Summary
Trump finally breaks his silence over the alleged sex crimes of Congressman Gaetz. Emily, Jon and Anthony get the inside track on Gaetz-Gate from one of the journalists who broke the story, New York Times correspondent Nicholas Fandos. Coca Cola and other companies have taken a stand against Georgia's new voting law and North America correspondent Larry Madowo explains how the so-called blue wall of silence is breaking at the George Floyd trial.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producer: Natalie Ktena Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | If you're a regular listener to amerikast, you will know there have been times when |
| 0:09.8 | maintenance or myself might have lapsed a little bit and gone a bit crude and used bad |
| 0:15.3 | language, necessitating a parental advisory on the front of the podcast. |
| 0:20.9 | This is going to necessitate a parental advisory, but it's not us this time. |
| 0:25.6 | It's a guy called John Bainer. He used to be the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| 0:31.3 | during the Obama era. And he's just recorded an audio book. There was times when it was |
| 0:37.6 | properly being recorded and there were times when he just wanted to let rip at one person |
| 0:42.2 | in particular. The Republican Senator Ted Cruz, have a listen. |
| 0:47.4 | Freedom means you can be a genius in event new products that make you millions of dollars |
| 0:51.9 | and helps millions of people. It means you're free to work your way to becoming the first |
| 0:56.8 | junior family to go to college. It means you're free to reach as high as you want, no |
| 1:01.2 | matter where you came from. Even if you're a little kid sweeping a bar out in southwest |
| 1:06.2 | Ohio, taking from me, you'll never know where you'll end up. That's freedom. I'll raise |
| 1:12.7 | a glass to that any day. |
| 1:14.9 | P.S. Ted Cruz, go f*** yourself. Imagine that moment. You've got that far. You've got it |
| 1:23.2 | signed off by the editor. You've got it signed up by the publisher. You've got it signed |
| 1:26.8 | off by your legal team. And then there's just you sitting in the audio booth with the |
| 1:30.6 | guy who's kind of a courtyard telling you not to pop the mic and you suddenly go, right, |
| 1:34.4 | this is what I want to say. Ted Cruz. And how it comes. |
| 1:38.7 | And you could sense in John Bainer's voice just how much he was enjoying himself. |
| 1:43.3 | Ted Cruz, go f*** yourself. |
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