the national press category at this year’s Media Freedom awards. The judges said Tantesh “showed immense talent and bravery in some of the hardest conditions ever faced by a journalist, she continued to report while having to forage for food and facing the constant risk of bombing and the threat of targeted killing”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/14/gaza-correspondent-young-journalist-of-the-year-media-freedom-awards?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Jonathan Freedland
5 months ago
Earlier than usual, the latest Politics Weekly America is on Trump, Epstein and the shadow he can’t escape - featuring my esteemed colleague
@neonflag.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0jYe...
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The Epstein files are back to haunt Trump
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jYemzzat104gPi9BEMU4m?si=EjTWD_KWSAyJtDZI30hqEA
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Danielle Stephens
Max Rushden
5 months ago
VOTE
@footballweekly.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
5 months ago
Latest Politics Weekly features my excellent colleague
@rachelleingang.bsky.social
in the chair, asking my equally excellent colleague David Smith why Trump is building a gilded ballroom when Americans are going hungry
open.spotify.com/episode/47pg...
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As Americans face going hungry, Trump builds a ballroom
https://open.spotify.com/episode/47pgbKZFG2a92WquCPj38q?si=C72XvMavRyOkhcOQ7f8-aA
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Nancy Pelosi has said she will retire after decades as one of the most influential Democrats on Capitol Hill Before last year’s election,
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
sat down with the former speaker of the house to talk about her worries for America’s democracy
open.spotify.com/episode/3XDU...
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‘I said his name... I hope I don’t burn in hell’: Nancy Pelosi
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XDUyvQLJz0QY9DJmy6FYJ?si=ccqhnpC9QUeUgEvGHqBK7w
5 months ago
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Nicole Chung
5 months ago
the first what now
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Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/05/fifa-peace-prize-world-cup-draw-trump
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Jonathan Freedland
5 months ago
Earlier than usual, the latest episode of Politics Weekly America is on Mamdani’s big win in New York - and a clutch of other Democratic victories across the US. With my excellent colleague
@edpilkington.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0vAn...
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Mamdani wins in New York and takes the fight to Trump
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vAnaCWyusqN6Iws9yJ0NK?si=p0NbmZHKQS6urcS4OEmWjg
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Danielle Stephens
Jonathan Freedland
5 months ago
“China is in the driver’s seat”. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with the man who served as the top China adviser to the Biden administration, Jonathan Czin, on the relationship between Washington and Beijing - and between Trump and Xi
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Why is Trump talking about nuclear weapons?
https://spotify.link/jIFORs3CUXb
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Jonathan Freedland
5 months ago
She once served on a CIA task force, aimed at predicting civil wars around the world – and now she is alarmed by what she sees in her home country: the US. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with
@barbarafwalter.com
open.spotify.com/episode/6qrn...
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Is Trump preparing for civil war?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qrnDXOISE8lRTzAUROKRJ
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Jonathan Freedland
6 months ago
Not content with being the King of America, Donald Trump seems bent on becoming the King of the World. Latest Politics Weekly America, featuring my excellent colleague Andrew Roth
open.spotify.com/episode/4e7F...
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Donald Trump: King of the world?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4e7FpZiqupGFHsweHvufGF?si=eb9d2b13a1e94b99
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Hi
@gregsargent.bsky.social
could you follow me back so I can message you about The Guardian's Politics Weekly America podcast? Thanks
6 months ago
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Jonathan Freedland
6 months ago
Earlier than usual, Politics Weekly America on the Gaza ceasefire plan — and how much credit should go to Donald Trump. I break it down with
@julianborger.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/1p6H...
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Gaza ceasefire plan: how much credit does Trump deserve?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p6H9iRMPMzkYCIJqb7Gma?si=UgWRSILpR3O_NzF2nJFzpQ
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Danielle Stephens
6 months ago
An emergency pod today to bring you all the latest on the US government shutdown. How did we get here? Who's to blame? What happens next? Who blinks first? Questions asked by
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
and answered by
@mariannasotomayor.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/1ya8...
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US government shutdown: now what?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ya8eyCctZvtc2EB3Y6Npu?si=PtBYBuTnTIaIkm2YMdnV8A
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Nick Holmes
6 months ago
The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast is great, it's up there with More or Less for the best media science output. This latest on paracetamol, vaccines &
#autism
is superb. Madeleine Finlay, Ian Sample
@iansample.bsky.social
, & their production crew 👏👏👏
open.spotify.com/episode/5LRh...
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Fact-checking Trump’s autism announcement
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LRhDt1BjcbebemFtjWIgh?si=PebsnN0lQFieU6g-VQmGyg
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Jonathan Freedland
6 months ago
What explains the Trump administration’s obsession with autism? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with
@cartersherman.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3Ya3...
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Why is the Trump administration obsessed with autism?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ya3ODoZ8wAjCs3Ev3oEpy?si=hYA3vryNS86VJ2cAGSAqIw
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Jonathan Freedland
7 months ago
Latest Politics Weekly America is on the Trump movement's confusing attitude to free speech - I speak to
@sunraysunray.bsky.social
, president of The Nation magazine, which was denounced this week by JD Vance
open.spotify.com/episode/4RRu...
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What does Donald Trump think free speech means?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RRuxSkMecTNHdehO3LkEE?si=gCvE6CNrSmaXzz4UYTHtJA
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