Mid-atlantic - Conversations About Us, Uk And World Politics

Today we are joined by writer and foodie Doug Levy in San Fransisco and by the voice of the north Mike Holden in Preston, England.In a week that has seen The British PM cling on to office by her fingertips we question why immigration is so important a topic on both sides of the Atlantic.Fear of immigrants and Immigration was the not so secret sauce that led to Trump's Presidential victory and that made the UK vote to leave the EU in 2016. The outgoing Republican Congress largely supports Trump’s restrictionist rhetoric on immigration. Apparently, Republicans are favouring their base over business.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by my favourite senior political editor at Salon, Amanda Marcotte in New York and by writer Alice Twaite in Kent in England. On the day that Theresa May is fighting to convince her cabinet that her Brexit deal is the best one for Britain, we ask after the midterms just who will run to be the Democratic nominee for 2020?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week that has seen Lewis Hamilton win yet another F1 world championship, we ask what is the world coming to when the president of the United States can call himself a nationalist?Last week, Trump declared himself a "nationalist" at a campaign rally in Houston. "You know, they have a word. It sort of became old-fashioned. It's called a 'nationalist.' "You know what I am? I'm a nationalist, OK? I'm a nationalist." What does that mean in 2018?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nicki Arnold-Swindle talks to Roifield about running for the 36th Alabama state district. Nicki talks about healthcare, defunding public schools and the working class voting against their own economic interests in the deep south. Donate to her campaign here http://www.votenicki.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NOBODY HATES TRUMP MORE THAN TRUMP: AN INTERVENTION is perhaps the only genuinely original thing you have read yet about Donald Trump. It can be read in a variety of ways: as a psychological investigation of Trump, as a philosophical meditation on the relationship between language and power, as a satirical compilation of the “collected wit and wisdom of Donald Trump,” and above all as a dagger into the rhetoric of American political discourse. https://thoughtcatalog.com/book/nobody-hates-trump-more-than-trump/Listen to David Shields and I talk about his new book, where we start by discussing Marshawn Lynch.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by the eloquent Brexit naysayer Femi Oluwole and liberal US sage Doug LeviIn a week that has seen the man-boy that is the president of the United States call a woman a horse face, we ask where is the moral leadership at the heart of the US administration?“I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump said isn't that right Saudi Arabia should be guilty before proven innocent?"Intensive work" is needed to overcome differences on the Irish border and reach a Brexit deal, Theresa May says as she heads to Europe, what are her avenues for manoeuvre tonight as she dines with EU heads?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich. As rape allegations surface against Ronaldo we look at the man who was once part of 100 Kegs or Bust fraternity and his attempt to became one of the most powerful men in America and the whirlwind of allegations against him.With Trump mocking Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally as supporters cheer and Republican Jeff Flake calling Trump’s speech ‘appalling’ while Ford’s lawyer condemns ‘vicious, vile and soulless attack’, how should men react to the enormity and pervasiveness of sexual violence and misconduct, where women are now speaking out?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When the history books are written about Britain in the early 21st century this will be the period where the raw soul of the country will be remarked upon. We have always been able to hide behind a Whiggish view of history that progress was and is inevitable and that we are an ordered and people. Brexit has but a lie to that fallacy.The idea of this show was to look at the Irish perspective of Brexit with podcaster William Campbell along with the issue if the Irish border but we veered off into the weeds looking at how Britain trying to cleve itself from Europe makes little and no sense economically looking at the practicalities for industry. At the EU summit in Salzburg last Thursday British PM was ambushed by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the EU council president, Donald Tusk, who embarrassed the prime minister by declaring that the Chequers plan would not work, its just another reason why Brexit is unworkable.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Venezuela Teetering on the BrinkAccording to the United Nations, approximately 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled their country over the last several years.Extreme shortages of food and medicine, coupled with hyper-inflation that could approach one million percent, are pushing Venezuelans to flee to neighbouring Ecuador, Colombia, and elsewhere.There are no real prospects for positive change in the foreseeable future, with the Maduro government beginning its second term by simply blaming the U.S. and Europe for the country’s problems.The South China Sea and China's island building“U.S. military aircraft, you have violated our China sovereignty and infringed on our security and our rights. You need to leave immediately and keep far out.”  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by Alice Twaite of the Echo Chamber club in Kent and Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn New York. In a week that has seen the Austrian EU Presidency propose a special Brexit Summit in November, we ask just what does the Kavanaugh’s me too movement say about sexual politics and power in America today?Kavanaugh’s Supreme court confirmation, seemed certain, was cast in doubt after Dr Christine Blasey Ford said in an interview published Sunday by The Washington Post that a drunken Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes at a party when they were teenagers. Ford said Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin, and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich.In a week that has seen the release of Bob Woodward's book 'Fear' on the Trump White House, we look at two feuds either side of the Atlantic?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by the happy curmudgeon that is the New Statesman's Jonn Elledge somewhere in London and by Salon's political editor Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn, New York.In a week that has seen Theresa May strike trade deals with Malawi to replace our membership of the EU, we ask was John McCain the saint the press would have us believe?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich, England and by that sensible man of the left who likes good wine Doug Levy in San Francisco California.In a week that has seen Another warning bell for Republicans In the shape of the closeness of the special election in Ohio we ask who will ever drain Washington’s swamp.Boris Johnson has an appeal to white working class voters, who are traditional Labour voters but who backed Brexit, so his cozying up to right wing populist Steve Bannon makes sense doesn't it?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of The Left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York and in Burnley sometimes called the renaissance capital of Lancashire with have Donald Trump’s favourite tweeter Mike Holden.In a week that has seen the 40th birthday of the world's first test tube baby we ask is Donald Trump a double agent?President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that he was "very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election."Instead of benefiting him and the Republicans as Russia did in 2016, Trump claimed with no evidence, that Russia "will be pushing very hard for the Democrats" because, Trump said, "no President has been tougher on Russia than me." Amanda why is that statement utter hogwash?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Imagine it's 1754. The British had developed thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard of the American continent. Meanwhile, the French had quietly colonized a strip down the center, with a line of settlements along the Mississippi River.This threw the American colonies in the middle of a global power struggle between England and France that eventually led to a revolution.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week that has seen a France beat Croatia 4-2 to become champions of the globe, we ask has this World Cup been Putin’s biggest triumph?There were fears that world cup would be racked by hooliganism and racism, and an instead travellers to Russia in 2018 were confronted by smiles, streets parties and have learnt to not define a people by its politicians. Tim Could this world cup be as effective way of disrupting our perceptions of Russia as the GUR’s campaign to disrupt the 2016 US election?1 Relations with NATO and its member nations2 Tensions in other European countries and relations with the former Soviet bloc4 Relations with Middle Eastern and Syria5 Relations with post-Soviet states5.1Intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea6.1 Georgia and the Caucasus6.2 Moldova6.3 Baltic states and Scandinavia7 Gas pipeline deal with Germany  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by that most gentle of journalists, that sensitive soul in Norwich Mic Wright and we call onto the field of battle our super sub pundit Doug Levy in San Fransisco!In a week that has seen England lose yet another semi final we ask, why is Donald Trump over here upsetting us all? Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for a four-day visit which will feature talks with our embattled PM Theresa May, crumpets with the Queen and a giant Trump baby blimp being flown over Westminster. How will we judge if the many protests to mark his visit have had an impact?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich and by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of the left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New YorkIn a week that has seen a California woman threaten to call police on an eight-year-old black girl for selling water we ask is it right to refuse to serve a politician in public?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by heavyweight pundits Amanda Marcotte of Salon in New York and Mic Wright in Norwich in England. In a week that will see the world go to war over football we ask just what does the UK governments victory yesterday mean for Brexit?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by our foreign correspondent, the man with passport that has been stamped more times that Henry Kissinger's, Tim Marshall. Tim was IRN’s Paris correspondent, he has worked for the BBC and Sky News. Reporting from Europe, the USA and Asia, Tim became Middle East Correspondent based in Jerusalem. His latest book is ‘Worth Dying For. The Power and Politics of Flags’. In a week that has the Trump summit with Northern Korean leader Kim Jong Un be called off, then be called back on again, we ask what does Italy’s new populist government mean for Italy and the its relationship with the EU?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.