Americanswers! Why has Trump predicted a "bloodbath"? How do people cross the US/Mexico border? And could Biden pardon his son?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Americast is now publishing two episodes a week!
We’re joined once again by Special Guest Hosts Miles Taylor, Trump staffer turned whistleblower, and Katie Hill, former Democratic Congresswoman.
They sit down with Sarah and Anthony to go through some of the most commonly asked questions we get on Americast.
This episode contains a reference to suicide which some listeners may find upsetting.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUESTS: • Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at Department for Homeland Security • Katie Hill, former Democratic congresswoman
GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast
US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s new BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155
This episode was made by George Dabby with Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer and Natasha Mayo. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hi everybody and a big special hello to every one of you who has been in touch with us |
| 0:10.7 | last week, this week, any of the weeks that we've been on air and we'd always |
| 0:14.7 | love hearing from you but it's especially important now that we are doing these Monday |
| 0:19.1 | episodes which are entirely based around our AmeriCaster's questions, taking us into territory we might not |
| 0:25.0 | have ventured into otherwise, but it's all the better for it. |
| 0:28.7 | So we really, really do need you to get in touch. |
| 0:31.3 | We'll run through all of the ways you can send us voice notes, emails, texts, whatever. |
| 0:36.6 | Put your questions to us and of course to our two special guests who we have with us. |
| 0:42.4 | Miles and Katie will say hello Miles. |
| 0:44.5 | Yes, hello, hello and happy Monday. Thank you. Where are you Miles? |
| 0:50.6 | Reminders. I am in Washington DC D.C. and also, Sarah, I just want to note as folks are coming up with questions |
| 0:57.6 | for this week and next week, I'd love some funny questions, you know? |
| 1:02.4 | And we're going to be incisive if we can but I challenge |
| 1:04.9 | our listeners to give us some funny questions well as long as you can guarantee funny answers |
| 1:10.1 | that's that's the main thing and Katie, how are you this morning? |
| 1:14.0 | Hello, how's it going? |
| 1:15.0 | Sorry, my voice is kind of weird. |
| 1:17.0 | I have the constant cold that comes with having a toddler, but great to be here. |
| 1:21.0 | And Justin's not with us this week, but sat right beside me here in our Washington Bureau is Anthony. |
| 1:26.0 | Hey there, Sarah, how you doing today? |
| 1:28.0 | Looking forward to this. |
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