Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics

When it comes to the type of content posted on social media, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that Congress needs to act. But the bipartisan accord doesn't extend much farther than that. Democratic politicians want more content moderation, and Republican politicians want less content moderation. Roifield speaks to Adam Kovacevich of the Chamber of Progress about how our attitudes are evo...

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This week we dispense with a normal mid-Atlantic format by looking at the last week in world news. Roifield speaks to a number of speakers from around the globe about politics in their own countries. Topics discussed are the UK economic crisis under the premiership of Liz, Truss, the January 6th hearings, the future of Donald Trump, and the historic agreement between Israel and Lebanon. We look at...

Roifield thinks aloud about the next 10 years for the UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The midterms traditionally mean disaster for the president's party. However, things may be different this year, so we ask why the electoral hopes for the Dems are so high with the economy reeling from high inflation and uncertainty about whether the country will slip into recession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascent of King Charles III to the throne comes as several Commonwealth nations are re-evaluating their relationship to the British monarchy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we speak to Chuck Holton an American war correspondent about to head back to Ukraine, about the recent Ukrainian army advances around Kharkiv and why the Russian army has been left reeling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roifield speaks to economist Wook Lee about the economic fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for Russia, Ukraine and the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mikhail Gorbachev was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. Professor Iwan Morgan and Roifield talk about his life and the times and the period when Gorby mania gripped the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Errol Murray is a Journalism Lecturer/Social Media Trainer who works for the BBC. In 2019 he was sent by the BBC to help train Ukrainian journalists in new media techniques. This is an intimate and reflective look at his time there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Commonwealth originated from the British Empire. The Commonwealth started in 1926. This is when it changed from the British Empire to the Commonwealth. Around one-third of the world is in the Commonwealth, 2.5 billion people.  The modern Commonwealth was formed on 26 April 1949 when the leaders of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United King...

Today I'm joined by Paul Duddridge a conservative voice on TalkTV, BBC and ITV he is a Writer and Director who is also the Host of ‘The Politics People podcast. As the prospective leaders for the Conservative party embark on their third round of voting we try and understand just who stands for exactly what and who has the best chance of becoming the next PM of the UK. Rishi Sunak has topped the fi...

Today I'm joined by Kartik Raj of Human Rights Watch to discuss the deaths of at least 23 African men at the Melilla-Morocco border on June 24, 2022. The deaths occurred during an attempt by as many as 2,000 people to enter Spain by climbing the high chain-link fences surrounding Melilla, one of two Spanish enclaves in North Africa. An independent, impartial investigation should identify the cause...

Boris Johnson clings on to power amid a cabinet standoff and 42 resignations. Despite interventions from ministers including, Gove, Shapps and Patel and with the fat lady warming up to sing, he insists he won't step down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I'm joined by Amy Everit The President of Golden State Opportunity and the ex-State Director of NARAL Pro-Choice America, Steve Krone constitutional law expert and ex-Supreme Court staffer, Mark Pinsley Democratic party candidate for State Senate in Pensilyviania and political activist Andrea Soccorso from New york. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During the first part of the pandemic, San Francisco County lost more than one in 20 residents San Francisco now has the fewest children per capita of any large American city, and a $117,400 salary counts as low-income for a family of four. I’d gotten used to the crime, rarely violent but often brazen; to leaving the car empty and the doors unlocked so thieves would at least quit breaking my windo...

Did the prime minister survive a vote on his premiership this week because the potential leadership contenders held off welding the fatal blow to his leadership? We are joined by Paul Duddridge, Mike Holden, Shannon Maybury, Nabanita Sircar and Pyotr Kurzan on this week's episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are joined by professor Karolina Wigura, Michael Donahue, Greg Satell, Ben Mendelson and Dr Dan as we look at the Russian advances in the east of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roifield speaks to Prof. Gary Gerstle about the last 40 years that chart the fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War and their pivotal place in American and world history. They discuss how neoliberalism originated as much on the Left (the New Left) as on the right, among individuals such as Paul Goodman, Stewart Brand and Steve Jobs who were seeking ways to emancipate the self in an increasi...

In a week when a US federal mask mandate was struck down on public transport, we ask how many lives does the British prime minister have? Today we are joined by Pyotr Kurzin geopolitical expert from Washington DC and the host of the global gambit podcast, Greg Satell award-winning author and businessman who lived in Kyiv for over 10 years and Steve O'Neil who was deputy head of policy for the Libe...

Today I’m joined by Chuck Holton an American war correspondent. Holton is currently a War Correspondent for Newsmax and is embedded in Ukraine following the war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Le Pen, the far-right candidate for the French presidency, offered a worldview reminiscent of the Trump presidency, forget Brexit, here comes Marine Le Pen! Russia warns of nuclear weapons in Baltic if Sweden and Finland join Nato Elon Musk Tech entrepreneur offers to buy Twitter for $41.4bn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the Supreme Court, with President Biden calling her "one of the nation's brightest legal minds". Ms Jackson, 51, will be the first black woman to serve in the court's 233-year history and only the third African American, replacing liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires at the end of the court's term in June. She has two degree...

Today I’m joined by Emily Channell-Justice the Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University to discuss part two of our discourse about how peace could be formed in Ukraine. In this section, we look at how the conflict will change the domestic and foreign policy of the US, UK and other countries around the world. Hosted on Acast. See a...

If the war ends in the next two weeks could we have a peace agreement? What if the Russians cease operations as the Ukrainians are making small gains. Can Russia Keep Crimea and Donetsk and Ukraine have enforceable security guarantees from the West, could that bring peace? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.