Episodes

  • The ‘experts’ who enabled RFK Jr’s rise

    The ‘experts’ who enabled RFK Jr’s rise
    Nov 21 2024
    The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be secretary of health and human services in the second Trump administration has horrified ‘experts’. A left-wing Democrat who admires the late Venezuelan Marxist dictator Hugo Chavez, hates big business, rails against the ultra-processed food that Donald Trump likes to eat and wants climate sceptics jailed.

    But in the magazine this week Matt Ridley explains how the experts who now bash him have contributed in putting him where is, and that official Covid misinformation has contributed to his rise. So what could he do in office? Will he release these Covid files? Matt joins Freddy to discuss.
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    22 mins
  • What is Trump 2.0 going to do with the world?

    What is Trump 2.0 going to do with the world?
    Nov 18 2024
    Freddy Gray sits down with Jacob Heilbrunn, a longstanding friend of Americano to discuss Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to send long range missiles into Russia, how significant this decision is ahead of an incoming Trump administration, and what the rest of foreign policy could look like with Trump.
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    26 mins
  • Is Trump making America Florida?

    Is Trump making America Florida?
    Nov 15 2024
    Freddy Gray is joined by political operator and consultant Roger Stone, a Floridian, to discuss Trump’s cabinet appointees. Susie Wiles, Marco Rubio, Matt Gaetz are all part of Trump’s new team – what’s behind Florida's growing influence within the Republican Party?
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    31 mins
  • Will Elon Musk Make America Great Again?

    Will Elon Musk Make America Great Again?
    Nov 14 2024
    As Donald Trump selects his new cabinet, Elon Musk has been chosen to head up the new efficiency department. Douglas Murray, Spectator columnist, joins Americano host Freddy Gray to discuss. How will their relationship shape Trump’s presidency? What will Musk’s ownership of X, formerly Twitter, mean for free speech? And will their newfound friendship last the stretch of Donald Trump’s second term?
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    27 mins
  • Can Donald Trump deliver on his pledge to fix the border?

    Can Donald Trump deliver on his pledge to fix the border?
    Nov 13 2024
    Freddy Gray is joined by Todd Bensman, journalist and fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. They discuss the border crisis that Trump will inherit from the Democrats, and whether he can do anything to solve it.
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    23 mins
  • Can Trump really end the war in Ukraine?

    Can Trump really end the war in Ukraine?
    Nov 12 2024
    Freddy Gray speaks to the Spectator's Russia editor Owen Matthews about Trump's plan for Ukraine. How much leverage does he have in negotiations with Putin? Plus, what does a Trump presidency mean for the future of NATO itself?
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    31 mins
  • Will Trump make good on his election promises?

    Will Trump make good on his election promises?
    Nov 8 2024
    Kate Andrews, standing in for Freddy Gray is joined by Nick Gillespie, host of The Reason Interview and Freddy Gray himself. They discuss whether Trump 2.0 could be different in his final time in office. Will he 'drain the swamp'? And will the Democrats learn the lessons from their election loss?
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    32 mins
  • Are we about to see Trump unleashed?

    Are we about to see Trump unleashed?
    Nov 7 2024
    Kamala Harris has delivered her concession speech, signalling the start of the Democrat post-mortem. Donald Trump has secured a total victory, the kind which gives him a mandate to make some pretty radical reforms. Americano guest host Kate Andrews is joined by Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of The National Interest, to discuss what a second Trump term will look like: from domestic to foreign policy. And what about the Democrats? Where do they go from here?
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    32 mins