Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Trump Under Arrest?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
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 it could be a case of all publicity is good publicity.
We go through the potted history of the Stormy Daniels scandal, break down how it’s playing out on social media, and look at what it means for Trump’s campaign to win back the White House.
And TikTok is on trial as its CEO testifies to Congress, where the app’s security is being scrutinised. Can a platform that popular really be banned?
HOSTS:
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
• Katty Kay, US special correspondent
• Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
• Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUEST:
• Bryan Lanza, former Donald Trump communications director
GET IN TOUCH:
• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
• Email [email protected]
• Or use #Americast
Find out more about our award-winning "undercover voters" here: bbc.in/3lFddSF.
This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Rufus Gray and Aiden Johnson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
View all episodes
By BBC News
3.9
406406 ratings
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 it could be a case of all publicity is good publicity.
We go through the potted history of the Stormy Daniels scandal, break down how it’s playing out on social media, and look at what it means for Trump’s campaign to win back the White House.
And TikTok is on trial as its CEO testifies to Congress, where the app’s security is being scrutinised. Can a platform that popular really be banned?
HOSTS:
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
• Katty Kay, US special correspondent
• Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
• Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUEST:
• Bryan Lanza, former Donald Trump communications director
GET IN TOUCH:
• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
• Email [email protected]
• Or use #Americast
Find out more about our award-winning "undercover voters" here: bbc.in/3lFddSF.
This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Rufus Gray and Aiden Johnson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
More shows like Americast
View all
Global News Podcast
7,714 Listeners
Business Daily
518 Listeners
Newshour
1,070 Listeners
World Business Report
290 Listeners
In Our Time
5,537 Listeners
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
2,094 Listeners
The Life Scientific
233 Listeners
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
110 Listeners
Newscast
690 Listeners
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
365 Listeners
Have You Heard George's Podcast?
234 Listeners
Elis James and John Robins
319 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,170 Listeners
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
24 Listeners
Sport's Strangest Crimes
65 Listeners
Uncanny
821 Listeners
Ukrainecast
371 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics
3,406 Listeners
Politics Weekly America
196 Listeners
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley
524 Listeners
The News Agents
1,175 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
751 Listeners
Believe in Magic
640 Listeners
The News Agents - USA
397 Listeners
The Rest Is Money
193 Listeners
The Global Story
387 Listeners
Miss Me?
235 Listeners
Electoral Dysfunction
131 Listeners
Political Currency
139 Listeners
Radical with Amol Rajan
39 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics: US
2,330 Listeners
The History Podcast
57 Listeners
Rory Stewart: The Long History of...
79 Listeners
The Rest Is Classified
1,101 Listeners
The History Bureau
71 Listeners