Americanswers…on 5 Live! Could Andrew answer Epstein questions before Congress?

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Sarah, Anthony and Marianna join Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer your questions. The team look at a week of elections in New York, Virginia and New Jersey, how recent developments with the royal family could impact the release of the Epstein files in the US, and whether the president is serious about testing nuclear weapons for the first time since the 90s.

Plus, Democrat frontrunner Zohran Mamdani appears to be the favourite for this week’s NYC mayoral elections. But just how radical are Mamdani’s politics - and would he be received differently in the political scene in the UK?

And we look at new polling on Trump’s popularity with voters which has fallen in many areas.

HOSTS: * Sarah Smith, North America Editor * Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent * Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent

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This episode was made by Rufus Gray with Grace Reeve. The technical producer was Stephen Bailey. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts
0:04.5	Newscast is on the face of it, a podcast about the news.
0:11.2	But it's also perhaps the world's most athletic podcast,
0:14.0	we have BBC correspondents dashing in and out,
0:16.3	ready to give us a deeper understanding of the biggest stories of the day.
0:19.9	Thankfully, we let them catch their breath before we actually start recording the podcast.
0:24.1	Listen to Newscast every day on BBC Sounds.
0:27.5	Welcome to another Monday Q&A on AmeriCast, where Anthony Zerker, Marianna Spring and I joined
0:33.3	Matt Charlie to talk about, among other things, a big week in American politics where we've
0:39.0	got elections happening in New York, Virginia and New Jersey.
0:43.4	We're talking about what Americans make of the person formerly known as Prince Andrew,
0:49.1	losing all of his titles, and what it could mean for any Americans caught up in the Epstein
0:53.8	case, as well as whether or not Donald Trump is really going to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.
1:02.5	And do stay till the end, because then you will catch us talking about huge Supreme Court cases coming up this week when Donald Trump's flagship tariff policy
1:11.1	will be scrutinized as to whether or not it's even legal. Welcome to American answers.
1:19.1	AmeriCast. AmeriCast from BBC News. When Donald Trump calls, they say, yes, sir, right away, sir.
1:25.7	Happy to lick your boot, sir.
1:29.7	We are the sickest country in the world.
1:30.6	Oh, dear.
1:33.2	Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
1:35.4	Of course the president supports peaceful protest.
1:36.3	What a stupid question.
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