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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Hunter Biden Trialβ¦Guilty!
Wed 12 Jun 2024
What does the verdict mean for his father, the U.S. President?
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Americanswers! Project 2025 and Bidenβs mental capacity
Mon 10 Jun 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election
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Trump Trial⦠An interview with team Donald Trump
Sat 8 Jun 2024
Could the former presidentβs appeal succeed? And, Hunter Bidenβs trial gets underway.
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Is Biden losing the black vote? (ft. Charlamagne Tha God)
Fri 7 Jun 2024
The U.S. talk show host gives his take on where Trump and Biden are going wrong
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Americanswers! After Trumpβs conviction, whatβs next?
Mon 3 Jun 2024
We answer your questions about the former presidentβs guilty verdict.
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The man who beat Trump
Fri 31 May 2024
We speak to the Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver
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Trump Trial⦠Donald Found Guilty!
Fri 31 May 2024
The former president has been convicted on all counts in historic criminal trial.
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Trump Trial Week 6β¦ All Eyes on the Jury (and Robert De Niro)
Thu 30 May 2024
Arguments are taking place inside, and outside, the courtroom.
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Americanswers! Where is Melania Trump? Will AOC run in 2028?
Mon 27 May 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Trump Trial Week 5β¦Chaos in the courtroom!
Fri 24 May 2024
The jury could deliver its verdict at the end of next week.
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Why is Biden falling behind Trump in the polls?
Fri 24 May 2024
The state of the presidential race with just under six months to go.
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Americanswers! Marjorie Taylor Greene, disinformation campaigns, and who will run in 2028?
Mon 20 May 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Trump Trial Week 4β¦ Will the jury believe Michael Cohen?
Fri 17 May 2024
Donald Trumpβs former lawyer takes the stand.
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Why does Biden want to debate Trump?
Fri 17 May 2024
The pair have agreed to two presidential debates.
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Americanswers! VP picks, Nikki Haley's back, and could Trump do three terms?
Mon 13 May 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Trump Trial Week 3β¦ Stormy Daniels Takes The Stand
Fri 10 May 2024
How could her evidence affect the trial and the election?
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Keeping up with the Kennedys: RFK Jrβs run for the White House
Fri 10 May 2024
Robert F Kennedy Jr could steal votes from main parties.
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Americanswers! Kristi Noemβs dog, βMomalaβ, and presidential immunity
Mon 6 May 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Trump Trial Week 2β¦ The Surprise Witness
Fri 3 May 2024
The first criminal trial of a former President begins, and we launch a miniseries!
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Back on campus: Biden condemns 'violent' protestors
Fri 3 May 2024
The President speaks as police clear camps
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Americanswers! RFK Jr, pardoning Trump, and why is Biden talking about cannibals?
Mon 29 Apr 2024
We answer your questions on the biggest issues in the run-up to the election.
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Trump Trial Week 1... Inside the Court
Fri 26 Apr 2024
The first criminal trial of a former President begins, and we launch a miniseries!
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On campus: Students protest over Gaza
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Police have been called into several universities across the US.
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Trump Trial Day 1... Americanswers!
Mon 22 Apr 2024
We answer your questions on Trumpβs hush-money trial.
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Will the US send billions to Israel and Ukraine? And Christiane Amanpour is back!
Fri 19 Apr 2024
A pivotal vote on aid looms.
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Megyn Kelly on Trump's Trial, Abortion and TV Debates
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Donald Trump's first criminal trial is now under way.
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Has Abortion Eclipsed Trumpβs Campaign?
Fri 12 Apr 2024
The former president has angered some Republicans with his stance.
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The Life and Death of OJ Simpson
Thu 11 Apr 2024
The defendant in the βtrial of the centuryβ dies of cancer aged 76.
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Americanswers: Trump Diplomacy, NPR and How Do Algorithms REALLY work?
Mon 8 Apr 2024
Our special guests return to answer your questions in the race for the White House.
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Could the Israel-Gaza war cost Biden the election?
Fri 5 Apr 2024
The Presidentβs said heβs 'outraged' by aid worker killings