S02-EP10 Jim Naughtie with his tales from the primary campaign trail
Is this the wildest election in recent US history? We ask former Today programme presenter James Naughtie, who has covered every American presidential election for the BBC since 1988, how it's been f...
24 Mar 201655min
S02-EP09 Leading US polling analyst Sean Trende on what Trumpism really means for American democracy.
How violent is US politics going to get? The panel talks historical parallels with 1968 and what might happen at a contested convention in Cleveland. Our special guest is Sean Trende from realclearp...
17 Mar 201652min
S02-EP08 Jeremy Cliffe of the Economist on Brexit, the future of the UK and the fate of David Cameron.
Is Donald Trump or Ted Cruz the real ideologue? What would Brexit mean for the future of the UK? And why is Cambridge so different from Peterborough? We talk the EU referendum with Jeremy Cliffe, w...
10 Mar 201656min
S02-EP07 Xenia Wickett on America's place in the world and what the world makes of this extraordinary election.
Did Super Tuesday settle the nominations? This week we explore where the races now stand and have another go at decoding the appeal of Donald Trump, with some help from our friends in the Brooklyn na...
3 Mar 201656min
S02-EP06 David McWilliams on Ireland, talking bail-outs and the blame game.
This week we are talking about three elections and a referendum. We go back to Uganda to catch up on the election results there, and back to the US to try to wrap our heads around Donald Trump's rece...
25 Feb 201656min
S02-EP05 - Gary Gerstle on police power and paranoia in US politics, plus we talk Uganda.
This week we talk about two presidential elections - Uganda, where the long-standing incumbent faces a new kind of challenge, and the US, where the primary season keeps throwing up surprises. Our spe...
18 Feb 201656min
S02-EP04 - Athene Donald on women in science, scientists in politics and why Britain needs to stay in Europe.
This week we have instant reaction to the results from New Hampshire, plus we start to talk seriously about whether Britain might vote to leave the EU. Our guest is Dame Athene Donald, scientist and ...
11 Feb 201644min
S02-EP03 - Bill Janeway on Silicon Valley, inequality and presidential politics in the age of Google.
This week we look back on what happened in Iowa and ask whether the Sanders campaign can really be compared to Corbynmania, with a little help from our friends in the Brooklyn Nailbar. And what is a p...
4 Feb 201654min
