Americast
By BBC Radio
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Subscribers: 1949
Reviews: 5
Episodes: 254
Aug 2, 2023
Feb 15, 2023
Mo
Nov 6, 2022
Fantastic analysis
Guy
Sep 22, 2022
A good show once you
accept the left wing bias.The show goes very lightly on left wing politicians compared with those on the right
david
Nov 22, 2020
great insights
Description
Americast is the authoritative US news and politics podcast from the BBC.
Each week we provide audiences with the best analysis from across the BBC, with on-the-ground observations and big picture insights about the stories which are defining America right now.
The podcast is hosted by trusted BBC journalists including the BBC’s North America editor, Sarah Smith, BBC Radio 4 presenter, Justin Webb, the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, and BBC 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 BBC’s 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 BBC Radio 4 and every weekend on the BBC 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 Homeland 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.
See ya’ll later…
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Can You Buy The White Hou$e?
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Biden Says WHY He’s Out Of The Race!
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Why have the Democrats backed Kamala Harris?
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Welcome to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Biden Withdraws from the Presidential Race!
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Newscast x Americast Q & A
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Donald Trump's convention speech: ‘I had God on my side’
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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JD Vance makes his VP pitch to America
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Are the Republican Rivals Reunited?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Trump's Vice President is... JD Vance!
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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How the U.S. Secret Service failed Donald Trump
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Attempted Assassination on Donald Trump
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Is it the beginning of the end for Biden?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Is it time for Kamala?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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I’m still standing: Biden strikes back
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Is the U.S. president now above the law?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Will Democrats force Joe Biden out? Who could take his place?
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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The Biden vs Trump Presidential Debate!
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Americanswers! What are bump stocks? And would Biden step aside?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Up for debate? Trump and Biden prepare to spar again
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Americanswers! The ‘special relationship’ and running for a third term?
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Hunter Biden Trial…Guilty!
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Project 2025 and Biden’s mental capacity
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Trump Trial… An interview with team Donald Trump
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Is Biden losing the black vote? (ft. Charlamagne Tha God)
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Americanswers! After Trump’s conviction, what’s next?
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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The man who beat Trump
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May 31, 2024 |
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Trump Trial… Donald Found Guilty!
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May 31, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Week 6… All Eyes on the Jury (and Robert De Niro)
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May 30, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Where is Melania Trump? Will AOC run in 2028?
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May 27, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Week 5…Chaos in the courtroom!
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May 24, 2024 |
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Why is Biden falling behind Trump in the polls?
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May 23, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Marjorie Taylor Greene, disinformation campaigns, and who will run in 2028?
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May 20, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Week 4… Will the jury believe Michael Cohen?
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May 17, 2024 |
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Why does Biden want to debate Trump?
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May 16, 2024 |
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Americanswers! VP picks, Nikki Haley's back, and could Trump do three terms?
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May 13, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Week 3… Stormy Daniels Takes The Stand
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May 10, 2024 |
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Keeping up with the Kennedys: RFK Jr’s run for the White House
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May 09, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Kristi Noem’s dog, ‘Momala’, and presidential immunity
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May 06, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Week 2… The Surprise Witness
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May 03, 2024 |
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Back on campus: Biden condemns 'violent' protestors
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May 02, 2024 |
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Americanswers! RFK Jr, pardoning Trump, and why is Biden talking about cannibals?
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Week 1... Inside the Court
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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On campus: Students protest over Gaza
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Trump Trial Day 1... Americanswers!
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Will the US send billions to Israel and Ukraine? And Christiane Amanpour is back!
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Megyn Kelly on Trump's Trial, Abortion and TV Debates
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Has Abortion Eclipsed Trump’s Campaign?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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The Life and Death of OJ Simpson
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Americanswers: Trump Diplomacy, NPR and How Do Algorithms REALLY work?
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Could the Israel-Gaza war cost Biden the election?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Americanswers: How vulnerable is Trump, does Biden have an image problem and will Russia interfere in the election?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Vice, Vice, Baby: Who’ll Be Trump’s Running Mate?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Major Baltimore Bridge Collapses
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Americanswers! How algorithms shape us online, Russian interference in 2024, and should the US legalise fentanyl?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Don Lemon on an Xtremely Awkward Elon Musk Interview
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Americanswers! Why has Trump predicted a "bloodbath"? How do people cross the US/Mexico border? And could Biden pardon his son?
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Fentanyl: War on Drugs 2.0?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Americanswers: Should Biden ditch Kamala? Who pays Trump’s legal fees? And what’s your favourite Bidenism?
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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State of the Union: Biden's Pitch to the Nation
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Super Tuesday: Everything Points to Trump vs Biden
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Trump: The Sequel? An Americast x Panorama Special
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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How will the Alabama IVF ruling affect the US election?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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America Shoots For the Moon Again: Houston, We Have Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Putin Says Vote For Joe!
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The Global Story: Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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‘An Elderly Man with Poor Memory’: Biden’s Age Old Problem
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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America looks set for Trump v Biden
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Christiane Amanpour on Biden's Iran Dilemma
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The Election Trail: From Iowa to New Hampshire
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Trump Wins Iowa Landslide
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Can Anyone Stop Trump in Iowa?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The Epstein Files: Former US Presidents Named
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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A Merry Cast: Past, Present and Future of US Politics
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Colorado Kicks Trump Off the Ballot
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Beto on the Border: Ex Presidential Candidate on the US Immigration Crisis
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Donald Trump: Dictator in Chief?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Rachel Maddow on Kissinger, Trump and Misinformation
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Sam Altman: A Silicon Valley Soap Opera
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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US x China: Friends Reunited?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Trump’s Poll Position
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Americanswers LIVE: One Year To Go
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Confessions From Trump's White House
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Leaders Of The Free World?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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America and Israel: Unconditional Allies?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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We Need To Talk About Kevin McCarthy
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Trump's Debate Escape
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Funding Ukraine… or America First?
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Age of Biden
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Does The BBC Get Its Trump Coverage Right?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Pop Save America
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Republican Rumble
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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The Big Republican Debate Preview with Jake Tapper
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Indictment Four Trump
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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From Our US Correspondent
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Americanswers: Can Trump Still Win Again?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Capitol Punishment
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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X-tra Terrestrials
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Barbie's Hot Right Now
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Bidenwatch
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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LGBT Rights Special: Padam Vice President
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Let Bidens Be Bidens
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Trump: For He’s A Jolly Good Felon?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Who’s Taking On Trump?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Conspiracies: Inside the Rabbit Hole
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ron and Elon: A Failed Launch?
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May 25, 2023 |
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America’s Murder Capital
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May 18, 2023 |
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Trump, Texas and Title 42
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May 10, 2023 |
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DeSantis vs Disney
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May 04, 2023 |
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Biden's Final Campaign
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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The Americast News Feed
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The President in the Pub
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Elon Musk Speaks to the BBC
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Trump On Trial
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Stopping The Shootings
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Trump Indicted
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Trump Under Arrest?
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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"Marianne Williamson For President"
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Elon Musk And The Twitter Trolls
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Trouble At Fox News
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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America And The War In Ukraine
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Aliens Or Air Balloons?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Will Joe Biden run to be president (again)?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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The Killing of Tyre Nichols
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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We Need To Talk About Congressman George Santos
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Abortion in America
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Biden under investigation
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Chaos at the Heart of US Government
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Is Elon Musk Curing Twitter?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Dr Anthony Fauci Talks: Covid, China and Online Misinformation
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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The Growing Legalisation of Marijuana in the US
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Donald Trump launches White House bid
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Trump v DeSantis
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Everything we know about the midterms (part two)
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Everything we know about the midterms (part one)
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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A history of US political violence
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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How crime is shaping the US elections
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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The US election deniers running for office
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Alex Jones: The billion dollar conspiracy theorist
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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How social media changed America
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Kiss My Midterms
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Trump's heir apparent?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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America and the Queen
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Erin Brockovich
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Mar-a-Legal Trouble
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Introducing... the New Administration
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Thanks Americasters
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Vlad's army
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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A New York?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Party in the USA
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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What the Truck?
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Crimea river
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Playing Chicken in Kyiv
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Duke in New York?
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Unhappy anniversary
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Let's Talk About Texts, Cheney
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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‘PS: Santa, please bring ammo’
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Foetal position: The end of abortion?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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We Need to Talk About Brandon
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Proud to be an Americast
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Ted Cruz v Big Bird
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Americast Reunited
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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The Fall of Kabul
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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It's been a blast, Americast!
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Aliens Ate My Podcast
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Putin His Foot Down
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Summit Going On
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Guess Who's Back?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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George Floyd: One Year On
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May 25, 2021 |
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BudPfizer
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May 19, 2021 |
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Cheney Reaction
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May 13, 2021 |
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Blocked
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May 05, 2021 |
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Not Biden his time
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Guilty
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Anger and Protests in Minneapolis
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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GaetzGate
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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March Madness
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Bolder After Boulder?
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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O’Mericast
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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AmeriKerryAnswer
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Star Mangled Banner
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Status Cuomo
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Caribbean Cruz
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Mitch Ado About Nothing
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Fight Like Hell!
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Americat
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Trump’s Bit Parts
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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We Need to Talk about Kevin
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Who Let The Dogs Out?
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Americast's Got Talent with Piers Morgan
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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It’s Biden Time
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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DT Flown Home
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Donald and the Giant Impeach
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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United State of Emergency
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Coup-nited States of America
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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'Find me more votes'
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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The Americast Advent Calendar
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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From Russia with Bugs
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Eau d'Americast
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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All Vaxxed Up
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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The kids’ table
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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'I concede NOTHING!!!!!'
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Democracy Dyes in Darkness
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Barack Obama's Big Book
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Orange is the new black
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Americast Total Landscaping
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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President-elect Biden & Resident Trump
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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Big Boy Pants
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Voice Note from Sopes’ Apartment
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Act II
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Hot Takes
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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The Boss v The King of Europe
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Workin’ our asses off
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Muted
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Hunter Biden's Laptop
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Crazy Uncle and Sleepy Joe
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Macho Macho Man?
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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The Debate Buzz
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Trump On Steroids
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Blood and Oxygen
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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The president tests positive
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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“Will you shut up man?”
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Supreme decisions
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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RIP RBG
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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America on fire
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Military Disservice
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Sir Kim Darroch
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Make America Safe Again
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Saving the American Dream?
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Run-DNC
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Unconventional Convention
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Kamala Harris makes history
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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You’ve Got Mail
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Demon Sperm
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Donald & Ghislaine
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Veepstakes
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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How Trump can win
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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We're back!
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Protests and the President
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Bleach Body Ready
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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New York, New York
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Buffet Syndrome
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Not-So-Sleepy Joe
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Dow Dow deeper and Dow
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Warren is Out
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Biden’s Back, ALRIGHT!
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Berning Down the House
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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The A-Z of the US Election
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Who is Michael Bloomberg?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Crashing the Party
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Not Guilty
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Raucous Caucus
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Welcome to Americast!
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Jan 29, 2020 |