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I’m joined by friend of the show and the former BBC and sky news foreign news and international diplomacy expert. Tim is editor of http://www.thewhatandthewhy.comWith the Spanish government in Madrid suspending the autonomy of Catalonia, a decision which prompted anger across the region, this is Spain’s deepest constitutional crisis since the restoration of democracy in 1977.Donald Trump said the US may be obliged to “totally destroy” North Korea. He has also denounced the endeavours of his top diplomat, Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by wine expert and writer Doug in the North Bay and map geek and pedant irascible Englishman Jonn Elledge in London.In a week that has seen Theresa may dodge the question as to whether she would vote for Brexit if there was another referendum, we ask was Corbyn right when he said are the Tories more interested in fighting amongst themselves then solving problems?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we look at the issue of Gun culture and how The U.S. Compares With Other Countries. Today I'm joined by Corey Ryan Forrester the Comedian and Co-Author of National Best Seller The Liberal Redneck Manifesto.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Spain is desperately trying to halt a drive for independence in Catalonia. The Catalan government has said that they will declare independence from Spain after violent clashes between Spanish police and voters on Sunday. Tim Marshall from The Why and The What and Dominique Stewart.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by Wine expert and ex Columbia university communications head Doug Levy and by part-time Buddhist and Bernie Sanders forward planner Reggie Hubbard. In a week in which President Donald Trump’s poll numbers and approval ratings stabilize and move up slightly over the past month, we ask is Trump and his breaking of political norms, the new normal. Following a low of 39 percent in the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll last month after his controversial reaction to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump is back at 43 percent in this week’s survey. Other surveys show similar results: Trump bottomed out at 35 percent in Gallup’s weekly tracking poll in late August, but ticked up to 38 percent last week. Trump is at 40 percent in the RealClearPolitics average, up about 2.5 points from his low-water mark last month.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thinking The Unthinkable Britain out of the EU? President Trump? To express incredulity is not a political judgment. Until a few weeks ago, what many viewed as outlandish ‘unthinkables’ were not even being considered or investigated as part of corporate or political risk assessments. Now they have to be.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by part time Buddhist and Democratic party apparatchik Reggie Hubbard in Washington DC and by wine expert and ex Director of Communications at Columbia Univ Doug Levy in San Francisco. In a week that has seen white supremacists murder a peaceful protester in Charlottesville, we ask is this the end for Trump.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by the Founder of the Echo Chamber Club. Alice Thwaite in Berlin and by yogic Democratic party operative Reggie Hubbard in Washington DC, we start by a look at the last week in Trump's America and his treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. We end the show by looking at the meaning of Dunkirk to Britain.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by Peter Joseph an American independent filmmaker and political activist. He is best known for the Zeitgeist film series, which he wrote, directed, narrated, scored, and produced which spawned The Zeitgeist Movement to talk about his new book, The New Human Rights Movement.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by jorno and map geek Jonn Eldige in London and by yogic Democratic party operative Reggie Hubbard in Washington DC, on a week where everyone is talking about the 25th amendment we ask does Trump lack dignity, is he just undisciplined or is he ill?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by Paul Hilder of co funder of Crowdpac, the crowdfunding political platform that is aiming to weaken the hold of big money interests in politics and both sides of the Atlantic.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on 14 June 2017 at a 24-storey, high tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, West London, England. The Metropolitan Police has said that 58 people are currently missing presumed dead, including 30 confirmed dead. The BBC says it understands that the number dead could be "around 70". The local community are raising £2,000,000 to Help the families of Grenfell Tower, West London who have been devastated by a fire which has destroyed their homes and taken loved ones. Please donate here https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/familiesofgrenfelltower I'm joined by political activist, writer and Notting Hill sage Ishmail Blagrove about where the community, London and the country go from here. Grenfell Tower lies in the wealthiest locality in the country, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The average income is over £100,000 and the average property is sold for close to £2,000,000. David Cameron and Roman Abramovich both own a house there. The...

Always be there is a searing track on Remedy the debut studio album by the English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx which was released in 1999 Number one for six consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart "Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie and the theme to the 1980 film American Gigolo. "Crying Over, reached #11 on the UK Singles charts in 1974 and was featured on the seventh studio album by Jamaican recording artist Ken Boothe.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by journo and map geek Jonn Elledge in London, on the morning after the night before with The Conservatives losing their Commons majority in the UK 2017 election. Theresa May says she will form a government and work with the 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs, after going to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen, we ask Jonn how did he and eveyone else get this election so wrong?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to Mid-Atlantic the show where we look at the news and views from one side of the Atlantic from the perspective of the other. Today I'm joined by journo and map geek Jonn Eldige in London and by Democratic party operative Reggie Hubbard in Washington DC, on the day that Swedish prosecutors drop Julian Assange rape's investigation we ask, is Donald Trump the most persecuted politician in world history?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by journo and map geek Jonn Elledge in London and by Democratic party operative Reggie Hubbard in Washington DC, on the day that sees France go the polls for its first round of presidential voting, we ask will the Labour party be destroyed by May’s snap election and are we normalising President Trump?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we speak to podcast superstar Dan Carlin about the first month of Trump's America. Covered by Eminem, Jay Z and Miquel UK Singers Labi Saffe’s I got the, is instantly recognisable. Nominated by The actress Charlotte martin who plays Susan Carter in the Archers "Left Hand Free" is a song by English indie band alt-J. It was released as the second single from the band's second studio album This Is All Yours in 2014. Colin Patrick Harper is better known by his stage name 'Collie Buddz, is an American/Bermudian reggae artist best known for his single "Come Around". Although born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he was raised in Bermuda. "Urvasi Urvasi" is a beautiful Tamil-language song composed by A. R. Rahman and written by for the 1994 Indian film Kadhalan.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by conservative blogger Niall Gooch who describes himself as an Englishman born a century too late. Amateur poet and writer of unfinished novels, to discuss why he changed his mind over Brexit and what he thinks will come next.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Mid Atlantic the show where we look at the news and views from one side of the Atlantic from the perspective of the other. Today we are joined by Reggie Hubbard democratic operative from Maryland and in London Alice Thwaite of the Echo Chamber. In a week that has seen leeks from the Trump white house and the speaker of The House of Commons' outburst against Trump speaking to parliament we chart another week in the Alt right’s attempted takeover of the world. The UK government’s Brexit bill was passed overwhelmingly, by 494 votes to 122, and yesterday The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn signalled that this was the time to fight for workers rights, was this too little too late?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we are joined by Reggie Hubbard democratic operative in Maryland and in London by Jonn Elledige of the New Statesman and City Metric. In a week that has seen unprecedented political action by and against President Trump, we ask, just what is going on, is this a case of the people vs President Trump?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.