Summary
The U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, has landed in London – and makes a podcast pitstop to Americanswer your questions.
And as the George Floyd murder trial begins, Emily, Jon and Anthony discuss America’s reckoning with race. Joined by Black Votes Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown and Editor-at-large of The 19th, Errin Haines, they discuss how the Meghan and Harry interview proves the monarchy is not immune from that reckoning and why the black vote is being targeted by a new bill in Georgia.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Frankie Tobi and Natalie Ktena Editor: Dino Sofos
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | America Astas, we are offering you an upgrade this week, |
| 0:09.1 | because each week you send us your amazing questions, |
| 0:12.5 | and each week we dabble rather long-windedly |
| 0:15.8 | and sometimes confusingly and try and give you answers. |
| 0:19.0 | Only this week we thought for one week only, |
| 0:21.4 | we would call in the big guns, special guests, |
| 0:24.4 | and get them to do it properly. |
| 0:26.6 | Hard to imagine bigger guns than make this a me, |
| 0:28.7 | but hey, look, what happened was this guy we met, |
| 0:31.6 | begged, literally begged, to be allowed to do the best bit of the show. |
| 0:35.9 | Best bit of the show. |
| 0:36.9 | He thought, I mean, God knows why, that he could do it better than us. |
| 0:40.3 | Maybe it's because he is actually the presidential special envoy. |
| 0:45.9 | I don't know, you decide. |
| 0:47.4 | I'm John Kerry, and I'll be answering your America's questions. |
| 0:51.4 | Damn it, he sounds like a natural welcome. |
| 0:54.2 | OK, he's a bigger gun than us. |
| 0:56.2 | But welcome to America's. |
| 1:00.0 | America's from BBC News. |
| 1:03.2 | Democracy has prevailed. |
| 1:05.1 | We love you. |
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