America’s Murder Capital
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Crime is a growing worry in many American cities and has divided Democrats. New Orleans had the unenviable title of the US murder capital in 2022 – what went wrong in a city better known for its smooth music than the sound of gunfire?
The Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell, tells us what she's doing to address the poverty and lack of opportunity which have plagued her city, and why she thinks she's being unfairly targeted over her track record.
And after Prince Harry and Meghan's "near catastrophic" New York car chase, the Americast team asks how that could really happen in midtown Manhattan.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Katty Kay, US special correspondent • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUESTS: • LaToya Cantrell, Mayor of New Orleans • Anna Adams, BBC reporter in New Orleans
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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Natasha Fernandes, Alix Pickles and Ivana Davidovic. The studio manager was Emma Crowe and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | There's good and bad news this week. |
| 0:06.6 | The bad news is that Justin is taking the week off. |
| 0:09.2 | The very good news is that Kettike is here to join us. |
| 0:12.3 | And she's sitting right beside me in the studio. |
| 0:14.3 | So that's excellent. |
| 0:15.8 | And Kettike, you've lived in the States longer than any of us. |
| 0:18.5 | Well, apart from Anthony, of course, who is from here. |
| 0:21.5 | Actually, I'm so old, it might be longer than I do. |
| 0:25.8 | So you must know all about where you get caught out |
| 0:28.2 | using a British phrase. |
| 0:29.2 | You think is perfectly normal, and Americans just can't understand you. |
| 0:31.6 | We were talking about this a bit on the podcast last week. |
| 0:34.2 | That must happen to you. |
| 0:35.7 | Yeah, it happens. |
| 0:36.7 | Actually, it still happens all the time, |
| 0:38.4 | although I have learned American. |
| 0:40.0 | So I'm now bilingual in American and English. |
| 0:42.8 | But it happens on things like, |
| 0:44.2 | if you want to put something in your boot, |
| 0:46.5 | and they think you're giving something in the boot, |
| 0:48.1 | whereas actually, of course, you're putting it in the trunk of your car, |
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