Americast Podcast
Americast joined Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer your election questions!
Americast is the authoritative US news and politics podcast from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
Each week we provide audiences with the best analysis from across the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ, with on-the-ground observations and big picture insights about the stories which are defining America right now.
The podcast is hosted by trusted ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ journalists including the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs North America editor, Sarah Smith, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 presenter, Justin Webb, the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ North America correspondent, Anthony Zurcher.
As well as political analysis, we also specialise in social media. Each week Marianna Spring brings listeners the latest updates from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Undercover Voters, our award-winning investigation into the content that is recommended to US voters on social media.
The team is also joined by special guests each week, like CNN anchor, Christiane Amanpour, Emmy Award-winning TV host, Rachel Maddow, and Succession actress, J Smith-Cameron.
Podcasts are published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. As well as being a podcast, we are also available every Friday night on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 and every weekend on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel.
Every Monday we answer your questions on Americanswers, with some help from special guests, including Miles Taylor, who was chief of staff at the Department for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔland Security during the Trump presidency before becoming a whistleblower.
Got a question or a comment? Get in touch with us on email at Americast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480.
By the way, you can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say ββAsk ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds to play Americastβ. It works on most smart speakers.
See yaβll laterβ¦
Episodes to download
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Can Kamala Harris win on "vibes" alone?
Fri 16 Aug 2024
And what the polls say about the state of the race
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Musk and Trump! Best of frenemies?
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Musk and Trump hit a number of topics in their two-hour conversation.
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Americanswers! How powerful is Nancy Pelosi?
Mon 12 Aug 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Kamala Harris announces Tim Walz as her VP pick
Tue 6 Aug 2024
The Minnesota governor joins Harris on the Democrat ticket.
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Americanswers! Could Obama serve as VP to Kamala Harris?
Mon 5 Aug 2024
Americanswers! Could Obama serve as VP to Kamala Harris?
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Has there ever been an election campaign like THIS before?
Fri 2 Aug 2024
Historical comparisons with former ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent Nick Bryant.
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Battle of the campaigns⦠Harris v Trump!
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Is Donald Trumpβs campaign starting to stutter?
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Americanswers! Could this be the last US election?
Mon 29 Jul 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election..
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Americanswers! Why have the Democrats backed Kamala Harris?
Wed 24 Jul 2024
We answer your questions as Kamala Harris gains support to be presidential nominee.
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Welcome to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign
Mon 22 Jul 2024
β¦ but can she beat Donald Trump?
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Biden Withdraws from the Presidential Race!
Sun 21 Jul 2024
And says it's "in the best interest of my party and the country".
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Newscast x Americast Q&A
Fri 19 Jul 2024
The Americast team answer your questions on the US election.
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Donald Trump's convention speech: βI had God on my sideβ
Fri 19 Jul 2024
The former president described the moment he was shot.
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Are the Republican Rivals Reunited?
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy back Trump!
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Trump's Vice President is... JD Vance!
Tue 16 Jul 2024
We are live at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
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How the U.S. Secret Service failed Donald Trump
Mon 15 Jul 2024
β¦and can the former president reunite Republicans?
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Attempted Assassination on Donald Trump
Sun 14 Jul 2024
What happened at the Pennsylvania rally on Saturday?
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Is it the beginning of the end for Biden?
Fri 12 Jul 2024
More gaffes overshadow Biden's crucial NATO press conference
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Americanswers! Is it time for Kamala?
Mon 8 Jul 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Iβm still standing: Biden strikes back
Sat 6 Jul 2024
The President explains why he wonβt stand down in a new interview
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Is the U.S. president now above the law?
Wed 3 Jul 2024
All you need to know about the Supreme Courtβs ruling.
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Americanswers! Will Democrats force Joe Biden out? Who could take his place?
Tue 2 Jul 2024
It's our weekly Q&A
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The Biden vs Trump Presidential Debate!
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Joe Biden and Donald Trump face off in their first presidential debate.
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Americanswers! What are bump stocks? And would Biden step aside?
Mon 24 Jun 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election
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Up for debate? Trump and Biden prepare to spar again
Fri 21 Jun 2024
What to expect from next weekβs presidential debate
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Americanswers! The βspecial relationshipβ and running for a third term?
Mon 17 Jun 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election