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Americano

American politics is ever more divisive and The Spectator’s Americano podcast delivers in-depth discussions with the best American pundits to keep you in the loop. Presented by Freddy Gray.

American politics is ever more divisive and The Spectator’s Americano podcast delivers in-depth discussions with the best American pundits to keep you in the loop. Presented by Freddy Gray.

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Was Biden’s visit to Belfast gaffe-free?

President Joe Biden landed in Belfast this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. For the podcast, Washington editor, Amber Athey is joined by Lew Lukens, former deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in London to talk about the significance of this state visit for Biden who now embarks

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Is progressivism winning in America?

Galen Druke, host of the FiveThirtyEight podcast, joins Freddy Gray on this episode to talk about what to take away from Chicago’s election this week, how well the Biden team is handling the progressive wing of the Democratic party, and whether the Democrats would prefer to face up against Ron or Don as the Republican

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Alan Dershowitz: Will Donald Trump get a fair trial?

Donald Trump was in court where he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying records. To discuss, Freddy Gray is joined by Alan Dershowitz, the American lawyer, and Charles Lipson, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago.

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Will Trump’s indictment help or hurt his 2024 campaign?

Freddy Gray speaks to Jacob Heilbrunn about Trump’s indictment and whether this could galvanize voters or hurt his presidential campaign.

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What is the regime and why does it need to change?

Freddy Gray speaks to Patrick J. Deneen, who is a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Why Liberalism Failed and has just released a new book Regime Change. 

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Roger Stone on pardoning, Trump’s arrest and Ron DeSantis

Freddy Gray speaks to the Republican strategist and advisor Roger Stone about Trump’s possible arrest; his views on Ron De Santis and the end of honest journalism. 

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Is capitalism melting down?

Freddy Gray is joined by Joe Weisenthal, co-host of the Odd Lots podcast at Bloomberg. On the podcast, Joe talks about the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the moral hazard of state intervention. How gloomy should people be?

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What happened on January 6th?

Freddy Gray speaks to Roger Kimball, editor of the New Criterion and regular contributor to The Spectator to discuss new footage which has emerged from January 6th.

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Who on earth is George Santos…

Freddy Gray speaks to Shawn McCreesh, a features writer at New York Magazine who recently spent time with Republican Congressman, George Santos in a bar. 

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Who are America’s dissident right?

Freddy Gray speaks to James Pogue, writer at Harper’s and Vanity Fair who has written about the dissident right in America: Inside the dissident fringe, where the new right meets the far left and everyone is bracing for an apocalypse.

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Is Seymour Hersh wrong about the Nord Stream pipelines?

In response to Seymour Hersh’s recent appearance on Americano, Freddy speaks with open-source intelligence analyst Oliver Alexander, who unpacks his argument against Hersh’s claims about the U.S. blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline.

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Is it crazy to think America took out the Nord Stream pipeline?

Freddy Gray speaks to award-winning journalist and reporter Seymour Hersh to discuss his recent Substack article titled How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline. 

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Does race trump merit in America?

Heather Mac Donald joins Freddy Gray for this week’s Americano podcast. Heather is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the book When Race Trumps Merit. Heather breaks down what she describes as a ‘regressive equity epidemic’ in which race overtakes merit in almost all areas of society. 

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Who will win the Super Bowl?

Freddy Gray speaks to former Ambassador to the UK and owner of the Jets football club Woody Johnson about the rising success of the NFL in Britain; who will win the Superbowl and his own team the Jets. 

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Will Biden’s docudrama fade away?

Freddy Gray speaks to Charles Lipson, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and regular contributor at Spectator World about Biden’s ongoing docudrama. Image designed by Charles Lipson.

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What is America doing in Ukraine?

Freddy Gray speaks to Professor John Mearsheimer, an American political scientist and international relations scholar about America’s foreign policy on the war in Ukraine.  Produced by Natasha Feroze

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Will America smash its debt ceiling?

Freddy Gray talks to the Bloomberg journalist and podcaster Joseph Weisenthal about the likely rise America’s debt ceiling… once again.

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Is university the enemy of American progress?

Freddy Gray speaks to author and founder of the venture capitalist fund 1517 Michael Gibson, about his new book Paper Belt on Fire.  On the podcast they discuss the parallels between universities and the 16th century Church and how investors are spearheading a revolt against these old institutions. 

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Will Mexico help Biden stop illegal immigration?

President Biden is visiting Mexico this week to meet with President Obrador, and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada. Biden is expected to bring up illegal immigration with Obrador, and hopes that he can offer him some way out of what is becoming a spiralling crisis. But is any help coming? Freddy Gray speaks to Todd

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What’s the matter with Kevin McCarthy?

Kevin McCarthy’s hopes to be voted House Speaker reaches day four still without a resolution. How much will he have to concede in order to win over the Republican rebels? Freddy Gray speaks to Amber Athey, The Spectator’s Washington Editor.

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2022: The year in review

Freddy Gray and Jacob Heilbrunn reflect on an eventful year, looking back at the response to the invasion of Ukraine, the American economy and the makeup of the new Congress. Plus, will Joe Biden or Donald Trump be making a return to the White House? And will Jacob be buying a Trump NFT..?

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What have the Twitter files uncovered?

Freddy Gray talks to the Spectator’s contributing editor Chadwick Moore about the release of the so-called ‘Twitter files’ and what they reveal about the extent of censorship and coverup before, during and after the 2020 election campaign.  Chadwick Moore’s book ‘So You’ve Been Sent to Diversity Training’ is available now from all good retailers. 

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Kanye West, anti-semitism, and the future of black conservatism

Freddy Gray discusses ‘Ye’ 2024 with writer, musician and host of the podcast Conversations with Coleman, Coleman Hughes. They consider whether Kanye has a messianic complex or if he is simply trolling the nation.

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Should Twitter pay Trump to tweet?

Freddy Gray talks to the comedian and media and culture editor of American Greatness Tim Young, about Twitter, Donald Trump and the Republican race for president in 2024. 

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What do the midterm results mean for Biden?

Freddy Gray speaks to Jacob Heilbrunn about the President’s position following November’s election results.

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Can Donald Trump win in 2024?

Freddy Gray speaks to the editor of Modern Age Daniel McCarthy about the former president’s chances for a comeback. 

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Could Georgia decide the midterms?

This week Freddy is joined by Matt McDonald, US managing editor of The Spectator, who is covering the midterms from Georgia. What will the result of the run-off be there and could this decide who takes control of the Senate? 

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What do the midterm results mean for national conservatism?

Freddy Gray speaks to Yoram Hazony, the author of Conservatism: A Rediscovery, about the midterm results, and what happens next to national conservatism in the United States.

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Will Covid lockdowns affect the midterm vote?

Freddy Gray talks to the journalist David Marcus, author of Charade: The Covid Lies That Crushed A Nation, ahead of the midterms. 

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What issues do voters care most about?

Freddy Gray talks to Galen Druke, host of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast on ABC News, as the midterm elections fast approach.

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