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

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn and Alice Thwate in Oxford of the Echo Chamber. In a week that has seen Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko come back from the dead, we ask what is going on in Roseanne Barr's head?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week that has seen Meghan Markle inject a little colour on a royal pageantry we ask what is the Intellectual dark web?Last week saw the mainstream web, the place where liberals with a small "l" hang out, gnash their collective teeth over an article by Bari Weiss of the New York Times, the article was a coming of age for many thinkers who see themselves as persecuted for speaking the truth. They claim that freedom of speech is being denied them by an intellectual straightjacket that is imposed mainly by the left.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Racial diversity is one of many facets that separates England from the other parts of the United Kingdom. While the UK’s White population totals over 55,010,359 or 87.1% according the 2011 census, just under 13% or over 7.5 million are non white. Over 90% of all British ethnic minorities live in England and most of them can be found in its cities of Birmingham, London, Leicester, Luton, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Bradford, Coventry and Watford. It’s the arrival of the first mass wave of non white immigrants in 1948 on the Empire Windrush, that really started modern England, a country comfortable enough to say its favourite food is curry and where “Jafacian” is could displace cockney as the dialect of the capitol’s kids. This episode is broadly about that viewed through the prism of one aspect of English culture, Ska.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte Salon's Senior Political Reporter in New York and by Alice Thwaite editor of the Echo Chamber in Oxford. In a week that has seen the leaders of the two Koreas declare an end to nuclear weapons on the peninsula we ask, what does the Windrush scandal say about Britain in 2018?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Salon’s Senior Political Reporter Amanda Marcotte to examine her new book Troll Nation, how Trump, a man with peake, and resentment won the highest office in the land. She has covered the American right for years its a slice of America she knows well but grew up in a conservative Texan household with Fox News and Rush Limbaugh-loving parents, we ask why did she leave her people?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by the always funny liberal Redneck Cory Forrester in Chickamauga Georgia, to give us his take on the last week in American politics. In a week that has been the president involved in a scandal with a porn star of which pornography is the least disgusting thing about it, we document the new normal that is American politics.22.1 million  Americans watched Sunday night’s “60 Minutes” to see Stephanie Clifford, a.k.a. Stormy Daniels and Anderson Cooper talk about her affair with Donald Trump, focusing on spanking, threats and the fact that she was not physically into Trump, why isn’t America appalled by this saga?Why have evangelicals stuck with Trump despite Stormy Daniels, are they abandoning their god fearing principles for a perceived political advantage?President Trump’s cabinet turnover is significantly higher than any of his five predecessors. As of Jan 2018, 34 percent of the staff has left, four times that in President Barack Obama’s.In a recent Poll: Voters think Biden would win i

Facebook exposed data on 50 million Facebook users to a researcher who worked at Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign and a similar number of facebook users in the UK. Did Cambridge Analytica help swing the last US election and the vote Leave campaign in the UK? Why are we more worried about being manipulated politically but not our consumer habits, isn't Facebook just a bunch of cookies on steroids?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Jorno Mic Wright in somewhere in Gonzo’s Tea Room in Norwich and by author and man of travel Chris Kurtana in the land of Highbury and Islington. In a week that has seen a porn star sue the president of the United States and Italy lurches to populism, we ask will parliament or a second referendum save us from Brexit?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can we look to the Renaissance to understand the political turmoil of today and if so, who are the Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and Savonarola of today?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three of the deadliest mass shootings in US modern history have occurred in the last five months.David Hogg, survivor of Florida school shooting: "This is the 18th one this year. That’s unacceptable. We're children. You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role.”  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I’m joined by Tim Marshall in London, editor of thewhatandthewhy.com to do our monthly look at World politics away from the special relationship.In the last week, tens of thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets in a protest about the dispute over the name of the republic to the North. Many Greeks object to the country calling itself Macedonia, saying it implies a territorial claim on Greece's northern Macedonia region, what has caused this round of mass demonstrations?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Polls conducted before the European referendum – and indeed some conducted afterwards – indicated that ethnic minority voters were more likely to vote Remain. However, there is data to suggest that the strength of euroscepticism within the British South Asian population was perhaps stronger than previously anticipated.A number of areas with large South Asian populations delivered Leave votes, including Luton (56.5% Leave), Hillingdon (56.4% Leave), Slough (54.3% Leave) and Bradford (54.2% Leave). All have South Asian populations of 25% and above. It’s not unreasonable to think that such Leave votes could not have been delivered without a significant number of Asian voters opting for Brexit.I speak to Voice4Change England director, Kunle Olulode on why he and some other minorities voted leave in the referendum.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by Tim Marshall in London, editor of thewhatandthewhy.com to do our monthly look at world politics away from the special relationship’.Trump and his Shithole view of the world and is Maduro a democratic authoritarian, who has used a referendum to expand the powers of his presidency, imprisoned political prisoners, attacked the judiciary branch of his government, and restricted the freedom of the press?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Vlogger, Nathaniel Wayne in Vermont to discuss Gender Fluidity and as the State of Vermont considers a 3rd gender option on driver's licenses.Starting January 27, the ability to identify as male, female or X on birth certificates. The policy lets Washingtonians change existing documents; The rule, announced by the state Department of Health, defines X as the following: A gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, agender, amalgagender, androgynous, genderfluid, genderqueer, male-to-female, neutrois, nonbinary, pangender, third sex, transgender, transsexual, Two Spirit, and unspecified.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Doug Levy, communications expert and wine connoisseur in The North Bay and by Mic Wright the technology, music and popular culture journalist in Norwich.In a week that has seen Theresa May try and assert her authority over the Tory government through her cabinet reshuffle. We take a look at one of the most extraordinary weeks in American politics.After Oprah's barnstorming speech at the Golden Globes are “celeb” candidates here to stay? Is Trump’s election win a turning point in American presidential politics?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Zuma and Ramaphosa battle over SA’s futureJacob Zuma, South Africa's scandal-hit president, may not see out his second term now that the African National Congress party has elected his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa its leader, is time up for Zuma?Poland judiciary reforms: EU takes disciplinary measuresWhile Brits are focused on Brexit, The European Union has launched unprecedented disciplinary measures against Poland, saying its judicial reforms threaten the rule of law. The EU states that 13 new laws in two years have allowed the government to "interfere significantly" in the judiciary so it has taken disciplinary measures, what exactly are these?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Doug Levy, communications expert in transit in south California and by columnist Sunny Hundal who is sat in Barcelona.In a week that has seen the Tory rebels finally rebel we ask will the Tory rebellion give Parliament a much greater say in leaving the European Union? Are the Commons defying the will of the people in the referendum?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week that has seen two different sides of the special relationship between the US and the UK, we ask do the president's tweets mark a sad and low moment for AngloAmerican relations, which in teh words if a British MP, betrays a deep ignorance of the very real challenges of tackling the insidious rise of extremism and prejudice that threatens us all?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I’m joined by Gleb Tsipursky, Co-Founder, of the Pro-Truth Pledge.In a week that has seen that Russia used hundreds of fake accounts to tweet about Brexit, we look at the psychology around Fake news and demonising legitimate media scrutiny.Are we are facing a systematic danger for our democracy with Alabama front-runner Senate candidate Roy Moore calling The Washington Post “fake news” after the newspaper published a thorough investigative report of his sexual improprieties. He forms just part of a broader pattern of prominent public figures using the label of “fake news” to denounce mainstream media stories they do not like.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by writer, editor, and historian Nathaniel Popkin in an always sunny Philadelphia and by Jonn build some bloody houses Elledge from a dank and damp Brexit ridden London. In a week that has seen yet another senseless mass shooting in The States which the gun lobby would tell us has nothing to do with guns we ask is Britain ungovernable?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.