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

Today we are joined by the happy curmudgeon that is the New Statesman's Jonn Elledge somewhere in London and by Salon's political editor Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn, New York. In a week that has seen Theresa May strike trade deals with Malawi to replace our membership of the EU, we ask was John McCain the saint the press would have us believe? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich, England and by that sensible man of the left who likes good wine Doug Levy in San Francisco California. In a week that has seen Another warning bell for Republicans In the shape of the closeness of the special election in Ohio we ask who will ever drain Washington’s swamp. Boris Johnson has an appeal to white working...

Today we are joined by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of The Left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York and in Burnley sometimes called the renaissance capital of Lancashire with have Donald Trump’s favourite tweeter Mike Holden. In a week that has seen the 40th birthday of the world's first test tube baby we ask is Donald Trump a double agent? President Donald Trump...

Imagine it's 1754. The British had developed thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard of the American continent. Meanwhile, the French had quietly colonized a strip down the center, with a line of settlements along the Mississippi River. This threw the American colonies in the middle of a global power struggle between England and France that eventually led to a revolution. Hosted on Acast. See...

In a week that has seen a France beat Croatia 4-2 to become champions of the globe, we ask has this World Cup been Putin’s biggest triumph? There were fears that world cup would be racked by hooliganism and racism, and an instead travellers to Russia in 2018 were confronted by smiles, streets parties and have learnt to not define a people by its politicians. Tim Could this world cup be as effectiv...

Today we are joined by that most gentle of journalists, that sensitive soul in Norwich Mic Wright and we call onto the field of battle our super sub pundit Doug Levy in San Fransisco! In a week that has seen England lose yet another semi final we ask, why is Donald Trump over here upsetting us all?   Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for a four-day visit which will feature talks with our emb...

Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich and by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of the left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York In a week that has seen a California woman threaten to call police on an eight-year-old black girl for selling water we ask is it right to refuse to serve a politician in public? Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Today we are joined by heavyweight pundits Amanda Marcotte of Salon in New York and Mic Wright in Norwich in England. In a week that will see the world go to war over football we ask just what does the UK governments victory yesterday mean for Brexit? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m joined by our foreign correspondent, the man with passport that has been stamped more times that Henry Kissinger's, Tim Marshall. Tim was IRN’s Paris correspondent, he has worked for the BBC and Sky News. Reporting from Europe, the USA and Asia, Tim became Middle East Correspondent based in Jerusalem. His latest book is ‘Worth Dying For. The Power and Politics of Flags’. In a week that h...

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn and Alice Thwate in Oxford of the Echo Chamber. In a week that has seen Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko come back from the dead, we ask what is going on in Roseanne Barr's head? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a week that has seen Meghan Markle inject a little colour on a royal pageantry we ask what is the Intellectual dark web? Last week saw the mainstream web, the place where liberals with a small "l" hang out, gnash their collective teeth over an article by Bari Weiss of the New York Times, the article was a coming of age for many thinkers who see themselves as persecuted for speaking the truth. T...

Racial diversity is one of many facets that separates England from the other parts of the United Kingdom. While the UK’s White population totals over 55,010,359 or 87.1% according the 2011 census, just under 13% or over 7.5 million are non white. Over 90% of all British ethnic minorities live in England and most of them can be found in its cities of Birmingham, London, Leicester, Luton, Manchester...

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte Salon's Senior Political Reporter in New York and by Alice Thwaite editor of the Echo Chamber in Oxford. In a week that has seen the leaders of the two Koreas declare an end to nuclear weapons on the peninsula we ask, what does the Windrush scandal say about Britain in 2018? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are joined by Salon’s Senior Political Reporter Amanda Marcotte to examine her new book Troll Nation, how Trump, a man with peake, and resentment won the highest office in the land. She has covered the American right for years its a slice of America she knows well but grew up in a conservative Texan household with Fox News and Rush Limbaugh-loving parents, we ask why did she leave her peo...

Today I’m joined by the always funny liberal Redneck Cory Forrester in Chickamauga Georgia, to give us his take on the last week in American politics. In a week that has been the president involved in a scandal with a porn star of which pornography is the least disgusting thing about it, we document the new normal that is American politics. 22.1 million  Americans watched Sunday night’s “60 M...

Facebook exposed data on 50 million Facebook users to a researcher who worked at Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign and a similar number of facebook users in the UK. Did Cambridge Analytica help swing the last US election and the vote Leave campaign in the UK? Why are we more worried about being manipulated politically but not our consumer habits, isn't Facebook just a bunch...

Today we are joined by Jorno Mic Wright in somewhere in Gonzo’s Tea Room in Norwich and by author and man of travel Chris Kurtana in the land of Highbury and Islington. In a week that has seen a porn star sue the president of the United States and Italy lurches to populism, we ask will parliament or a second referendum save us from Brexit? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Can we look to the Renaissance to understand the political turmoil of today and if so, who are the Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and Savonarola of today? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three of the deadliest mass shootings in US modern history have occurred in the last five months. David Hogg, survivor of Florida school shooting: "This is the 18th one this year. That’s unacceptable. We're children. You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m joined by Tim Marshall in London, editor of thewhatandthewhy.com to do our monthly look at World politics away from the special relationship. In the last week, t ens of thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets in a protest about the dispute over the name of the republic to the North. Many Greeks object to the country calling itself Macedonia, saying it implies a territorial claim on Greec...

Polls conducted  before  the European referendum – and indeed some  conducted afterwards  – indicated that ethnic minority voters were more likely to vote Remain. However, there is data to suggest that the strength of euroscepticism within the British South Asian population was perhaps stronger than previously anticipated. A number of areas with large South Asian populations de...

Today I'm joined by Tim Marshall in London, editor of thewhatandthewhy.com to do our monthly look at world politics away from the special relationship’. Trump and his Shithole view of the world and is Maduro a democratic authoritarian, who has used a referendum to expand the powers of his presidency, imprisoned political prisoners, attacked the judiciary branch of his government, and restricted th...

Today we are joined by Vlogger, Nathaniel Wayne in Vermont to discuss Gender Fluidity and as the State of Vermont considers a 3rd gender option on driver's licenses. Starting January 27, the ability to identify as male, female or X on birth certificates. The policy lets Washingtonians change existing documents; The rule, announced by the state Department of Health , defines X as the following: A g...

Today we are joined by Doug Levy, communications expert and wine connoisseur in The North Bay and by Mic Wright the technology, music and popular culture journalist in Norwich. In a week that has seen Theresa May try and assert her authority over the Tory government through her cabinet reshuffle. We take a look at one of the most extraordinary weeks in American politics. After Oprah's barnstorming...

Zuma and Ramaphosa battle over SA’s future Jacob Zuma, South Africa's scandal-hit president, may not see out his second term now that the African National Congress party has elected his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa its leader, is time up for Zuma? Poland judiciary reforms: EU takes disciplinary measures While Brits are focused on Brexit, The European Union has launched unprecedented disciplinary measure...