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As the first European-based podcast dedicated to understanding the United States, we are staking out a new space in the media ecosystem. America Explained is new. It will evolve. But its guiding principles will always be: truth, not lies; informed, but not insular; topical, but not a slave to the news cycle. Read more about our vision.
Hosted by the historian and political commentator Andy Gawthorpe, each fortnightly episode features analysis and interviews which help you understand a key issue in a way the regular news cycle never will. And if something really big happens in-between, we’ll drop a bonus episode to keep you up to date.
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LATEST EPISODES…
Why America really fears China
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Nowadays we’re used to the idea that antagonism exists between the West and China, but we don’t often pause to consider that this antagonism long predates China’s rising economic and military power. Our guest today, Professor Jeffrey Crean from Tyler Junior College in Texas,…
101. American politics is so depressing
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** In this special 100th episode of America Explained, Andy zooms out to look at what happened in the four years since the podcast launched to bring us back to this moment – one in which Donald Trump could once again become president of the…
Will Ukraine get its military aid?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** In this episode, Andy is joined by Martijn to talk about the hold-up in getting aid for Ukraine through the House of Representatives. How is it that Speaker Mike Johnson can single-handedly hold up this aid? And will Ukraine eventually get it? Credits Host…
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