Inauguration Bonus
The Coming Storm
BBC
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Over two series this podcast has followed a cast of characters who propelled Trump into the White House – twice. Many of them are now likely to take power and inject their reality-bending world views into America’s health, security and intelligence infrastructure. Who are they and what do they believe?
There's Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director. He was deeply embedded in the Russiagate saga. Several bit-part players in our episodes who've now been promised influence. Elon Musk of course.
And then there's Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Son of a murdered Senator, nephew of a murdered president, he believes many of America's three-letter agencies represent a threat to national health and security.
Presenter: Gabriel Gatehouse Producer: Lucy Proctor
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others. |
| 0:05.2 | My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland. |
| 0:11.3 | It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here, |
| 0:16.3 | but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world. |
| 0:19.6 | And because the team is such a diverse |
| 0:21.2 | range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through |
| 0:26.0 | archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if |
| 0:31.8 | you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories |
| 0:37.1 | from all around the UK. BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK. |
| 0:40.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:44.3 | Hello, I'm Gabriel Gatehouse, and this is the coming storm from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:49.3 | We've made a bonus episode to mark President Trump's inauguration. |
| 0:56.2 | So the last few weeks have been kind of weird for me and Lucy. |
| 1:00.9 | Unsettling. |
| 1:03.1 | Do you remember when we came across that bookstall? |
| 1:05.3 | What bookstore? |
| 1:06.1 | Oh, in Miami. |
| 1:07.6 | In Miami. |
| 1:08.2 | Nat con. |
| 1:08.4 | Nat con. |
| 1:09.2 | That's it. |
| 1:10.4 | So we've got brave books here. |
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