America: The Right Way
Analysis
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2012
⏱️ 29 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Justin Webb explores what the primaries reveal about the state of the right in the US. Is the Republican party really split? We explore how the party has shifted to the right, and the reasons for it. The role of the Tea party within the conservative movement, and the effect it's having on the primary race. We look at what ideas the American right offers in the post financial crisis world -that might enthuse Americans and perhaps the rest of us too. And ask is the party ready to lead again.
Contributors: Henry Olsen, Vice President, American Enterprise Institute Professor Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University Michael Lind, New America Foundation and Author of "Land of Promise:an Economic History of the United States" Michael Kibbe, President Freedom Works Thomas Frank, Author, "Pity the Billionaire" Jay Cost, Columnist, Weekly Standard.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.7 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:08.5 | As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. |
| 0:18.0 | What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars, |
| 0:24.6 | poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples. |
| 0:29.7 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC |
| 0:35.4 | Sounds. |
| 0:36.4 | Thank you for downloading this analysis, the program about ideas that shape the world. |
| 0:42.4 | This week Justin Webb explores what the primaries tell us about |
| 0:45.5 | the state of the right in America. |
| 0:48.3 | They all claim to have what it takes to lead America, but one of them is now on an epic trip that will prove beyond |
| 0:56.2 | doubt he possesses the courage, fortitude, and remarkable patience it will take to be president. |
| 1:03.4 | The Republicans would like you to believe that they are on the march |
| 1:10.2 | with a set of candidates straining for the opportunity to retake the White House. |
| 1:15.9 | It also means that if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. |
| 1:19.2 | I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. |
| 1:21.8 | I introduce the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act so people could all purchase the |
| 1:25.8 | light bulb of their choice. |
| 1:27.2 | By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American. |
| 1:35.6 | I would do away with the education, the commerce. The Commerce and let's see I can't the third one I can't the third one I can't sorry |
| 1:48.9 | oops |
| 2:05.6 | oops Oops. out early, some imploded, all, it's fair to say, have struggled to connect. So what's going on? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.