October 2024
Who’ll run the world
Chas Licciardello joins us to discuss Beyonce’s Texas appearance, Trump’s hate-filled Madison Square Garden dude-fest, and how the campaigns are spending their money.
Is Australia ready for Trump 2.0?
We discuss the race in the key swing state of Michigan and whether Australia is really prepared for a second Trump administration.
Campaigning in the manosphere
We discuss the impact of Trump’s extreme immigration rhetoric and how the candidates are courting the male vote.
The enemy within
We discuss hurricane conspiracies, Harris’ “decency coalition” and the threat of post-election violence.
Caught in the headlights
We discuss America’s apparent crisis of confidence, the conflict in the Middle East, and the Vice-Presidential debate.
A region divided with Helen Clark
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, joins us to discuss AUKUS and how the US presidential candidates might shape American foreign policy.
September 2024
The church of Trump with Don Watson
Author and former speechwriter Don Watson joins us to discuss political violence, America’s deep divisions and whether Kamala Harris can turn the country around.
Ready or not: will Americans elect their country’s first Black woman president?
We discuss race in the presidential campaign and the fallout from the debate with Terri Givens, Professor of Race, Ethnicity and Politics at the University of British Columbia.
Trump’s debate dog whistle and Swift endorsement | DEBATE SPECIAL
Nick Bryant and Emma Shortis discuss the presidential debate and the state of the race on this bonus episode.
Jobs for the boys
We discuss Trump’s pinky promise to Elon and RFK Jr and Albo’s ‘hot mic moment’ in Tonga.
Middle, middle, middle class: Harris’ pitch to the heartland
Greg Jericho, Australia Institute Chief Economist, joins us to examine the Harris-Walz economic agenda.
August 2024
Dems do the business at the DNC
The Democrats leave their convention on a high note while Trump struggles to get an insult to stick.
Sweet home, Chicago
The Democratic National Convention has landed in Chicago, Illinois. Will Kamala Harris be able to build on her campaign’s momentum or will the Republican ticket be able to stem the tide?
The enragement machine with Joseph Stiglitz and Malcolm Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz join us to discuss the presidential election, the AUKUS deal and the right-wing media machine.
In picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris has redrawn the battlelines in the race for the Whitehouse
On Tuesday morning US time, US Vice President Kamala Harris called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to ask him to be her running mate in her campaign for the presidency.
Runnin’ the world
We examine what Kamala Harris’ foreign policy might look like, Biden’s international legacy and the implications of a second Trump term for global security.
July 2024
A femininomenon? Kamala and reproductive rights in a transformed campaign
After a wild couple of weeks in the election, we discuss the emergence of Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee and the place of reproductive rights in the campaign.
Biden is out, Harris is in – what happens now?
On this special crossover episode of After America and Follow the Money, we discuss Biden’s decision to drop out of the campaign and why Democrats have rallied around Kamala Harris as the presumptive nominee.
Biden out, Harris in? Why this risky, unprecedented move could be the circuit breaker the Democrats needed
President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside as the Democratic nominee in this year’s presidential election certainly had a sense of inevitability about it. Yet, it is still unprecedented in the modern era for a sitting president to drop out of a presidential race this late in the process. We are really in uncharted waters for American
Two-thirds of Democrats want Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. It’s time he listened
The cracks beneath US President Joe Biden’s feet continue to widen. While the shock of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump seemed like it might relieve some of the pressure on Biden, the story of his viability as both president and candidate continues to feed on itself. Ever since his disastrous debate performance against Trump
Trump defiant after assassination attempt
Former Australian foreign minister Bob Carr joins us to discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the new Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, and the future of America’s place in the world.
A bloodied, defiant Trump could become the defining image of the US election
The shots fired at Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday are being investigated as an assassination attempt of the former president and current Republican presidential nominee. Assassination attempts on presidents and presidential nominees are littered throughout American history. What happened in Pennsylvania is horrifying, but sadly not surprising. I’ve been really struck by how
Return of the king?
What does the Supreme Court’s monumental ruling on presidential immunity mean for the future of American democracy?
History shows American political violence is nothing new: Thomas Jefferson said ‘the blood of patriots’ is liberty’s ‘natural manure’
If you select “virtually any date in US history, it would be possible to find the same poisonous ingredients [… that] percolated violently to the surface on January 6th, 2021,” writes journalist and historian Nick Bryant in his new book, The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself. Over two centuries ago, in 1787, Thomas Jefferson,
June 2024
Muddled answers and outright lies: what the Biden-Trump debate says about the dire state of US politics
There are no parallels for the first debate of the 2024 US presidential election cycle.
What Assange means for the AUS/US relationship – Dr Emma Shortis on ABC News | Video
“The US-Australia alliance is consistently described as being based on shared democratic values.”
Why the US government’s pursuit of Julian Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable
Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the US government.
Is America heading towards disaster?
With just five months until the presidential election, American democracy is under serious threat.
Trump Already Weaponising Guilty Verdict | Video
“This is a narrative that Trump has been running for a long time, saying that the Department of Justice is in particular, but the entire security state is completely corrupt.” “Trump has been really effective at weaponising that narrative and in galvanizing his base in particular.” – International & Security Affairs Senior Researcher Dr Emma
What Donald Trump’s fiery reaction to his conviction says about this moment in US politics
In the week leading up to the conviction delivered in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, right-wing media was focused on Donald Trump’s innocence.
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