Understanding the United States
The first European-based podcast dedicated to understanding the United States, staking out a new space in the media ecosystem
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Latest Episodes
- Plague, disaster, and scandalIt often seemed over the last four years that with so much media attention focused on Donald Trump’s daily outrages, there was little oxygen left for more normal types of political scandal. But the coronavirus and the monster winter stormContinue reading “Plague, disaster, and scandal”
- American exceptionalismAmericans have always liked to believe that their country is special – or, as the phrase goes, exceptional. And as a consequence of believing that their country is exceptional, many Americans have also believed that it has a uniquely uplifting andContinue reading “American exceptionalism”
- Biden’s agendaInsurrections be damned, Joe Biden is now the president of the United States. In this episode we take a look at the three big policy issues he is moving on early – immigration, the environment, and the economy. We dissectContinue reading “Biden’s agenda”
Meet your host
America Explained is hosted by Andy Gawthorpe, a historian and political commentator. British by birth, Dutch by residence, and American-in-waiting by marriage, Andy teaches and researches the United States at Leiden University. He also writes frequently about American politics, foreign policy & culture for U.S. and international media, particularly Guardian U.S. In the past, he’s been a research fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, a civil servant in the Cabinet Office, and an instructor at a British military academy.
- Guardian US contributor
- Historian of United States
- Proffesor at Leiden University
- Next book on Trump and American Democracy
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