Returning guest Georg Loefflmann helps Clodagh and Alex come to some understanding of how Trumpworld is impacting the real world at the moment. It's not pretty!

In this episode Clodagh and Alex talk all things populist and Trump with Professor Lane Crothers. How did populism with a Trumpian flavour emerge? And, how much 'there' is actually there?

Professors John White and Luca Trenta join Clodagh and Alex to discuss the recent one-term presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden. George H W Bush also gets a, mostly honourable, mention. Does being an unwilling one-termer necessarily make a presidency a failure?

Clodagh and Alex discuss the legacy of Bidenomics and ponder what comes next with Professor Steve Pressman. There's probably a good reason why no-one does actually talk about Trumponomics, but we ask what we can expect in terms of tariffs and tax cuts

Clodagh and Alex discuss the election outcome with Paddy Andelic and returning guest Mike Cullinane. Paddy insists it was a close run thing, but that doesn't cheer Mike up much!

It's squeaky bum time in the run up to November 5th. Clodagh and Alex are joined by Dr Josephine Harmon and Dr Richard Johnson to discuss how and why this presidential election seems so close

Clodagh and Alex welcome back Professor Andrew Rudalevige as we try to make sense of this strangest of elections. No cats, no dogs, just good honest fare

Clodagh and Alex talk with Professor John White about what the rise of Trump tells about the modern Republican Party

In this episode Clodagh and Alex talk with Luca Trenta about intelligence agencies and political assassinations. Luca has a new book out looking at the role of assassinations in US foreign policy since 1945

In this episode Clodagh and Alex talk with professor Michael Cullinane about Teddy Roosevelt. Why was he such a critical figure in American political development and what would he make of today's politics?