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America Explained is a podcast about American politics, foreign policy & culture for an international audience. Every fortnight it brings you the voices and perspectives shaping America - and its impact on the world - today. Hosted by historian and columnist Andy Gawthorpe, each fortnightly episode features analysis and interviews which help you understand a key issue in a way the regular news cycle never will. If something really big happens in-between, we’ll drop a bonus episode to keep you up to date.
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China hawks vs. the energy transition
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What's the relationship between U.S.-China competition, and the global struggle against climate change? Andy explores how the former is making the latter harder.
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Swing state guides: Arizona
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In the first of a series, Andy gives explainers on U.S. swing states. Up first is Arizona, whose identity and politics are very different to the Midwestern states which people usually have in mind when they think about the most hotly-contested states. It's also a place where the big issues driving this election - immigration, election denialism, and abortion are unusually turbo-charged.
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Could Trump go to jail?
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Andy and Catherine talk about Trump's trial in New York, and whether there's any real chance of him going to jail before the November election.
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Host - Andy Gawthorpe
Co-host - Catherine Wood -
From the archive: Iran, the U.S., and the bomb
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In this episode I spoke to Gregory Brew, deputy editor of the Texas National Security Review and a historian of U.S.-Iranian relations, about U.S. relations with Iran. We talked about the deeper history of the relationship, what drove policy during the Trump administration, and the role that oil plays in the broader U.S. stance in the Middle East.
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The Supreme Court is more complicated than you think
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Andy and Catherine go over some lesser-known and surprising recent Supreme Court decisions covering democracy, animal rights, and Native affairs.
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Host - Andy Gawthorpe
Co-host - Catherine Wood -
Why America really fears China
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Nowadays we're used to the idea that antagonism exists between the West and China, but we don't often pause to consider that this antagonism long predates China's rising economic and military power. Our guest today, Professor Jeffrey Crean from Tyler Junior College in Texas, is someone who has considered this - and he's written a great book, The Fear of Chinese Power, which examines over 150 years of Western fears of China.
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Host - Andy Gawthorpe
Co-host - Martijn van Ette