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In a week that has seen a nation mourn as a plane crashed that killed 76, including Members of a Brazilian Soccer Team, we ask what does the Richmond Park By election mean? It’s been almost a month since Donald Trump won the US election to become president of the united States, how is he doing in the run up to his inauguration? Jonn Elledge Rob Monaco Roifield Brown  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doug Levy has covered health care and health policy in Washington for most of the 1990s and now is a freelance journalist and communications consultant. In this election, he stepped into an advocacy role, campaigning for Hillary Clinton in those bastions of Liberalism New York and San Francisco. Journalist and commentator Sunny Hundal is the editor of Political Scrapbook a columnist at Hindustan Times who writes about current affairs, identity and lefty political goings on. British Berliner Alice Thwaite is the Founder and editor of The Echo Chamber, The Echo Chamber implore us to listen to and to read the opinions of those outside our ideological comfort zone. Jonn Elledge is not only a mid Atlantic pundit but is also the editor of the New Statesman's sister site CityMetric. Jonn spent the end of the 2016 election travelling around America. Natasha Shallice is a producer of ITV's Peston show, her other credits include The Agenda, 'Ten O'Clock Live' for Channel 4, Dispatches and a stint at the Beeb.

David is an Associate Professor of Education. David was a high school teacher of social studies in Wisconsin and Wyoming, and has taught online learning for the U.S. Army Intelligence Center. David grew up in middle America, he and has family are committed christians and he is listener to Mid Atlantic and 10 American presidents, he speaks to Roifield about why he voted for Donald Trump and the cultural divide in America today.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Echo Chamber Club is a weekly newsletter. It aims to directly challenge the political status quo. Most people who live in cities have fairly liberal and centrist beliefs and The Echo Chamber Club monitors social media to understand what is being shared in this group and then challenges it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week that has seen The number of people who regret voting for Brexit grow so it is now greater than the margin of victory for leaving the EU, we ask can the American election get any crazier?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roifield Brown is joined by Benjamin Jacobs from New Jersey and Jonn Elliedge. In a week that has seen Prince George refuse to fist bump the prime minister of Canada we ask just why are the polls so close in the US presidential race. With Theresa May announcing that she will trigger Brexit: Article 50 by end of March, what does Brexit mean Brexit? Both Clinton and Trump suffer from historic levels of unpopularity among the public at large. Recent New York Times and CBS News polling has shown that the race is tight but one candidate is obviously temperamentally, intellectually and politically unsuitable to any office let alone the highest in the states so why does Trump still have a good chance of the becoming President?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week that has seen The president of the Philippines call Obama a son of a whore we look at protesting the flag and the start of Tory infighting over Brexit. Colin Kaepernick, the 28-year-old San Francisco 49ers quarterback, has made news after he was spotted sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem at a National Football League pre-season game on Aug. 26. Although he took the tactic of quietly sitting in protest against police brutality and the general oppression of Black and other people of colour, the result created a loud firestorm of both support and criticism, Rob should he have chosen this moment to protest against police brutality? This week has seen the launch of a new pressure campaign Change Britain that aims to push Theresa May to fully deliver EU exit. Does Brexit mean Brexit, or at an indecent haste?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Roifield is joined by Rob the history man Monaco from Connecticut and Jonn Elliedge of The New Statesman in London. In a week that has seen an earthquake rock Italy we look at the softening of Donald Trump and the gold medals that rained down on old Blighty. The music at the of the show is Rule The World - Michael Kiwanuka  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amina Lone co director of Sarf is a Labour Councillor for Hulme in Manchester. Lone is a Muslim single mother of 4 and was somewhat of a Labour party pin up in the 2015 election, running for the 98% white seat of the Morecambe and Lunesdale. After narrowly losing the election she described herself as "battered and bruised" and said that Labour needed to listen to UKIP voters rather than dismissing their concerns, especially about immigration, as racist.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Mid Atlantic and ReConsider podcasts discuss the themes of the conventions and what it tells us about US politics today. Roifield is joined by Xander and Erik.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Another Mid Atlantic and Round Table talk mash up. Today we pivot from the US and we look at the left of UK politics with commentator and pundit Sunny Hundal, who is best known as the founder and editor of the centre-left group blog Liberal Conspiracy. ferocious tweeter Hundal has also written for publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Independent. In a week that has seen Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States, in Britain Owen Smith formally laid out his platform to become the next leader of the Labour Party, simply we ask Sunny, why is the labour party in such as mess, how did we get here?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we look at Trump's speech at the RNC and Theresa May's first week as PM. We end things by remembering the world of just switching on the TV. Jonn Elledge Rob Monaco Roifield Brown  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we look at Trump the good, a force of restructuring the right of American politics. To look at how 2016 could reshape the US political map going forward, I’m joined by Sam Tanenhaus, Sam as you may know was an assistant editor at The New York Times from, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, the editor of The New York Times Book Review. His biography of Whittaker Chambers won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Nonfiction.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks show we have Rob Monaco in Connecticut, from London we have Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman and Mic Wright, with host Roifield Brown in San Francisco. In a week that has seen a woman live broadcast the dying moments of her fiance to the world, we will look at the continuing political fall out in UK after Brexit and the volatile mixture of race, guns and the police in the US.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we discuss Brexit, how crazy is Britain, Trump, how crazy is he and The Game of Thrones, how crazy good was the episode battle of the Bastards? Roifield Brown Rob Monaco Thomas Daly  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When will Donald Trump crash and burn? Does the success of Jeremy Corbyn herald the rise of the left again in UK politics?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week when French and British fighter jets have scrambled to deter Russian bombers from entering their airspace, Michael Fallon the British Defence Secretary has warned there is a “real and present danger” that Vladimir Putin will launch a campaign of undercover attacks to destabilise the Baltic states on Nato’s eastern flank”. Are we entering a new cold war with the Russian bear? With the field so wide open for the Republican presidential candidate that will most probably face Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, just who are the real front runners? With Chelsea FC promising to ban for life anyone proved to have been involved in the Paris Metro incident and Chelsea manager, José Mourinho, saying the club was appalled by the racial abuse, what does that incident say about the state of racism in...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greek stock markets fell on Friday at the end of a volatile week of trading. Bank shares were under pressure amid fears of a fresh run on Greek bank deposits. Are we all ready for Grexit and what will it mean for Europe if it happens? This week Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been forced to abandon a campaign walkabout in Rotherham after protesters blockaded him in a party office. Simply why is he the UK’s most divisive political operator? The Israeli prime minister’s upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama’s blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers. Are we seeing the start of a break in US Israeli relations?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Obama delivered his State of the Union address last week and he stated it was strong, with his reproachment with Cuba, the rebounding economy and moves to make community collage free, are we now seeing the Obama we always wanted? With the surge in Support for the Greens, The SNP and with the Lib Dems looking at the electoral wipeout how, what is and will 2015 election will say about the UK politics? King Abdullah died last week, his death has prompted western governments to send flowery condolences to the Saudi Arabia, this is in stark contrast to popular feeling on both sides of the Atlantic. Is Saudi Arabia our most toxic friend?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With UKip winning the largest share of the European election vote in the UK and protest parties around Europe getting around 25% of the vote how big was the political earthquake last week? What does the election of Modi mean for India and World politics, will India now emerge as a political power as well as an emerging economic powerhouse? With Democrats as well as Republicans up in arms over the VA scandal will this be the issue where Obama’s even handed tone is his undoing? Their Take Aways The Station Agent Ask me another Getting out of your comfort zone  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.