Podcasts by Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics

Biden in Europe, Johnson hosts the G7 and Israel's new government. from 2021-06-19T05:08:04

Panellists on today's show are Paul Duddridge, John Gunnison, and Duc Vu, Emma Burnell. Joe Biden travelled to Cornwall in the UK for a meeting of the G7, his first overseas trip as president of th...

Vice President Harris at the boarder and the Kamloops scandal in Canada from 2021-06-10T23:38:59

Comments from Alex Bishop in Hamilton Canada, Marce Butler in California. John Gunnison, AB in Texas and Duc Vu in Philly and Peter Chou

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What now for Liz Cheney and the Republican party from 2021-05-08T17:51:23

Today we are joined by Laura Babcock TV pundit in Hamilton Canada, Eric Marcus of the Making Gay History podcast in New York, Mike Holden in Bu...

Dominic Cummings. from 2021-04-26T20:13:56

This week we look at Dominic Cummings and his fight with Boris Johnson with James Fletcher, Dawn Parry and John Gunnison

See from 2021-03-19T01:12:13

Today we are joined by Writer and journo Emma Burnell in London, Mic Wright Editor at Conquest of the Useless, the media criticism newsletter in Norwich, Clint Loshe ex Capitol Hill staffer in W...

After Meghan and Harry is the UK closer to becoming a republic? from 2021-03-13T21:26:41

In a week that has seen the women in London organise a vigil to reclaim the streets after the disappearance of Sarah Everard in London will ask have Meghan and Harry have just not just put the b...

When will the US raise its minimum wage and Rishi Sunak’s second UK budget from 2021-03-04T21:55:20

In a week that has seen the Daft Punk hang up their helmets, we ask why is the minimum wage in the US so low and why didn't a bill to raise it pass in congress?

from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jane Junn is an American political scientist. She is the University of Southern California Associates Chair in Social Sciences, and a professor of political science and gender studies. She studies ...

Ep:4 - 113 Canada helps black business, the books against Trump and UK government goes rogue from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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, I’m Roifield Brown who is Birmingham in England. Toda...

Ep: 4 - 103 Continuing under Covid in Canada, The US and The UK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Donald Trump sees Covid cases a 'badge of honour' from BBCTrump says Covid cases a 'badge of honour, does he have a slight point, can we believe the numbers from China, or Russia.  
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Ep: 4 - 90 The 2019 Canadian Election - Laura Babcock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

To celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving I sat down with my family and Canadian political pundit and commentator Laura Babcock to discuss the forthcoming general election.  

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Ep: 89 - How history predicts the 2020 election (and the next 40 years) Misha Leybovich from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Roifield speaks to tech entrepreneur Misha Leybovich about this theory of the 40 year pattern in American politics and what it tells us about 2020 and 2060. https://medium.com/@mishaley/how-history...

Mid Atlantic meets The Primarliy 2020 podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Download the new Mid Atlantic chat app https://flickchat.page.link/hznoEjvFy6EmesTN9 Saturday, June 29th 11 am – 7 pm The Centre for Social Innovation, New York https://www.intelligentspeechconfe...

Ep: 4-72 Working People with Maximillian and Zac Alvarez from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Today we speak to Maximillian Alvarez is a dual-PhD candidate at the University of Michigan, a columnist for The Baffler magazine, and host of the podcast Working People and his brother Zachary Alv...

Ep: 4 - 67 David Shields - 'Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump' Interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

NOBODY HATES TRUMP MORE THAN TRUMP: AN INTERVENTION is perhaps the only genuinely original thing you have read yet about Donald Trump. It can be read in a variety of ways: as a psychological i...

Ep: 51 - The intellectual Dark Web and The Royal Wedding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In a week that has seen Meghan Markle inject a little colour on a royal pageantry we ask what is the Intellectual dark web? Last week saw the mainstream web, the place where liberals with a small...

Ep: - 50 The Windrush scandal in the UK and the record numbers of women declaring to run for the House and Senate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte Salon's Senior Political Reporter in New York and by Alice Thwaite editor of the Echo Chamber in Oxford. In a week that has seen the leaders of the two Koreas...

Ep: 4-19 May calls a snap election as we get used to President Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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 ...

Roifield talks to Amina Lone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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...

Britain risks becoming a failed state. The Brit panel discuss Gordon Browns warning from 2021-01-27T21:22:30

Today we are joined by Steve O'Neil the ex-deputy head of policy for the Liberal Democrats in London, political pundit Mike Holden in Burnley, writerand journo Emma Burnell in London, Actor Terr...

Biden wants vows to unite the country. How to end this uncivil war. from 2021-01-22T00:32:13

Today we are joined by Clint Lose ex capitol hill staffer in Washington, Eric Marcus of the Making Gay History podcast, TV pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Ontario, writer Doug Levy in San Franc...

Georgia turns blue and the Capitol is invaded from 2021-01-09T02:01:27

Today we are joined by Clint Lose ex capitol hill staffer in Washington, Latosha Brown co-founder at Black voters matter, political commentator and Tv pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Ontario. K...

Looking back at 2020, its the Mid Atlantic Christmas Party from 2020-12-24T16:58:23

Clint Lose ex capitol hill staffer in Washington, writer Emma Burnell in Walthamstow and political commentator and Tv pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Ontario. Doug Levy in California, Karin Rob...

Guns and Gun Safety with Nico Bocour of Giffords from 2020-12-21T01:00

Nico Bocour is the government affairs director of Giffords, where she oversees the organization’s federal, state, and local legislative strategy and serves as the organization’s principal liaison t...

Split screen America, The UK's High Street in crisis and Canadians to get the jab. from 2020-12-11T00:16:22

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, I’m Roifield Brown who is in the area. Today we ar...

Britain after Brexit from 2020-11-21T03:47:22

Has Covid reset Brexit, how much has the British public forgotten about our divorce from Europe because of the pandemic?

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EP: 4 - 121 - It's President elect Biden and whats next for America? from 2020-11-07T23:10:03

Joseph Biden is the President-elect of the United States, he and his and running mate Kamala Harris defeated President Donald Trump in the 2020 United States Presidential election. We ask why didn'...

Ep: 4- 120 - Understanding America's polls and the US electorate. from 2020-11-02T21:56:11

Jane Junn is an American political scientist. She is the University of Southern California Associates Chair in Social Sciences, and a professor of political science and gender studies. She studies ...

Ep: 4- 119 - The new Green Party leader in Canada, Jeremy Corbyn is suspended from the Labour Party and long lines to vote in the US from 2020-10-31T21:35:11

Today we are joined by TV pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Canada, journalist Emma Burnell London and by hellraiser and fire starter Doug Levy in San Francisco, America.

In a week that...

Ep: 4- 118 - America enters its election endgame from 2020-10-21T19:52:13

Today we are joined by TV pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton, journalist Emma Burnell London and by hell raiser Doug Levy in San Francisco, America

In a week that has seen The Cleveland ...

Ep: 4- 117 - Trump and The future of the Republican party - Erik Fogg of Reconsider from 2020-10-14T20:49:14

In this episode Roifield speaks to Erik Fogg of the Reconsider podcast about how America has got to a point where by its current commander-in-chief has broken many norms associated with the office ...

Ep:4 - 116 Susan Stokes on Protests from 2020-10-04T23:12:29

Susan Carol Stokes is an American political scientist and the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science department of the University ...

Ep:4 - 115 Trump's week has the Democrats rattled from 2020-09-27T16:01:01

Today we are joined by TV pundit Laura Babock in Hamilton, journalist Emma Burnell London and by hellraiser and fire starter Doug Levy in San Francisco, America

In a week that has seen...

Ep: 4- 114 - Jay Hill Party leader of Wexit Canada talks to Roifield about independence from Canada from 2020-09-18T09:05:30

Wexit Canada is a Canadian federal political party. It advocates for the secession of Western Canada, which includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The name is a play on B...

The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq from 2020-09-07T08:04:06

The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq - premieres on September 29th on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts

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Ep:4 - 112 Gabe Fleisher - Wake up to Politics from 2020-08-21T09:00:37

As Editor-in-Chief, Gabe is the sole staffer of Wake Up To Politics and is responsible for all content, which he writes himself every weekday morning, he has been running the newsletter fo...

Ep:4 - 111 Kyle Kondik on Kamala Harris and the Democratic and Republican parties before November from 2020-08-17T12:03:09

Kyle Kondik is managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan newsletter on American politics and elections produced by the University of Virginia, he speaks to Roifield about Kamala ...

Ep:4 - 110 Tristan Justice of the Federalist talks to Roifield about Trump's 3 nuclear bombs from 2020-08-05T23:30:32

Tristan Justice is a writer for the Federalist, a right wing publication in the US. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. Tristan graduated from George Washington Un...

Ep:4 - 109 Canada yawns through the Conservative party election race and we discuss, regionalism, monuments and independence. from 2020-07-27T12:35:39

Today we are joined by TV pundit Laura Babock in Hamilton, journalist Emma Burnell London and by hell raiser and fire starter Doug Levy in San Fransisco, America. In a week that has seen basebal...

Ep:4 - 108 The Supreme Court stops Trump, Canada's debt and Starmer is dull but competent from 2020-07-15T09:41:52

Today we are joined by TV pundit Laura Babock in Hamilton Canada, journalist Emma Burnell in London in England and by author Jarett Kobek in LA America

In a week that has seen 16 formu...

Ep:4 - 107 Richard Ready talks about racism, BLM, F1 and the stance of Lewis Hamilton from 2020-07-08T12:01:51

This week I speak to Richard ready the host and producer of the Missed Apex podcast about his childhood growing up in Colchester and being non-white. We also discuss Lewis Hamilton's push for diver...

Ep:4 - 106 Black lives matters, tearing down statues and John Bolton does Trump from 2020-06-20T07:47:54

Today we are joined by TV pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Canada, the ex British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in Malvern England and Mila Atmos of the Future Hindsight podcast in New York.
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Ep:4 - 105 Iain Dale, a conversation from 2020-06-13T12:11:19

British broadcaster Iain Dale from LBC speaks to Roifield about politics, economics, identity consensus and non-tribal thinking.

See from 2020-05-09T22:01:28

Today we are oined by pundit Laura Babcock in Hamilton Canada, Journalist Emma Burnell in London and political consultant Doug Levy in San Fransisco.

Ep:4 - 101 How has Canada, The UK and US responded to Covid 19? from 2020-04-24T11:09:02

Today I’m joined by Laura Babcock in Hamilton Ontario Canada, Emma Burnell in London and Doug Levi in San Fransisco, California. Today we look at our respective countries responsive to the Covid 19...

Ep:4 - 100 John Bercow - Sebastian Whale from 2020-04-04T01:17:06

For the later period of the Brexit crisis, John Bercow became one of the most visible and powerful politicians in the UK, which is highly unusual for someone inhabiting the position of the speaker ...

Ep: 4-99 The world declares war against the Coronavirus from 2020-03-18T00:30

Today I’m joined by Emma Burnell in London, Benjamin Jacobs in Cranston Rhode Island and Clare Astbury in Bedford

In a week that has seen world declares war against Corona Virus, we ch...

Ep:4 - 98 Is America Ready for Bernie and Diversity in the UK Parliament from 2020-02-29T20:44:51

In a week that has seen world markets tumble with fears that the coronavirus will disrupt global supply chains, we ask is America ready for a Bernie revolution?

from 2020-01-17T02:24:51

Today I’m joined by Emma Burnell in London and Doug Levy in Marin County.

In a week that has seen UK pub numbers rise for the first time in a decade, we ask if Trump will get his comeuppan...

Ep:4 - 94 The labour party is routed and Trump to be impeached from 2019-12-14T01:52:10

In a week that has seen England and Scotland both vote for nationalist parties we ask where does the 2019 election take the UK and left wing politics. Listener Philip Pomerantz has responded to Ben...

Ep: 4 - 93 The world laughs at Trump and one week left in the UK election. from 2019-12-06T00:30

In a week that has seen the speaker of the house Pelosi say that house Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against Trump, we ask just what has been happening in the run up to the most i...

Ep: 4 - 92 The British election race starts. from 2019-11-06T00:30

This week's show features political pundit Emma Burnell and first-time voter and Myisha Box discussing the start of the race to see which party will win the 2019 British election and we revisit Can...

Ep: 4 - 91 MP Chris Williamson and Anti Semitism from 2019-11-01T19:40:07

In February 2019, Williamson was criticised for saying that the Labour party was being "demonised as a racist, bigoted party", partly because, in response to claims of anti-Semitism, the party had ...

Trump faces impeachment and Boris Johnson loses against the Supreme Court from 2019-09-27T03:32:52

Today I’m joined by friend of the show Karin Robinson from the Primarily 2020 podcast and by journalist Emma Burnell.

In a week that has seen political eruptions in Washington and Lond...

Ep: 4 - 87 Boris' terrible week in parliament from 2019-09-10T03:15:48

A rebel bill, which forces the prime minister to go to the EU and ask for an extension to the UK's membership if there's no progress with Brexit negotiations by 19 October, was passed by opposition...

Ep: 4 - 86 Constitutional coup. Boris trashes parliamentary procedure, sovereignty and primacy. from 2019-08-29T01:29:58

Conservative and opposition MPs reacted in shock on Wednesday after the prime minister confirmed he had obtained permission from the Queen to prorogue parliament, limiting the time left for parl...

4 - 85 Trump attacks Baltimore and Johnson's cabinet veers right. from 2019-08-01T14:45:01

Today we are joined by love bomb Doug Levy in The San Fransisco Bay Area and the future Home Secretary Emma Burnell in London.

In a week that has seen Britain record its highest temper...

Ep: 4-84 Trump's racist tweets, where's me Jumper and more Brexit confusion from 2019-07-20T23:20:57

Today we are joined by pimp daddy Doug Levy in The San Fransisco Bay Area and the future celebrity love island contestant Emma Burnell in London.

In a week that has seen the English wi...

Ep: 4 - 83 Kamala Harris Surges and will the UK survive Brexit from 2019-07-04T07:15:02

Today we are joined by author Doug Levy in The San Fransisco Bay Area and Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London.

In a week that has seen the US woman's football team knock out t...

Ep: 4 - 82 Trump 2020 and the Tory Party leadership election from 2019-06-19T22:56:54

Today I'm joined by Pundit and Emma Burnell in London and writer Doug Levy in San Fransisco.

In a week that has seen The number of rough sleepers in London reaching a record high after...

Ep: 4 - 80 Alabama's shame and Boris does it again from 2019-05-17T23:36:59

Today we joined by writer Doug Levy in the North Bay of San Fransisco and pundit Emma Burnell in London.

In a week in that has seen the Brexit Party and Lib Dems SURGE in the UK Euro p...

Ep: 4-79 8 indictive votes and 8 nays, plus Trump is vindicated from 2019-03-29T18:59:41

Today we joined by author and constitutional law scholar Cory Bretschieder in Rhode Island and Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London.

In a week in a leading investor said that T...

Ep: 4-78 Europe extends the date to Brexit but we still might crash out on March 29th from 2019-03-22T22:13:01

Today I'm joined by Journalist and pundit Emma Burnell in London to look at the deepening crisis in the UK.

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Ep: 4-74 President Pelosi and Poor Theresa May from 2019-01-30T00:00

Democrats in Washington have spent two years trying to thwart President Trump. After the president's defeat over the government shutdown will Pelosi’s speakership, signal the end of Trump's spell o...

Ep: 4-73 Elizabeth Warren runs and far right vitriol in British politics from 2019-01-11T17:08:50

Today we are joined by my favourite senior political editor at Salon Amanda Marcotte in New York as Alice Thwaite is looking after her poorly Dad. We wish him a speedy recovery.

In a w...

Ep: 4- 71 Why are we scared of Immigration? from 2018-11-29T07:03:04

Today we are joined by writer and foodie Doug Levy in San Fransisco and by the voice of the north Mike Holden in Preston, England.

In a week that has seen The British PM cling on to of...

Ep: 4 - 70 Who will run in 2020 and when will we stop remembering Remembrance Sunday from 2018-11-15T03:42:07

Today we are joined by my favourite senior political editor at Salon, Amanda Marcotte in New York and by writer Alice Twaite in Kent in England.

On the day that Theresa May is fightin...

Ep: 4-69 Trump the nationalist and the end of austerity in Britain from 2018-11-01T10:01:57

In a week that has seen Lewis Hamilton win yet another F1 world championship, we ask what is the world coming to when the president of the United States can call himself a nationalist?

Ep: 68 Nicki Arnold-Swindle runs for the 36th Alabama state district from 2018-10-25T12:10:45

Nicki Arnold-Swindle talks to Roifield about running for the 36th Alabama state district. Nicki talks about healthcare, defunding public schools and the working class voting against their own econo...

Ep: 4-66 Trump's backing state sponsored murder and is this Mays last stand? from 2018-10-17T22:37:46

Today we are joined by the eloquent Brexit naysayer Femi Oluwole and liberal US sage Doug Levi

In a week that has seen the man-boy that is the president of the United States call a wom...

Ep: 4-65 Should men just shut up about me too and has May done enough to hold on to power from 2018-10-04T05:13

Today we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich. As rape allegations surface against Ronaldo we look at the man who was once p...

Ep: 4-64 An Irish opinion on Brexit - William Campbell of Challenging Opinions from 2018-09-26T07:00:02

When the history books are written about Britain in the early 21st century this will be the period where the raw soul of the country will be remarked upon. We have always been able to hide behin...

Ep 4-63 Venezuela Teetering on the Brink and The South China Sea with Tim Marshall. from 2018-09-24T06:59

Venezuela Teetering on the Brink

According to the United Nations, approximately 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled their country over the last several years.

Ep: 4 - 62 Kavanaugh's me too moment and the calls for a second referendum on Brexit from 2018-09-20T05:09:49

Today I’m joined by Alice Twaite of the Echo Chamber club in Kent and Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn New York. In a week that has seen the Austrian EU Presidency propose a special Brexit S...

Ep: 4-61 Trump vs Obama and Johnson vs May from 2018-09-12T02:37:46

Today we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin, and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich.

In a week that has seen the release of Bob Woodward's book 'Fear' ...

Ep 4-60 Trumps beef with McCain and racism in British politics from 2018-08-31T15:59:50

Today we are joined by the happy curmudgeon that is the New Statesman's Jonn Elledge somewhere in London and by Salon's political editor Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn, New York.

In a wee...

Ep: 4 - 59 Draining the swamp of American lobbyists and Boris Johnson's burkha broadside from 2018-08-09T10:19:42

Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich, England and by that sensible man of the left who likes good wine Doug Levy in San Francisco California.

Ep: 4 - 58 Trump the Traitor and could there be a National Government because of Brexit from 2018-07-26T14:10:58

Today we are joined by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of The Left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York and in Burnley sometimes called the renaissance capital of L...

American History Tellers Revolution an introduction from 2018-07-20T07:00

Imagine it's 1754. The British had developed thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard of the American continent. Meanwhile, the French had quietly colonized a strip down the center, with a l...

Ep: 57 - Russia's geopolitical position from 2018-07-17T11:09:03

In a week that has seen a France beat Croatia 4-2 to become champions of the globe, we ask has this World Cup been Putin’s biggest triumph?

There were fears that world cup would be rac...

Ep: 56 - Trump dodges the baby Trump Blimp and World Sport from 2018-07-13T00:50:06

Today we are joined by that most gentle of journalists, that sensitive soul in Norwich Mic Wright and we call onto the field of battle our super sub pundit Doug Levy in San Fransisco!

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4 - 55 Huckabee Sanders is asked to leave and the English feel good about the World Cup from 2018-06-27T00:10:11

Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich and by the woman that Time ma...

Ep: 4 - 54 Brexit inches closer as Trump makes diplomacy great again from 2018-06-13T20:57:44

Today we are joined by heavyweight pundits Amanda Marcotte of Salon in New York and Mic Wright in Norwich in England. In a week that will see the world go to war over football we ask just what does...

Ep: 4 - 53 Italy's new government and Putin's World Cup from 2018-06-05T17:30:39

Today I’m joined by our foreign correspondent, the man with passport that has been stamped more times that Henry Kissinger's, Tim Marshall. Tim was IRN’s Paris correspondent, he has worked for the ...

Ep: 4 - 52 Roseanne's racist tweets and Northern Ireland's abortion limbo from 2018-05-31T11:39:19

Today we are joined by Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn and Alice Thwate in Oxford of the Echo Chamber. In a week that has seen Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko come back from the dead, we a...

Bonus episode - Ep: 2 The Things that made England - Ska from 2018-05-04T03:28:13

Racial diversity is one of many facets that separates England from the other parts of the United Kingdom. While the UK’s White population totals over 55,010,359 or 87.1% according the 2011 census, ...

Ep: 4-49 Amanda Marcotte - Troll Nation: How the American Right Devolved Into a Clubhouse of Haters from 2018-04-18T01:16:30

Today we are joined by Salon’s Senior Political Reporter Amanda Marcotte to examine her new book Troll Nation, how Trump, a man with peake, and resentment won the highest office in the land. She ha...

Ep: 4-48 Corey Ryan Forrester takes on Evangelicals and his money is on Biden in fight with Trump from 2018-03-28T22:40:26

Today I’m joined by the always funny liberal Redneck Cory Forrester in Chickamauga Georgia, to give us his take on the last week in American politics. In a week that has been the president invol...

Ep: 4-47 The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, why should we care. from 2018-03-23T21:54:05

Facebook exposed data on 50 million Facebook users to a researcher who worked at Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign and a similar number of facebook users in the UK. Did Ca...

Ep: 4 - 46 Will there be a second referendum and why is Trump starting a trade war? from 2018-03-10T00:40:11

Today we are joined by Jorno Mic Wright in somewhere in Gonzo’s Tea Room in Norwich and by author and man of travel Chris Kurtana in the land of Highbury and Islington. In a week that has seen a po...

Ep: 4-45 Chris Kutarna author of the book The Age of Discovery from 2018-03-01T01:11:22

Can we look to the Renaissance to understand the political turmoil of today and if so, who are the Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and Savonarola of today?

from 2018-01-18T08:00

Today I'm joined by Tim Marshall in London, editor of thewhatandthewhy.com to do our monthly look at world politics away from the special relationship’.

Trump and his Shithole view of ...

Ep: 4 - 40 Nathaniel Wayne on gender fluidity and why gender X matters. from 2018-01-15T08:00

Today we are joined by Vlogger, Nathaniel Wayne in Vermont to discuss Gender Fluidity and as the State of Vermont considers a 3rd gender option on driver's licenses.

Starting January 2...

Ep: 4-39 President Oprah and Bannon gets the boot from Breitbart from 2018-01-11T00:40:26

Today we are joined by Doug Levy, communications expert and wine connoisseur in The North Bay and by Mic Wright the technology, music and popular culture journalist in Norwich.

In a we...

Ep: 4-38 Cyril Ramaphosa becomes the ANC president and Poland Defies the EU from 2017-12-21T21:19:14

Zuma and Ramaphosa battle over SA’s future

Jacob Zuma, South Africa's scandal-hit president, may not see out his second term now that the African National Congress party h...

Ep: 4-37 May is defeated in the Commons and Trump's candidate loses in Alabama from 2017-12-15T21:34:56

Today we are joined by Doug Levy, communications expert in transit in south California and by columnist Sunny Hundal who is sat in Barcelona.

In a week that has seen the Tory rebels finall...

EP: 4 - 36 The special relationship, Trumps tweets and Meghan's marriage. from 2017-12-02T05:21:19

In a week that has seen two different sides of the special relationship between the US and the UK, we ask do the president's tweets mark a sad and low moment for AngloAmerican relations, which in t...

EP: 4-35 The pernicious power of Fake news with Gleb Tsipursky of the Pro Truth Pledge from 2017-11-17T20:02:48

I’m joined by Gleb Tsipursky, Co-Founder, of the Pro-Truth Pledge.

In a week that has seen that Russia used hundreds of fake accounts to tweet about Brexit, we look at the psychology aroun...

EP: 4-34 Is Britain ungovernable and a week in Trumps America from 2017-11-11T23:34:25

Today we are joined by writer, editor, and historian Nathaniel Popkin in an always sunny Philadelphia and by Jonn build some bloody houses Elledge from a dank and damp Brexit ridden London.

Ep: 4-33 Tim Marshall on Catalonia vs Madrid and Trump's bellicosity towards North Korea from 2017-10-23T21:07:57

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...

Ep: 4-32 May vs The Tory Party and Trump vs Corker from 2017-10-16T03:02:05

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 ques...

Ep: 4-31 A conversation about America's love of guns - Corey Ryan Forrester from 2017-10-08T18:11:22

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 Red...

Ep: 4-30 Catalonia vs. Spain with Tim Marshall and Dominique Stewart from 2017-10-05T02:29:33

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 polic...

EP: 4-29 Trump speaks to the world as his poll numbers go up from 2017-09-21T20:10:33

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 Do...

Ep: 4 - 28 Nik Gowing, Thinking the Unthinkable from 2017-09-09T22:55:22

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 ev...

Ep: 4-27 Trump, white supremacists and murder in Charlottesville. from 2017-08-19T13:01:48

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 Fra...

Ep: 4.26 - Trump turns on Sessions and the meaning of Dunkirk from 2017-07-28T17:41:05

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 Tru...

Ep: 4.25 - Peter Joseph and the New Human Rights Movement from 2017-07-12T13:43:35

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 w...

EP: 4.24 - Does Trump lack dignity or is he ill and Britain starts Brexit talks? from 2017-07-05T09:46:31

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...

EP: 4-23 Paul Hilder of Crowdpac on the importance of crowd funding political campaigns from 2017-07-03T15:48:57

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. Listen

Ep: 4.23 - The Grenfell Tower Fire - Ishmahil Blagrove from 2017-06-17T19:00:35

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...

EP: 4.22 - Friday 15 special - How you become president of the United States from 2017-06-14T23:00

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 1999Number one for six consecutive weeks on the Billboard...

EP: 4-21 - Its the kids 'wot swung it for Jeremy Corbyn from 2017-06-10T13:55:44

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 ...

Ep: 4.20 - Trump the most persecuted politician ever and May turns on Thatcher. from 2017-05-19T21:23:47

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 i...

Mid Atlantic special - Dan Carlin on Friday 15 - Trumps first month from 2017-03-21T23:09:08

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...

Ep: 4-18 conservative blogger Niall Gooch on why he changed his mind on Brexit from 2017-03-09T03:47:44

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...

Ep: 4.17 - The UK government’s Brexit bill was passed "bigly" from 2017-02-09T23:43:49

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...

Ep: 4.16 - Trump, the Muslim Ban and the British PM from 2017-01-31T05:53:03

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...

4.15 The Richmond Park By Election and Trump Settles in. from 2016-12-05T12:01:58

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 ...

4.14 - What now for progressives and the left plus reflections on why Trump won from 2016-11-18T11:02:24

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 advocac...

Ep: 4-13 Why I voted for Trump from 2016-11-16T12:04:33

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 ...

Ep12: Roifield talks to Alice Thwaite, the editor of the Echo Chamber from 2016-10-26T18:04:41

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 Cl...

Ep: 4.11 More Trump and more Brexit with Nick Clegg riding to the rescue from 2016-10-18T12:54:25

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?<...

Mid Atlantic Show 4.10 – May to trigger Brexit and Why are the US polls so close? from 2016-10-03T11:25:18

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...

Ep: 4-9 Colin Kaepernick the National Anthem and Change Britain from 2016-09-12T04:54:12

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 Sa...

Trump Softens and Britain's record gold medals from 2016-08-26T00:51:50

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 softeni...

Post party convention round up. from 2016-08-09T16:53:51

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.

EP 4.3 Mid Atlantic Special - Trump the Good from 2016-07-14T19:02:05

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 ...

Ep 4.2 - Guns, African Americans and the Police and yet more Brexit from 2016-07-11T01:16:49

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 woma...

Mid Atlantic Show 4.1 - Brexit and Bust from 2016-06-27T18:46:09

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 BrownRob MonacoThomas Daly
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