Americast
A podcast by BBC Radio
308 Episodes
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Biden under investigation
Published: 13/01/2023 -
Chaos at the Heart of US Government
Published: 5/01/2023 -
Is Elon Musk Curing Twitter?
Published: 14/12/2022 -
Dr Anthony Fauci Talks: Covid, China and Online Misinformation
Published: 8/12/2022 -
The Growing Legalisation of Marijuana in the US
Published: 1/12/2022 -
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
Published: 23/11/2022 -
Donald Trump launches White House bid
Published: 16/11/2022 -
Trump v DeSantis
Published: 10/11/2022 -
Everything we know about the midterms (part two)
Published: 9/11/2022 -
Everything we know about the midterms (part one)
Published: 9/11/2022 -
A history of US political violence
Published: 3/11/2022 -
How crime is shaping the US elections
Published: 28/10/2022 -
The US election deniers running for office
Published: 20/10/2022 -
Alex Jones: The billion dollar conspiracy theorist
Published: 13/10/2022 -
How social media changed America
Published: 5/10/2022 -
Kiss My Midterms
Published: 28/09/2022 -
Trump's heir apparent?
Published: 21/09/2022 -
America and the Queen
Published: 14/09/2022 -
Erin Brockovich
Published: 7/09/2022 -
Mar-a-Legal Trouble
Published: 31/08/2022
Americast is the authoritative US news and politics podcast from the BBC. Each week we provide audiences with the best analysis from across the BBC, with on-the-ground observations and big picture insights about the stories which are defining America right now. The podcast is hosted by trusted BBC journalists including the BBC’s North America editor, Sarah Smith, BBC Radio 4 presenter, Justin Webb, the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, and BBC North America correspondent, Anthony Zurcher. As well as political analysis, we also specialise in social media. Each week Marianna Spring brings listeners the latest updates from the BBC’s Undercover Voters, our award-winning investigation into the content that is recommended to US voters on social media. The team is also joined by special guests each week, like CNN anchor, Christiane Amanpour, Emmy Award-winning TV host, Rachel Maddow, and Succession actress, J Smith-Cameron. Podcasts are published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. As well as being a podcast, we are also available every Friday night on BBC Radio 4 and every weekend on the BBC News Channel. Every Monday we answer your questions on Americanswers, with some help from special guests, including Miles Taylor, who was chief of staff at the Department for Homeland Security during the Trump presidency before becoming a whistleblower.Got a question or a comment? Get in touch with us on email at [email protected] or WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480. By the way, you can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say ‘”Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers.See ya’ll later…