Americano

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Americano episodes

  • What is the point of the January 6th committee?
    Freddy Gray talks to journalists Jacob Heilbrunn, the editor of The National Interest, and John Daniel Davidson, senior editor of The Federalist, about the beginning of public hearings at the House Select Committee into the events of January 6th 2021.

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    30 min
  • Why are there so many mass shootings?
    Freddy Gray speaks to award-winning author and Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver about mass shootings and gun culture in the United States, in the wake of the tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.  

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    41 min
  • Is Kissinger right about Ukraine?
    Freddy Gray speaks to Sergey Radchenko a Cold War historian and Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and visiting professor at Cardiff University. They discuss a recent speech by Henry Kissinger who believes that Ukraine should made territorial concessions to Russia – is he right?

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    32 min
  • What do the Pennsylvania primaries mean for Donald Trump?
    Freddy Gray speaks to the Republican strategist Luke Thompson, discussing the nail-biting race between Pennsylvania's candidates for the US Senate, featuring Trump-backed candidate Dr. Oz. 

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    23 min
  • How bad could 'Biden-flation' get?
    Though inflation has recently gone down a little in the States, it is still at a 40-year high. Inflation is an issue affecting most of the world due to several external factors, but many critics of Biden say that his policies are worsening this crisis rather than fixing it. Is that the case?
    Freddy Gray sits down with The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews to discuss what this cost of living crisis will mean for the future of the Biden administration. 

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    14 min
  • What happens if Roe vs Wade is overturned?
    Freddy Gray talks to Inez Stepman, of the Independent Women's Forum, about the leaked Supreme Court draft decision which could see to the historic Roe vs Wade judgement overturned.

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    19 min
  • What is the new right?
    Freddy Gray talks to the journalist James Pogue about his latest piece for Vanity Fair magazine, in which he details the key figures and thinking behind the 'new right'. Pogue is the contributing editor at Harper's Magazine and author of 'Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West'. 

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    35 min
  • Could Elon Musk save Twitter?
    Freddy Gray speaks to Kat Rosenfield, the author and UnHerd columnist, about Elon Musk's proposal to buy a controlling stake in the social media giant.

    Rosenfield's latest book, No One Will Miss Her, is published by HarperCollins and is available to buy now. 

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    22 min
  • Will Donald Trump be back in the White House in 2025?
    A recent poll showed that if a general election was to be held today between Trump and Biden, the 45th President would be successful in winning back the White House. But what is it, in just over a year, that has led to such a flip? Freddy talks with Trump spokesman Liz Harrington on Trump's popularity, the possibility of him running in 2024 and the lingering anger felt by many Americans over the 2020 election. 

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    34 min
  • Can the West end the Ukraine war?
    The Spectator's contributing editor Paul Wood interviews Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution, who also served as a director within President Trump's national security council, where her brief focused on Europe and Russia. This conversation was a joint production with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

    Founded in 1991, IWPR is a non-profit organisation that works with independent media and civil society to promote positive change in 30 countries around the world. IWPR has been working with media and civil society in Ukraine since 2016 and has local staff in Kyiv, Lviv, and Bila Tserkva, as well as contacts at more than 50 local media and civil society organisations. IWPR’s Executive Director, Anthony Borden, has himself been leading coordination efforts in Ukraine and the organisation is currently supporting local journalists through the Ukraine Voices initiative.

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    46 min

About Americano

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The next chapter in American politics has begun, but is it going to be any less crazy? The Spectator's Americano podcast delivers in-depth discussions with the best American pundits to keep you in the loop. Presented by Freddy Gray.